• 2009
  • 28m
Deadly 60

Summary Adventurer and naturalist Steve Backshall has one mission; to travel the globe in search of 60 of the world's deadliest animals. Travelling across six continents, Steve searches through trees, deserts, swamps and seas to find them all. View more details

  • 2009
  • 28m

Deadly 60

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Steve Backshall Graham MacFarlane Mark Sharman Donald Strydom

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Genres : Documentary

Release date : May 27, 2009

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Production companies : BBC Natural History Unit (NHU)

Summary Adventurer and naturalist Steve Backshall has one mission; to travel the globe in search of 60 of the world's deadliest animals. Travelling across six continents, Steve searches through trees, deserts, swamps and seas to find them all. View more details

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : May 27, 2009

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Production companies : BBC Natural History Unit (NHU)

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Episodes

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Episode 1 • May 27, 2009
South Africa 1
Steve begins his search for the world's deadliest animals in South Africa where he has a terrifying encounter with a hippopotamus, finds a surprisingly docile spider and declares Africa's deadliest species of snake.
Episode 2 • Jun 03, 2009
South Africa - Kruger National Park
Continuing his search in South Africa's Kruger National Park, Steve watches a fish eagle catch it's prey, tests the strength of a spider's web and shows just how hard it is for Africa's big cats to stalk their prey by trying it himself.
Episode 3 • Jun 10, 2009
South Africa 3 - Cape
Steve concludes his South African adventure in the Cape where he's chased by a honey badger, mauled by a caracal at a wildlife sanctuary and swims with docile stingrays, an animal with a bad reputation after the death of Steve Irwin.
Episode 4 • Jun 17, 2009
Australia 1
Steve heads to Australia where he's joined by Aussie herpetologist Mitch to look for a tiger snake in Perth's parks and backyards. Off the coast, the team encounter sea lions, pelicans and dolphins.
Episode 5 • Jun 24, 2009
Australia 2 - Queensland
In Queensland Steve finds an invasive cane toad and meets a victim of a tick bite at a veterinary clinic before heading into the forest in search of deadly reptiles and the notorious black widow or redback spider.
Episode 6 • Jul 01, 2009
South Australia
While Steve and his team try to catch an elusive platypus on camera in South Australia, they encounter a kangaroo and a trapdoor spider. Later, Steve heads into the sea to observe the giant Australian cuttlefish.
Episode 7 • Jul 08, 2009
Australia 4 - Northern Territory
Steve heads north for the final part of his Australian adventure where he helps catch a saltwater crocodile before hitting the road to witness a bushfire and track down ghost bats at an abandoned goldmine.
Episode 8 • Jul 15, 2009
India 1
In India Steve joins his old friend Gerry for a snake hunt, proves that the sloth bear is deadlier than the tiger and gets a lesson in praying mantis style kung fu from a local grandmaster.
Episode 9 • Jul 22, 2009
India 2
Continuing his search in India, Steve admires the Gharial, a native species of crocodile before heading on a wild hunt for tigers which brings the crew dangerously close to charging elephants.
Episode 10 • Jul 29, 2009
Borneo 1
Steve and his team make their way through Borneo's rainforests, braving bloodsucking tiger leeches before descending into the Gomantong Caves, home to insect eating bats and the venomous centipede scutigera.
Episode 11 • Aug 05, 2009
Borneo 2
Steve goes diving in Borneo's seas, not knowing what deadly creatures he'll find. In the reef he encounters the impressive lionfish and mantis shrimp but it's a giant shoal of barracuda that amazes him most.
Episode 12 • Aug 12, 2009
Britain 1
Back home in Britain, Steve takes on gannets in a diving competition, comes face-to-face with the only snake that has ever hospitalised him and uncovers a hornets' nest in a loft as he proves that British wildlife is anything but boring.
Episode 13 • Aug 19, 2009
Britain 2
Steve heads to Scotland where he joins his hero Terry Nutkins to watch otters before observing the aquatic raft spider hunting it's prey and finally racing a peregrine falcon in a sports car, Top Gear style.
