is a British naturalist, writer and television presenter, notably on Children's BBC's The Really Wild Show, Deadly 60,BBC TV's Lost Land of the Volcano, Lost Land of the Tiger,Lost Land of the Jaguar, Expedition Alaska, Wilderness St Kilda and Expedition Borneo, and on National Geographic Channel's EarthPulse series. He is also an author with the Rough Guides.
In 2009, Backshall was nominated for three BAFTAs, Best Children's Television Presenter, Best Children's series, and Best Factual series for Lost Land of the Jaguar,as well as an Emmy for Expedition Borneo.
In Lost Land of the Volcano, Backshall led the first expedition ever to enter extinct Mount Bosavi in Papua New Guinea, where they discovered new species of cuscus, frogs and giant rat. In 2007, the BBC expedition team headed to Guyana for Lost Land of the Jaguar, during which Backshall took part in the first expedition ever to successfully climb Mount Upuigma,. On the summit they discovered an endemic species of frog and mouse, and also footprints of an unidentified mammal. He also filmed Extreme Caving for BBC One with Kate Humble and Secret Wilderness Japan for BBC Two. During this time he also presented Nature Reports for the BBC's The One Show.[ On-air adventures in 2006 included Sky One’s Inside the King Cobra and the BBC's Expedition Borneo (in search of new species). Steve Backshall was bitten by an adder.
In January 2011, Steve embarked on a theatre tour of the UK entitled "Wild and Live". The tour was produced by his agent Jo Sarsby Management and some of the shows sold out as quickly as within 48 hours. The tour will end on the 5th March in Frome.
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