Deadly 60

Steve Backshall goes in search of one of Europe's most venomous snakes: the nose-horned viper. He also hopes to track down a bear and goes deep into a cave system to find a dragon. 

Steve Backshall heads to Timor Leste in search of the biggest animal to have ever lived - the blue whale. He also hopes to find the saltwater crocodile, one of the giants of land. 

Steve Backshall goes searching for Patagonia's perfect predator: the puma. After waiting his whole life to see one, Steve sees a tiny cub and witnesses a female puma hunting an armadillo. 

Steve Backshall goes in search of bat-hunting boas, meets a team working to save the deadly but cute slow loris, and he comes face to face with the king of snakes: the king cobra. 

Steve Backshall heads out to find one of the UK's greatest predators: the dragonfly. He witnesses the aerial prowess of the hobby and dives underwater with the puffin. 

In this special episode of Deadly 60, Steve Backshall takes a deep dive into the fate of one of the most extraordinary, and endangered, ecosystems on our planet: coral reefs. They may cover less than one per cent of the ocean floor, but they support roughly a quarter of all marine life and are irreplaceable - yet they are in serious trouble. Steve travels to some of the world's most celebrated reef systems, from the shallows of the Java Sea to the tropical waters of the Maldives. Along the way, he meets all the weird and wonderful creatures that call the reef home, including some of the best-camouflaged creatures and some impressive apex predators - he even gets a telling-off from a clownfish! 

Steve Backshall comes face to face with the world's deadliest animals and investigates the deadly threats to their survival.

Steve sets sail to Bali for a diving adventure to find a giant ocean sunfish. He rescues fish trapped in an abandoned net and meets the teenagers fighting to ban plastic bags on the island.

Steve travels to Gabon for the first time. Exploring Loango National Park, Steve goes in search of crocodiles, surprisingly deadly chimpanzees and feisty forest elephants. 

Steve heads to Norway to dive with the planet's ultimate predator - the orca. He also witnesses the northern lights and gets up close to the mighty mouth of a humpback whale.

Steve witnesses a serval hunting in the weird surroundings of a power station at night, puts snakes to the test in a chomp-off and meets a rare spider.

Steve heads to Ecuador to dive with the giant manta ray. He also gets a unique view of the biggest baby on earth and rescues a turtle caught in a fishing line.

Steve gets strangled by a python on a night-time river expedition, climbs a 40-metre tree and finds out why our thirst for palm oil is threatening bears and orangutans. 

Steve dives in the shark capital of the world, meets hammerhead and tiger sharks nose to nose and passionately explains why sharks need friends

Steve heads to the Amazon rainforest in search of some of the deadliest critters on earth. From deadly snakes to freaky spiders, this episode may leave you hiding behind the sofa!

Steve finds out who is boss as he faces a real-life King Kong. He gets up close to Africa's largest snake and stakes out a crocodile nest to try and catch a sneaky thief red-handed.