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Deadly... is a strand of British wildlife documentary programming aimed principally at children and young people, which is broadcast on CBBC on BBC One and Two and on the CBBC Channel. It is presented by Steve Backshall, with Naomi Wilkinson as co-host on Live 'n Deadly, and Barney Harwood as co host on Natural Born Hunters. The strand began with a single series known as Deadly 60, and has subsequently expanded into a number of spin-offs, re-edits and follow-up versions.

Deadly 60

Two series of the main programme have been produced as of 2011. Series one and two had 26 episodes and in total there were 52 episodes. Series 3 is being broadcasted on CBBC every weekday at 7:45.

Each series sees Backshall and his camera crew (who are often themselves seen on screen) travelling the world in an attempt to find the 60 "most deadly" animals in the world. Each episode of the series features several animals and each seqence sees Backshall tracking the animal in its habitat, and giving details of what makes the animal notable, with particular emphasis on its impact on the wider ecosystem and the manner of its predatory behaviour; thus, why it is "deadly". With two series so far produced, 120 animals have to date been featured in the programme . When series 3 is over there will be 180 animals on the list.

Deadly 60 is distributed by BBC Worldwide to many other countries. Most prominently to the US on NatGeo Wild from August 2011.

Deadly 60 episodes

Series 1:

1. South Africa This episode is the first episode to look at South Africa. Steve Backshall first looks at hippopotamuses, and meets a very special hippo called Jessica before kayaking to look for some hippos. He gets trapped by two hippos in a river but his crew manages to save him. Next he goes to a Reptile Park and looks at Rock Pythons, Black Mambas and Rinkhals and chooses one for his list(the black mamba). Then Steve looks for invertebrates and sees Baboon Spiders and African Rock Pythons. He then finds the Fat-Tailed Scorpion and puts that on the Deadly 60. Featured animals: Hippopotamus, Rock Python, Black Mamba, Rinkhal, Baboon Spider, African Rock Scorpion, Fat-Tailed Scorpion

2. South Africa This time Steve continues exploring South Africa and goes to an animal sanctuary and looks at African fish eagles. One called Bonno which lives in captivity goes fishing for plastic fish. After Steve watches this he tries his own hand at fishing and massively fails. After this Steve puts the African fish eagle on the Deadly 60. As Steve starts leaving he picks up the local newspaper and reads about a girl getting attacked by a Nile Crocodile in her swimming pool Steve sees them close up and decides to look at them close up and see if they can make the Deadly 60. He decides they are deadly enough. Next he sneaks up on impala, giraffe and wildebeest and tries to see if he can match their ability to stalk and catch prey but fails. He decides to see if the African hunting dogs are better. He goes in a plane searching for some dogs but doesn't find any. He puts them on the Deadly 60 anyway. Featured animals: African Fish Eagle, Golden Orb Weaver, Nile Crocodile, African Hunting Dog,

3. South Africa This program is the last visit to South Africa of the season. Steve plans to look for great white sharks, and after a decision to head inland because of bad weather that would potentially frustrate his plans, and Steve goes inland and after walking with a honey badger called Buster he gets friendly with Buster and gets attacked(sort of), and after calling it fearless, puts it on the Deadly 60, then checks out a wildlife sanctuary where a meer-kat bites him, a springbok runs at him with its horns extended out in front and then he meets a bat-eared fox, which he calls to cute to make the Deadly 60 and then he meets a caracal. He says these are great predators and after getting close to one and strokes it, being very careful as of his luck with the other animals, but the caracal attacks him anyway and Steve decides caracals deserve to be on the Deadly 60. Next he decides not to go out to look for sharks just yet, and looks at stingrays instead, close relatives of sharks. He feeds some off the coast of Cape Town, and explains that because they killed Steve Irwin, the last man who would want stingrays hated because of what happened to him, they won't be going on the Deadly 60, and instead after a while goes out on a boat looking for sharks. He goes shark-feeding with shark bait and sees one, but decides not to get wet with one. However, great white sharks manage to go on the Deadly 60. Featured animals: Honey Badger, Meerkat, Springbok, Bat-Eared Fox, Caracal, Great White Shark,

