Steve Backshall
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| Born |
Stephen James Backshall 21 April 1973 Bagshot, Surrey, England |
| Alma mater |
University of Exeter, Open University |
| Occupation | Naturalist, writer, public speaker and television presenter |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Television | Deadly 60 |
| Spouse(s) | Helen Glover (m. 2016) |
| Awards |
BAFTA Awards 2011 Children's Television Presenter 2011 Factual Series Deadly 60 |
Stephen James "Steve" Backshall (born 21 April 1973) is a BAFTA-winning English naturalist, writer and television presenter, best known for BBC TV's Deadly 60. His other BBC work includes being part of the expedition teams in Lost Land of the Tiger, Lost Land of the Volcano and Lost Land of the Jaguar. He has worked for the National Geographic Channel and the Discovery Channel. He has published three novels for children and several non-fiction works.
Backshall's parents worked for British Airways, and he was brought up on a smallholding in Bagshot surrounded by rescue animals.
He attended Collingwood College in Camberley
He backpacked solo around Asia, India and Africa. He studied English and Theatre Studies at the University of Exeter followed by biology at the Open University.
He studied martial arts in Japan for a year, gaining a black belt in judo and a brown belt in karate.
Backshall's first job after returning from Japan was as an author on the Rough Guides to Indonesia and South East Asia.
In 1997 Backshall attempted to walk solo across the western half of New Guinea, then known as Irian Jaya; he was in the rainforest for three months, but was ultimately unsuccessful. He then had an idea for a series, bought a video camera, and went to the jungles of Colombia, where he made a pilot which he sold to the National Geographic Channel, which employed him in 1998 as its 'Adventurer in Residence' and he spent five years as a producer and presenter.
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