Steve Backshall
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Deadly 60
Season 2
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Episodes
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Episode 129 min2010-07-08
Baja California, Mexico
On a trip to Mexico, Steve Backshall takes to the water in search of a monster of the deep seas and searches for snakes in the desert.
Episode 229 min2010-07-15
British Columbia
Steve tracks the weirdest-looking fish on the planet, comes face-to-face with a giant Pacific octopus and goes kayaking with killer whales.
Episode 328 min2010-07-22
Vancouver
Steve Backshall takes to icy waters in search of the world's biggest sea lion, and there's a surprise in store when he meets the infamous black bear.
Episode 428 min2010-07-29
Costa Rica 1
Steve and the crew are thrown deep in the steamy rainforests of Costa Rica. They are on a mission to find the largest cat in South America, the jaguar.
Episode 529 min2010-08-05
Costa Rica 2
In the jungles of Costa Rica, Steve is strangled by a boa, gets hands-on with a poisonous frog and nearly gets a nip from a blood-sucking vampire.
Episode 629 min2010-08-12
Panama
Steve chases a deadly racer snake downriver and even faces his fears to handle some giant bullet ants, while on the hunt for a harpy eagle.
Episode 729 min2010-08-19
Mozambique
Steve Backshall explores the Indian Ocean, searching for a fish that can weigh as much as a double decker bus, and looking for the fastest fish on the planet.
Episode 829 min2010-08-26
South Africa
In South Africa, Steve Backshall swims with a pack of 30 blacktip sharks, examines a nest of killer bees and encounters a black eagle.
Episode 929 min2010-09-02
Namibia 1
Steve Backshall visits Namibia, where he uses a special camera to examine a spider, before tracking down an elusive but lethal reptile and having a close encounter with a vulture.
Episode 1029 min2010-09-09
Namibia 2
Steve Backshall is in Namibia on the trail of Africa's big cats. Donning a camouflage suit, he tries to beat a leopard at its own game, before witnessing a pride of lions hunting.
Episode 1129 min2010-09-16
Madagascar
Steve encounters gremlin-like aye-ayes and Madagascar's most ferocious carnivore as he searches the vast island for contenders for the Deadly 60.
Episode 1228 min2010-09-23
Uganda
Steve is in Uganda, getting up close and personal with gorillas in the mountains, squabbling baboons on the savannah and chimps in the forest.
Episode 1328 min2010-09-30
Thailand
In Thailand, Steve comes face-to-face with the longest venomous snake in the world, the king cobra, whose bite could kill an elephant.
Episode 1428 min2010-10-07
Philippines 1
In the Philippines, Steve goes nose-to-nose with a living dinosaur and meets an arachnid with legs four times longer than its body.
Episode 1528 min2010-10-14
Philippines 2
Steve dives in the beautiful waters of the Philippines to check out a shark that spends most of the day 550 metres below the surface.
Episode 1628 min2010-10-21
Romania
Steve Backshall takes a look at dogs and their distant relatives, wolves. He heads to the Arctic Circle where huskies show him a thing or two about stamina.
Episode 1729 min2010-10-28
Norway
Steve and his trusty team head to the frozen north of Norway. He follows the tracks of Europe's largest cat, the elusive lynx, up into the hills.
Episode 1829 min2010-11-04
United Kingdom
Steve and the Deadly 60 team are on their home turf, the UK. The adventure begins in a lake as Steve dives in to track down a deadly monster lurking in its depths.
Episode 1929 min2010-11-11
Argentina
Steve heads for the marshlands of Argentina, where he searches for an anaconda and swims in piranha-infested waters.
Episode 2028 min2010-11-18
Peru
Steve and the crew are in Peru, searching for elusive giant river otters, when Steve has a chance encounter with the largest reptile in South America.
Episode 2129 min2010-11-25
Making Of
A behind-the-scenes look at how the series is filmed, from where the team eat and sleep to the extreme measures they have to take as they travel.
Episode 2229 min2010-12-02
Tracks and Signs
Steve Backshall demonstrates how reading the tracks and signs left by an animal can lead to fantastic encounters.
Episode 2328 min2010-12-09
Inside Deadly 60
At the Museum of Natural History in Oxford, Steve takes a look inside some of the top predators featured on Deadly 60 to find out what makes them so deadly.
Episode 2429 min2010-12-16
Venom
Steve is spat at and bitten by scorpions, spiders and snakes in his quest to prove that venom is one of the most lethal weapons of the animal kingdom.
Episode 2529 min2010-12-23
Unseen
In this special episode, Steve shares stories of the contenders that didn't quite make it onto the Deadly 60 list.
Episode 2628 min2010-12-30
Endangered Special
Steve Backshall reports on animals that are endangered, and explores why the chimpanzee, mountain gorilla and harpy eagle are threatened with habitat loss and their populations severely depleted. In Madagascar, he also meets the most bizarre creature he has ever seen - the aye-aye.