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Steve Backshall goes in search of red diamond rattlesnakes, whale sharks and sea lions on the Baja California peninsula.
29:00Steve Backshall travels to Guadalupe off the coast of Mexico, and swims outside of the cage with the most feared shark on the planet - the Great White.
29:00Steve Backshall travels to Trinidad in the Caribbean to track down the ocelot - a rare jungle cat. He also attempts to swim with leatherback turtles, and tries to find the deadly fer-de-lance snake.
29:00Steve's epic adventure has reached Cuba, a colourful Caribbean island with a secret deadly side. First up Steve must overcome his fears to get in the water with a lethal prehistoric predator, the American crocodile.
29:00Steve Backshall journeys to the remote Hawaiian Islands in search of three very different deadly carnivores. After days of searching the open waters for the mighty white tip shark, Steve eventually comes nose to nose with it.
29:00Steve and his intrepid crew hit Hawaii to encounter three giants of nature. Heading out on the open ocean Steve seeks out a true goliath battle - male humpback whales duelling it out to see who can get the girl.
29:00This time on Deadly Pole to Pole Steve Backshall travels to the tropical islands of the Bahamas for an underwater mission like no other. Using the latest deadly time-slice technology Steve reveals the science of a shark bite.
28:00Steve continues his deadly journey through the southern states of the USA and goes fishin' Texan style and discovers they sure make 'em big. Steve reels in the alligator gar, the largest fresh water fish in North America.
29:00Steve looks back at some of his past encounters with the creatures, including his search for grey wolves in Yellowstone National Park, and his quests to see the rare Ethiopian wolf and the critically endangered red wolf.
29:00Steve Backshall's global journey culminates in a visit to Antarctica. The presenter tackles freezing conditions to explore the underwater world of an iceberg and has an encounter with a group of humpback whales.
29:00Steve Backshall and the crew reach the icy shores of South Georgia, and the last stop before Antarctica, after a rough five-day sail. They are rewarded with a series of wildlife encounters, including battling elephant seals.
29:00Steve Backshall takes a four day journey to Bird Island, a sub-Antarctic landmass home to wildlife including the wandering albatross - which has the largest wingspan of any bird - and giant petrels and skuas.
30:00Steve Backshall visits the Falkland Islands, where he tracks down rockhopper penguins, southern sea lions, and some unusual birds of prey called Striated Caracara.
29:00Steve Backshall visits Patagonia, where he hopes to see a killer whale. The predators come on to the beaches to hunt sea lions, before thrashing to get back out to sea.
30:00Steve Backshall uncovers the prehistoric world of the dinosaurs by visiting their fossilised remains at London's Natural History Museum and bringing them to life with the help of computer-generated images.
29:00Steve Backshall looks at the world of reptiles and discovers what makes them cold-blooded killers, and meets the largest lizard alive on the remote island of Komodo.
29:00Steve Backshall and his daring crew explore the elemental furies of fire, ice, water and wind by taking a look at some of the most deadly forces of nature on the planet.
29:00Steve Backshall visits an extreme environments laboratory to learn how animals survive in frozen climates. He is frozen and thrown in icy waters to see how his body reacts in comparison to those in the natural world.
30:00Steve Backshall swims with sharks and uses time-slice cameras to see what makes the predator's bite so deadly, and dives with the most feared of its species - the great white.
29:00Steve Backshall heads to Peru in South America. In the shadow of the Andes he searches cactus-strewn shrubland for a rare pit viper, before trekking into the mountains on a stakeout to film the world's largest bird of prey.