The strand began with a single series called Deadly 60, and has subsequently expanded into a number of spin-offs, re-edits and follow-up versions.
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).
[4] Alligator snapping turtle, piranha, saltwater crocodile, brown bear, wolves, African killer bees, hippos, African fish eagle, king cobra, shark, lynx, mountain gorilla, tuna, rattlesnake, tiger, ghost bat, tarsier, wolverine, red back spider, chameleon, praying mantis, peregrine falcon, donkey, vulture, pangolin, Tasmanian devil Goliath birdeater, snow leopard, tokay gecko, aye aye, squid, scorpion, scutigera centipede, lion, wrinkle-lipped bats, barracuda, black eagle, chimpanzee, dolphin, Nile crocodile, pit viper, hornet, lionfish, reticulated python, giant anteater, black tip reef shark, African hunting dog, monitor lizard, gannet, giant octopus, crown of thorns starfish, polar bear Series 3 aired May 2012.
Banded sand snake, African bush elephant, golden eagle, fossa, tiger shark, harpy eagle, rinkhals, warthog, wolf eel, poison dart frog, spoor spider, giraffe, pink river dolphin, burrowing owl, Arctic fox, millipede, vervet monkey, musk ox, kangaroo, army ant, clouded leopard, kingfisher, hammerhead shark, solifuge, killer whale, black rhinoceros The CBBC Channel has started airing Steve Backshall's Deadly Top 10s, which essentially is a 30-minute clip show featuring a collection of material previously seen in Deadly 60.
2 – Lethal Weapons: (10) African fish eagle, (9) Hippo Vs. elephant (winner: elephant), (8) Queen snake, (7) Aye-aye, (6) Bullet ant, (5) Sundew Vs. Venus fly trap (winner: Venus fly trap), (4) Great grey owl, (3) Reticulated python, (2) Grizzly bear, (1) Praying mantis 3 – Killer Tactics: (10) Harris hawk, (9) African hunting dog, (8) Leaf-tailed gecko, (7) Death adder Vs. garter snake (winner: garter snake), (6) Chimpanzee, (5) Stoat, (4) Corolla spider Vs. gladiator spider (winner: gladiator spider), (3) Alligator snapping turtle, (2) Leopard, (1) Humpback whale 4 – Toxic: (10) Fat-tailed scorpion, (9) Sydney funnel-web spider, (8) Sea kreat, (7) Skunk, (6) Cone shell, (5) Water monitor Vs. Komodo dragon (winner: Komodo dragon), (4) Paralysis tick, (3) Scutigera centipede Vs. giant centipede (winner: giant centipede), (2) King cobra, (1) Poison dart frog 5 – Fiercest: (10) Tiger, (9) Polar bear, (8) Tiger shark, (7) Honey badger Vs. wolverine (winner: honey badger), (6) – Humboldt squid, (5) Japanese giant hornet, (4) Leopard seal, (3) Lion, (2) Saltwater crocodile, (1) Great white shark 1 – Defenders: (10) Goliath bird-eating spider, (9) Adder, (8) Mountain gorilla, (7) Porcupine, (6) Moth butterfly caterpillar, (5) Cassowary, (4) Jack jumping ant, (3) Rhino Vs. buffalo (winner: buffalo), (2) Rinkhals spitting cobra, (1) Bombardier beetle 2 – Super-Senses: (10) Giant anteater, (9) Pink river dolphin, (8) Raccoon Vs. yapok (winner: raccoon), (7) Duck billed platypus, (6) Vampire bat, (5) Sand-swimmer snake, (4) Bat eared fox Vs. brown long-eared bat (winner: bat eared fox), (3) Tarsier, (2) Nile crocodile, (1) Cuttlefish 3 – Extreme: (10) Snow leopard, (9) Thorny devil, (8) Pitcher plant, (7) Lungfish, (6) Fungus gnat glow worm, (5) Arctic fox Vs. fennec fox (winner: Arctic fox), (4) Spoor spider, (3) Emperor penguin, (2) Sperm whale, (1) Wood frog 4 – Mass Attacks: (10) Blacktip shark, (9) Blue footed booby, (8) Coati, (7) Spotted hyena, (6) Desert locust, (5) South American sociable spider Vs. black lace-weaver spider (winner: South American sociable spider), (4) Grey wolf, (3) Japanese honey bee, (2) Bottlenose dolphin, (1) Army ant 5 – Airborne: (10) Pied kingfisher, (9) Robber fly, (8) Draco lizard, (7) Himalayan jumping spider, (6) Magnificent frigatebird (5) Goshawk, (4) Tarantula hawk wasp, (3) Natterer's bat Vs. greater bulldog bat (winner: Natterer's bat), (2) Lammergeier, (1) Kestrel 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.
A series presented by Naomi Wilkinson, in which she travels around the world, looking for smaller potentially dangerous creatures, e.g. scorpions, spiders, poisonous insects, but also crocodiles or venomous snakes.
In October 2021, it was announced that a new 7 part series called Deadly Predators had begun filming in the UK and would be aired on CBBC in early 2022.