4. Australia Steve now goes to Western Australia to look for deadly animals. He starts on the outskirts of Perth and a local helps him search for tiger snakes. The local finds a large skink, but they haven't found tiger snakes. They go to a local park and find eight tiger snakes. He then shows a reconstruction of a man dying of a tiger snake bite, Steve catches one. He says they're more venomous than cobras, but they look like, cobras, they have a hood and are possibly very close to tiger snakes. The tiger snake then is put on the Deadly 60. Next Steve goes out to sea to catch fish hunters and looks at Australian sea lions and pelicans, the latter going on the Deadly 60. Next Steve looks at bottlenose dolphins which have bigger brains than humans and Steve discovers they are good predators definitely going on the Deadly 60.
Featured animals: Skink, Tiger Snake, Australian Sea Lion, Pelican, Bottlenose Dolphin

5. Australia Steve now travels to Queensland, Australia and starts by flying over the suffer canes and then shows cane toads, but doesn't put them on the Deadly 60. Featured Animals: Cane Toad, Paralysis Tick, Spectacled Flying Fox, Stinging Nettle, Catsnake, Forest Bearded Dragon, Lace Monitor, Redback Spider,

6. Australia This program focuses on South Australia. Featured Animals: Yellowfin Tuna, Duck-Billed Platypus, Eastern Grey Kangaroo, Trapdoor Spider, Jack Jumper Ant, Australian Giant Cuttlefish,

7. Australia The final program from Australia goes to the Northern Territory where Steve looks at nocturnals. Featured Animals: Saltwater Crocodile, Whistling Kite, Frilled Lizard, Ghost Bat

8. India Steve now goes to India to look for deadly animals. Featured Animals: Mugger Crocodile, Russell's Viper, King Cobra, Saw-Scaled Viper, Sloth Bear, Languar Monkey, Praying Mantis,

9. India Steve uses this episode to continue his studies of India. Featured Animals: Gharial, Asian Elephant, Bengal Tiger,

10. Malaysia Steve goes to Malaysia, and to start looks for animals in the Gomantong Cave System. Featured Animals: Wrinkle-lipped Bat Cockroach Scutigera Centipede Reticulated Python

11. Malaysia Steve now goes to the Malaysian sea and looks for deadly animals. Featured Animals: Crocodilefish Frogfish Lionfish Mantis Shrimp Chevron Barracuda

12. United Kingdom Steve goes back home to the UK, and this time looks at the deadliest animals his home has to offer. Featured Animals Gannet Sand Lizard Common Lizard Grass Snake Slow Worm Adder Giant Hornet Goshawk

13. United Kingdom This episode continues the search for deadly animals in the United Kingdom. Featured Animals: Perigrine Falcon Common Otter Great Raft Spider

14. Alaska Steve now goes to Alaska to look at deadly animals. Featured Animals: Arctic Fox Wolverine Polar Bear Bald Eagle Salmon Brown Bear

15. Arizona Steve heads to the Arizonan desert. Featured Animals: Owl Harris Hawk Black Bear Mountain Lion Gila Monster Tiger Rattlesnake

16. Louisiana Steve goes to Louisiana's swamp and looks at many deadly animals. Featured Animals: Catfish Alligator Gar Red Soldier Ant Cottonmouth Armadillo American Alligator Alligator Snapping Turtle

17. Bahamas-Shark Special Steve Backshall looks at sharks in a trip to the Bahamas. Featured Animals: Caribbean Reef Shark Tiger Shark Greater Hammerhead Lemon Shark

18. Brazil Steve goes to the Brazilian Savannah to meet deadly contenders for his list. Featured Animals: Giant Anteater Burrowing Owl

19. Brazil Steve goes to the Brazilian flooded forests to find the deadliest animals there. Featured Animals: Fer de Lance Red-Bellied Piranha Giant Candiru Pink River Dolphin

20. Brazil Steve finishes his journey by looking for the last two Deadly 60 animals. Featured Animals: Whip Spider Goliath Bird-Eating Spider Vampire Bat Fresh Water Crab Poison Dart Frog Armt Ant

21. Killers Steve shows us the handful of Deadly 60 animals which would kill a human.

22. Weapons Steve looks at the animals on the Deadly 60 and their weapons.

23. Unseen Steve Backshall shows all the deadly animals he just didn't put on the Deadly 60.

24. Behind the Scenes Steve now shows the viewers who tune in how his favourite animal encounters were made.

25. The Making of South America and Alaska Steve shows how the crew filmed the Brazil episodes and the Alaska episode.

26. Endangered Steve meets all the endangered Deadly 60 animals.

Series 2:

