Deadly 60: Full TV Schedule and Live Stream For Kids

Award-winning adventurer Steve Backshall tracks down the world’s deadliest wildlife.

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Romania
Series 2: 16. Romania
Wildlife series. 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.
⏱ 28 mins
Your Time
Fri 13 Feb · 10:30
UK
Fri 13 Feb · 10:30
Recent
Deadly 60
Children's wildlife documentary. The team battle freezing conditions to view a wolverine and Arctic foxes, and search for where bald eagles arrive to feed on salmon.
Your Time
Thu 12 Feb · 19:30
UK
Thu 12 Feb · 19:30
Channel
Repeat
Episode
Romania
Wildlife series. 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.
⏱ 28 mins
Time
Your Time
Fri 13 Feb · 10:30
UK
Fri 13 Feb · 10:30
Channel
Repeat
Episode
Deadly 60
Children's wildlife documentary. The team battle freezing conditions to view a wolverine and Arctic foxes, and search for where bald eagles arrive to feed on salmon.
Time
Your Time
Thu 12 Feb · 19:30
UK
Thu 12 Feb · 19:30

Available for Streaming

Series 1 1. South Africa

1. South Africa

Wildlife series. Steve Backshall tracks down 60 of the world's deadliest animals. In Hoedspruit, South Africa, Steve encounters an angry hippo and a venomous scorpion.
Duration: 28 mins First broadcast: 5:15pm 28 May 2009
Availability: Available for 6 months (until 25 May 2026)
Series 1 2. South Africa

2. South Africa

Wildlife series. Steve Backshall finds out if crocodiles deserve their reputation, and tracks down one of Africa's most elusive predators, the awesome hunting dog.
Duration: 28 mins First broadcast: 5:15pm 4 Jun 2009
Availability: Available for 6 months (until 25 May 2026)
Series 1 3. South Africa

3. South Africa

Wildlife series. Steve Backshall braves rough seas to get close to a fearsome great white shark and goes scavenging with the world's most fearless animal.
Duration: 28 mins First broadcast: 5:15pm 11 Jun 2009
Availability: Available for 6 months (until 25 May 2026)
Series 1 4. Australia

4. Australia

Wildlife expert Steve Backshall continues his Deadly 60 mission, investigating tiger snakes, pelicans, and bottlenose dolphins down under.
Duration: 28 mins First broadcast: 18 Jun 2009
Availability: Available for 6 months (until 25 May 2026)
Series 1 5. Australia

5. Australia

Steve Backshall's quest for deadly species sees him come face to face with a huge lace monitor lizard and encounter a venomous redback spider.
Duration: 28 mins First broadcast: 5:15pm 25 Jun 2009
Availability: Available for 6 months (until 25 May 2026)
Series 1 6. Australia

6. Australia

Naturalist Steve Backshall investigates the Pacific's giant cuttlefish, the elusive duck-billed platypus, and the lethal yellowfin tuna.
Duration: 28 mins First broadcast: 5:15pm 2 Jul 2009
Availability: Available for 6 months (until 25 May 2026)
Series 1 7. Australia

7. Australia

Naturalist Steve Backshall's global search for deadly creatures takes him to meet the saltwater crocodile and search for huge-fanged ghost bats.
Duration: 25 mins First broadcast: 9 Jul 2009
Availability: Available for 6 months (until 25 May 2026)
Series 1 8. India

8. India

Steve Backshall's quest for deadly animals sets him on the trail of the dangerous Indian saw-scaled viper, and the razor-clawed sloth bear.
Duration: 28 mins First broadcast: 5:15pm 16 Jul 2009
Availability: Available for 6 months (until 25 May 2026)
Series 1 9. India

9. India

Wildlife series. Steve Backshall is in India in search of tigers, and also comes face to face with another animal that is on the endangered list, the gharial crocodile.
Duration: 28 mins First broadcast: 5:15pm 23 Jul 2009
Availability: Available for 6 months (until 25 May 2026)
Series 1 10. Malaysia

10. Malaysia

Naturalist Steve Backshall's search for deadly creatures takes him to Borneo's Gomantong caves where thousands of cockroaches and the scutigera centipede await.
Duration: 28 mins First broadcast: 5:15pm 30 Jul 2009
Availability: Available for 6 months (until 25 May 2026)
Series 1 11. Malaysia

11. Malaysia

Steve Backshall is in Borneo, tracking down underwater animals for his Deadly 60 list. He comes face to face with a highly venomous scorpion fish and a spear mantis.
Duration: 28 mins First broadcast: 5:15pm 6 Aug 2009
Availability: Available for 6 months (until 25 May 2026)
Series 1 12. United Kingdom

12. United Kingdom

The Deadly 60 team scours the UK in search of its lethal beauties. Gannets prove to be more than a match for Steve in a diving competition.
Duration: 28 mins First broadcast: 5:15pm 13 Aug 2009
Availability: Available for 6 months (until 25 May 2026)
Series 1 13. United Kingdom

13. United Kingdom

Children's wildlife documentary. Scouring the UK for lethal beauties, Steve goes otter-spotting with Terry Nutkins and meets with the UK's biggest spider.
Duration: 27 mins First broadcast: 5:15pm 20 Aug 2009
Availability: Available for 6 months (until 25 May 2026)
Series 1 15. Arizona

15. Arizona

Steve Backshall and the team brave the intense heat of the Arizona desert. Featuring the hunting skill of the Harris hawk, some deadly rattlesnakes and an elusive cougar.
Duration: 28 mins First broadcast: 22 Oct 2009
Availability: Available for 6 months (until 25 May 2026)
Series 1 16. Louisiana

16. Louisiana

Steve and the team are on the search for deadly animals in the southern US. The contenders are everywhere, not least the alligators that live in just about every lake.
Duration: 28 mins First broadcast: 29 Oct 2009
Availability: Available for 6 months (until 25 May 2026)
Series 1 17. Bahamas - Shark Special

17. Bahamas - Shark Special

Naturalist Steve Backshall heads to the Bahamas to see a whole bunch of shark species, and must decide which ones will earn a place on his Deadly 60 list.
Duration: 28 mins First broadcast: 5 Nov 2009
Availability: Available for 6 months (until 25 May 2026)
Series 1 18. Brazil

18. Brazil

A helicopter trip over Brazil's northern savannah helps adventurer Steve Backshall find his next contender for the Deadly 60, the elusive giant anteater.
Duration: 28 mins First broadcast: 12 Nov 2009
Availability: Available for 6 months (until 25 May 2026)
Series 1 19. Brazil

19. Brazil

Steve Backshall and the Deadly crew head into the flooded forests of Brazil. Steve takes a swim in a piranha-infested river in order to find out more about these killer fish.
Duration: 28 mins First broadcast: 19 Nov 2009
Availability: Available for 6 months (until 25 May 2026)
Series 1 20. Brazil

20. Brazil

Steve Backshall only needs two more animals to complete his Deadly 60 list, so he visits the rainforests of Brazil on the trail of the final contenders.
Duration: 28 mins First broadcast: 26 Nov 2009
Availability: Available for 6 months (until 25 May 2026)
Series 1 21. Killers

21. Killers

Steve Backshall has encountered some incredible animals on his search around the planet, including those that are deadly to humans. They're looked at in detail here.
Duration: 28 mins First broadcast: 3 Dec 2009
Availability: Available for 6 months (until 25 May 2026)

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When is Deadly 60 next on?

The next broadcast of Deadly 60 airs at Fri 13 Feb · 19:05(UK: Fri 13 Feb · 19:05) on BBC Three.

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