Deadly 60 (2009)★ 8.0/10
- Documentary
Directed by: Ruth Harries, Giles Badger, James Brickell, Kirstine Davidson, Emma Cole
Written by: Doug Hope
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.
- Original title
- Deadly 60
- Storyline
- A lightly presented nature documentary series. In each season, adventurous British zoologist Steve Backshall travels around the world to select sixty of the most deadly and interesting animal species, from insects to giants, many predators, others just armed with deadly defensive means. Every episode yields three or more of them, with something in common, such as the geographical environment, or a mode of killing. A few extra episodes are dedicated to extras such as 'the making of'.
- Rating
- 8.0 / 10 · 582
- Companies
- BBC Natural History Unit (NHU), ABC Me, Animal Planet, BBC Earth, BBC One, BBC Studios France, BBC iPlayer, Bilibili, CBBC, Hulu, NPO 3, Nat Geo Wild, Nederlandse Publieke Omroep (NPO), Norsk Rikskringkasting (NRK), Polyband, Pop TV, ProSieben Maxx, Sony Liv, TV Chosun, UKTV
- Release dates
- US May 28, 2009
- BE January 1, 2010
- GB October 2, 2011