Episode 14 • Oct 14, 2009
Alaska
Looking to find a polar bear, Steve and the crew take a flight to frozen Alaska where they also encounter an arctic fox and a wolverine. Later, they go river rafting to watch bald eagles and brown bears catch salmon.
Episode 15 • Jun 03, 2011
Arizona
Leaving Alaska behind, Steve heads to Arizona's Sonoran Desert, an environment that couldn't be more different. There he shows off the harris hawk, goes hunting for a mountain lion and finds a rattlesnake.
Episode 16 • Oct 28, 2009
Louisiana
Steve and his team are in Louisiana, America's gator country but Steve is instead searching for two other deadly animals with alligator in their name, the sharp toothed alligator gar and the gigantic alligator snapping turtle.
Episode 17 • Nov 04, 2009
Bahamas
In the Bahamas Steve is joined by shark expert Dr Sam "the Doc" Gruber to go diving with three different species of shark as he sets out to prove that sharks are more than just mindless killers.
Episode 18 • Nov 11, 2009
Brazil 1
Steve takes to the skies in a helicopter to traverse Brazil's grasslands in order to get up close with the bizarre giant anteater before heading into the rainforest to show off two of the world's deadliest arachnids.
Episode 19 • Nov 18, 2009
Brazil 2
Venturing further into Brazil, Steve and his crew take a cruise along the Amazon River in a luxurious river boat. Steve wrestles with a huge arapaima and goes fishing for piranhas but it's the voracious candiru that terrifies him most.
Episode 20 • Nov 25, 2009
Brazil 3
Steve concludes his Brazilian adventure with a nighttime trek through the rainforest in search of a giant spider before descending into the caves to find a vampire bat and taking advantage of a rare chance to observe a colony of army ants.
Episode 21 • Dec 31, 1969
Killers
All the animals that made it onto Steve's list are deadly in their own right, but a handful of them are deadly to humans. This programme looks at those animals in detail, dispelling myths and showing just how incredible they truly are.
Episode 22 • Dec 31, 1969
Weapons
Sharks, especially the great white, have a deadly mouthful of razor-sharp teeth and bite like a chainsaw. At scale, carnivorous bats can compare. Biting power champions include crocodilians and the alligator turtle. Claws can be deadly too, as with birds of prey, the praying mantis, which inspired kungfu, and its homonym aquatic counterpart, a lobster. Venom is often deadly, with millipedes as well as snakes such as cobras. Speed is often part of deadly hunting, as with falcon and tuna.
Episode 23 • Dec 16, 2009
Unseen
In this extra episode on species Steve couldn't show in the regular ones, he starts in Australia with a spider. In Borneo, a viciously poisonous centipede made him sweat, especially as it seemed caught in his wristwatch. peaceful encounters followed with a viper and a kingfisher, as well as a moraine. In Africa, a 'gliding spider', more vipers and other serpents. In Alaska, Steve's favorite predator, the grey wolf.
Episode 24 • Dec 23, 2009
Behind the Scenes
The making of an adventurous documentary like Deadly 60 is an adventure in itself, even if most of the time is spent waiting and searching, preferably with local guides or other experts, yet often even in vain. The tricks of the trade include safety measures, as for climbing, and getting acquainted in advance with dangerous animals, such as 'domesticated' hippo Jessica. Yet surprises always lurk, especially with wild animals. Biotopes themselves can be pretty uncomfortable, e.g. stinking, bugs-infested, spooky and/or dangerous, especially for team-members with phobias, such as deep caves, not to mention the elements. Sometimes animals just won't 'perform'.
Episode 25 • Dec 30, 2009
Making of Alaska and South America
The team needs to be well-matched, including camera and sound technicians as well as director and researcher, plus local guides, sometimes doubling tasks, e.g. handling extra cameras. The required recording equipment adds to the personal luggage, so transportation is quite demanding in desolate or near-impenetrable territory, which can be as dangerous and unpredictable as wild predators and parasites, all subject to the elements, which sometimes even get the better of equipment. For various menial practical reasons, recording a short sequence can take forever.

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