1. Baja California, Mexico Steve Backshall meets the deadly animals in Baja California, Mexico to start his new Deadly 60. Featured Animals: Humboldt Squid Tarantula Tarantula Hawk Wasp Rattlesnake

2. British Columbia Steve goes to British Columbia to see potentially deadly sea creatures. Featured Animals: Wolf Eel Pacific Giant Octopus Orca

3. Vancouver Steve Backshall visits Vancouver to see deadly creatures. Featured Animals: Steller's Sea Lion Orca Skunk Raccoon American Black Bear

4. Costa Rica Steve shows the audience the deadliest animals in Costa Rica. Featured Animals: Fer de Lance American Crocodile Jaguar Peccary

5. Costa Rica 2 Steve continues the studies of Costa Rica. Featured Animals: Boa Constrictor Eyelash Viper Bushmaster Poison Dart Frog Vampire Bat

6. Panama Steve now visits Panama on the search for the elusive harpy eagle. Featured Animals: Glossy Racer Snake Peccary Bullet Ant Harpy Eagle

7. Mozambique Steve visits the coast of Mozambique. Featured Animals: Zoo Plankton Whale Shark Solifuge Marlin Crown of Thorns Starfish

8. South Africa Steve revisits South Africa to show deadly animals not shown last series of Deadly 60. Featured Animals: Blacktip Reef Shark African Honeybee Ragged-Tooth Shark Dassie Black Eagle

9. Namibia Steve goes to Namibia's Namib desert and shows deadly Namibians. Featured Animals: Spoor Spider Dune Ant Shovel-Snouted Lizard Sidewinder Vulture

10. Namibia 2 Steve is on the search for Namibia's Big Cats. Featured Animals: Leopard Lion Porcupine Warthog Giraffe

11. Madagascar Steve visits Madagascar to view the Deadly Animals there. Featured Animals: Fossa Sicada Chamelion Leaf-Tailed Gecko Aye-Aye

12. Uganda Here Steve shows people how deadly primates can be. Featured Animals: Gorilla Baboon Chimpanzee Giant Earthworm

13. Thailand In Thailand Steve tries to find the Deadliest animals it has to offer. Featured Animals: King Cobra Burmese Python Cloaded Leopard Fishing Cat Tokay Gecko

14. Philippines Steve continues his adventure for the Deadly 60 in the Philippines. Featured Animals: Water Monitor Tarantula Whip Spider Pangolin Mangrove Catsnake

15. Philippines Steve continues his studies in the Philippines. Featured Animals: Thresher Shark Torpedo Ray Cleaner Wrase Sea Krate Kingfisher Mudskipper Millipede Tarsier

16. Romania In this episode Steve focuses on dogs. Featured Animals: Grey Wolf Brown Bear He also visits Norway.

17. Norway Steve goes to the frozen north of Norway to see what deadly animals there are in its polar region. Featured Animals: Arctic Fox Lemming Musk Ox Lynx Roe Deer

18. UK Steve sees what deadly animals his home land has to offer. Featured Animals: Pike White-Tailed Sea Eagle Crab Spider Orb Weaver

19. Argentina Steve travels to Argentina to see the deadly animals that live in its swamp lands. Fearured Animals: Spectacled Caiman Capybara Fox Yellow-Bellied Piranha Yellow Anaconda

20. Peru Steve finishes his search in the wonders of the Amazon Rainforest. Featured Animals: Giant Otter Black Caiman Yellow-Tailed Cribo

21. Making of Steve and the gang show how the TV show was made.

22. Tracks and Signs Steve tells how we can track animals using tracks and signs.

23. Inside Deadly 60 Steve focuses on showing viewers how animals survive by looking under the skin.

24. Special Steve shows the animals he didn't have time to show us.

25. Venom Steve's goes telling us about venom, how it works and how to cure it.

26. Endangered Special Steve shows the endangered Deadly animals.

Series 3: Aired every weeekday morning 7:45am and every weekday afternoon 4:30pm (repeat of morning episode) every weekday for the week commencing 26/03/2012 (Monday - last school week).

1. Indonesia: Steve takes the Deadly 60 team to Indonesia where they meet the Komodo Dragon.

2. Ethiopia: Steve travels to Ethiopia to find the Gelada Baboons however first he has an experience of a life time, feeding wild hyenas in a medieval city with a local man. The hyenas have become used to this feeding after hundreds of years. He then travels into the mountains to find the Geladas but accidentally runs into the extremely rare Ethiopian Mountain Wolf along the way.

