 In 2008 Backshall's "Deadly 60" was commissioned, followed by the "Live n Deadly" offshoot, the aim of which was to inspire children to get outside and interested in wildlife and adventure; his live wildlife question and answer appearances attracted up to 14,000 people per event.In the ""Deadly"" programmes he searched for predators that were "Not just deadly to me, but deadly in their own world".He dived outside of the cage with great white, bull, great hammerhead, mako and tiger sharks, caught king cobras, black mambas and lanceheads, had a redback spider crawl across his hand and was bitten on the leg by a caiman whilst searching for anaconda in an Argentinian swamp.