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Steve Backshall

Adventurer / Explorer •
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TV Presenter, Wildlife Expert, Adventurer, Author and Public Speaker

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Gender: Male

Nationality: United Kingdom

Languages: English

Travels from: United Kingdom

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BAFTA-winning Presenter: Acclaimed for hosting Deadly 60 and other nature shows, inspiring audiences worldwide.
Adventurer and Author: Published multiple adventure and wildlife books for children and adults.
Conservation Advocate: Actively supports global environmental projects and promotes outdoor education.

Biography

Steve Backshall MBE: Natural history TV presenter, adventurer, public speaker and author

Steve Backshall is a BAFTA award-winning television presenter and wildlife expert. A household name, Backshall is one of Britain’s most respected television presenters and public speakers.

Backshall’s ability to present complex scientific content in an accessible and engaging manner has succeeded in elevating public awareness towards conservation issues and established him as a leading figure in environmental documentary filmmaking. His unsurpassed wildlife knowledge and dynamic presence makes him a compelling and inspiring speaker with an ability to captivate audiences of all ages.

Backshall is best known for his daring expeditions and captivating television career. He has filmed over 100 hours of children’s wildlife programming (namely his phenomenally successful BBC series Deadly 60) and continues to present cutting-edge mainstream television, pushing the boundaries of exploration and storytelling for international broadcasters, including the BBC, Channel 5, ABC, PBS and SKY TV. Last year, Backshall travelled across the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans for Sky TV’s groundbreaking series Whale, which highlights the plight of endangered marine species. He also returned to BBC One with the second instalment of Our Changing Planet, an ambitious 7-year documentary project tracking the impact of environmental change on critical ecosystems.

He is currently the host of Expedition with Steve Backshall, a new BBC Two series showcasing extraordinary adventures into some of the planet’s most remote and challenging environments. The series has just launched and is already captivating audiences with its blend of exploration, science, and storytelling.

Backshall’s passion for the natural world extends beyond the screen. Complimenting his exceptional television career, Backshall is also a best-selling author, with a range of books extending from children’s fiction to adult non-fiction. Additionally, his sell-out theatre show Ocean received high acclaim during tours of both UK and Australia. Having already inspired 100,000 people across the UK, the show continues this autumn.

Backshall’s adventurous exploits extend even beyond these varied creative outlets. He has led overseas expeditions to some of the Earth’s most incredible places in search of new species and broken the World record for fastest time paddling the length of the river Thames. Backshall is an iconic all-action hero whose leisure pursuits include mountaineering, scuba diving and kayaking.

Whether at a corporate event, international conference, science festival, trade show or bespoke masterclass, with key themes of achieving success, personal growth, inspiring motivation and encouraging sustainability, Steve’s charisma and comprehensive knowledge of the natural world leave audiences with a renewed sense of purpose.

Book Steve Backshall for your next event and inspire your audiences with the spirit of exploration and adventure, in whatever context that may be.

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Deep Blue: My Ocean Journeys

Take a deep breath Steve Backshall was nine years old the first time he saw a shark, while on holiday with his family in Malaysia. It was the beginning of a life-long fascination with these ‘lords of the sea’, and the oceanic life around them. His career as one of the world’s most popular naturalists and explorers has taken him to countless underwater places, many never before seen by others. And he’s also been witness to the startling decline in fortune of our oceans’ wild inhabitants over the past fifty years. Deep Blue is a book a lifetime in the making: a remarkable blend of memoir, travel, and marine and environmental science that takes us on an unforgettable tour of the many worlds of aquatic life: from underwater deserts and rainforests to the evolution of ocean heroes like the sea turtle and the Great White, from the genesis of ocean life to the rapidly declining state of white polar seas and coral reefs. It’s both a love letter to our precious oceans and rallying cry for what we must do to save them.

Wildlings: How to raise your family in nature

In the last few years parents everywhere have realised how crucial the freedom of the outside world is, not only for their kids’ wellbeing, but the whole family’s. They’ve also realised, however, that it’s not always that easy. That’s where this book comes in. Taking you through different environments and activities to explore, from minibeasts in the garden and pond dipping all the way through to beach Olympics and sea swimming (via rainy days, wild woods and river exploration), there are ideas small and big for all ages that will get them – and you – more engaged and involved with nature, and the wildlife in it.

Expedition: Adventures into Undiscovered Worlds

Shine a light into the unknown There are still dark corners of our planet that are yet to be explored. In this remarkable book, Steve Backshall offers an unflinching account of his adventures into these uncharted territories around the globe, in search of world firsts. Each location brings its own epic challenges – whether it’s the first climb of an arctic ice fall in Greenland, the first recorded navigation of a South American river, or the first exploration of the world’s longest cave system in Mexico. But all of them represent new tests of the limits of human endeavour. Accompanying a major 10-part series on BBC and Dave, Expedition is a breathtaking journey into the unknown, and a brilliantly written celebration of the pleasures of genuine discovery.

Steve Backshall's Deadly 60

Steve Backshall embarks on his most daring adventure yet. He has just six months to travel to six continents and find 60 of the deadliest creatures on the planet for the 26-part Children’s BBC series of the same name. From lethal beauties to killer beasts, from the unseen to the unexpected, the one thing these creatures have in common is that they are all deadly to other animals. Steve’s encounters range from famous killers such as the Black Mamba and the North American Grizzly Bear to less well known but no less deadly animals. He introduces the surreal Pink River Dolphin of Amazonia and captures Australia’s elusive Ghost Bat for a closer look. Learn about the ingenious techniques and extraordinary weapons that some of our most dangerous animals are armed with. Including the renowned, the unexpected and the downright bizarre, this companion book to Steve Backshall’s high adrenaline tour of the world’s most deadly is not to be missed.

Mountain: A Life on the Rocks

Steve Backshall’s love affair with the mountains has taken him to some of the world’s wildest places, environments that have the power to make a human being feel very small, very vulnerable and very alive. MOUNTAIN: A LIFE OF THE ROCKS is an account of his most breathtaking expeditions: heading into the ‘Death Zone’ on the roof of the world in the Himalayas, and picking a precarious route up hundreds of metres of rock in the Arctic and Alps. There are expeditions of exploration, as Steve makes the first ascent of jungle peaks and scales the tabletop mountains of the ‘Lost World’, Venezuela’s Gran Sabana, in search of undiscovered animal species on their summits. Steve recalls his apprenticeship in the art of mountaineering with the Indian army, and the terror and near-disaster of some of his more ill-fated adventures, including the aftermath of the fall that should have ended his life. This is a tale of terror and ecstasy, a book that tries to get to the heart of why we risk our lives to climb and conquer. But most of all, MOUNTAIN is a love letter to the wilderness, from one of the world’s most adventurous spirits.

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