Spin-off series

Live 'n Deadly

Live 'n Deadly is a spin-off series to Deadly 60, with 10 live shows and 3 non-live Specials. This series is a live magazine program hosted by Steve Backshall and Naomi Wilkinson, which features a range of magazine content, features and games relating to animals and wildlife, and also uses its live broadcast to encourage interactivity with the viewing audience. The program was a touring series, with episodes filmed live on location from areas around the UK.

The first series of Live 'n Deadly aired on BBC Two (simulcast with CBBC Channel) on Saturday mornings at 9am in between September and December 2010. In addition to the live Saturday show, a public roadshow event was also held the following day in the general area that the program had visited that week (though never in exactly the same location). These roadshows were run by BBC Learning and featured a number of hands-on wildlife-related activities for children and families, and footage from the roadshow events was broadcast the following Saturday as part of the following live programme.

Series 2 of Live 'n' Deadly is currently on air between September and December 2011.

Deadly 60 Bites

This is a series of short filler programmes consisting of individual animals' segments of Deadly 60 cut down into a 5 to 10 minute standalone segment; this is often used as a filler between programmes on the CBBC channel.

Deadly Art

In 2011 a spin-off show was broadcast called Deadly Art, which airs as a short filler programme on weekdays.

Deadly Art Episodes

Series 3 is airing May 2012. Series 1:

Series 2:

Series 3:

Deadly Top 10s

The CBBC Channel has started airing 'Steve Backshall's Deadly Top 10s', which essentially is a clip show featuring a collection of material previously seen in Deadly 60.

Fastest: 10. Black Mamba, 9. Star-Nosed Mole, 8. Mantis Shrimp, 7. Dragonfly, 6. Chamelion, 5. Eyelash Pit Viper, 4. Tuna, 3. Perigrine Falcon, 2. Cheetah, 1. Gannet

Lethal Weapons: 10. African Fish Eagle, 9. African Elephant, 8. Queen Snake, 7. Aye-Aye, 6. Bullet Ant, 5. Venus Fly Trap, 4. Great Grey Owl, 3. Reticulated Python, 2. Grizzly Bear, 1. Praying Mantis

Killer Tactics: 10. Harris Hawk, 9. African Hunting Dog, 8. Leaf-Tailed Gecko, 7. Garter Snake, 6. Chimpanzee, 5. Stoat, 4. Gladiator Spider, 3. Alligator Snapping Turtle, 2. Leopard, 1. Humpback Whale

Toxic: 10. Fat-Tailed Scorpian, 9. Sydney Funnel Web, 8. Sea Kreat, 7. Skunk, 6. Cone Shell, 5. Komodo Dragon, 4. Paralysis Tick, 3. Giant Centipede, 2. King Cobra, 1. Poison Dart Frog

Fiercest: 10. Tiger, 9. Polar Bear, 8. Tiger Shark, 7. Honey Badger, 6. Humboldt Squid, 5. Japanese Hornet, 4. Leopard Seal, 3. Lion, 2. Saltwater Crocodile, 1. Great White Shark

Deadly 60 on a Mission

In 2011, a compilation series called Deadly 60 on a Mission began airing on Sunday evenings on BBC One; this took the place of Horrible Histories with Stephen Fry in the BBC One schedule, and, like the Horrible Histories spinoff, was designed to utilise content from the associated CBBC programme in a family-aimed mid-evening slot. As with Deadly Top 10s, much of the material in this strand had previously appeared in the main Deadly 60 series.

Deadly 360

A studio-based format show mixing BBC natural history archive displayed in 'Minority Report' style, presented again by Steve Backshall. The show was broadcast on CBBC between September and December 2011.

Natural Born Hunters

A series in which Steve Backshall and Barney Harwood narrate various clips (mostly from Deadly 60) about predators and how they hunt. This series could be considered a combination between the 'Deadly' series and the 'Barney's...' series

Deadly 60 Games

Several Deadly 60 Flash games have also been produced for CBBC. Deadly Dash (released September 2010) was one of the most popular games on the channel that year. Deadly Planet & Deadly Scramble were subsequently released in September 2012 to coincide with series 2 of Live 'n' Deadly.

External links

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