Deadly 60 host Steve Backshall is on his way to Canberra, bringing his popular BBC wildlife series to life on stage at Llewellyn Hall.
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Backshall is touring Australia accompanied by his new wife, British rower Helen Glover who won gold in the women's rowing pairs at the Rio Olympics.
The couple married last September on a clifftop in Cornwall.
His new live show in Australia is based on the series Deadly 60 Pole to Pole in which he sought out deadly creatures in a journey from the South Pole to the North Pole.
PR for Backshall pretty accurately describes his onscreen persona as "slightly less 'crikey' than Steve Irwin and a lot less magisterial than David Attenborough" but undeniably affable and articulate.
There will be two Canberra shows - at Llewellyn Hall on January 25.
There will be no animals on stage with Steve, so don't expect any polar bears loping through the grounds of the ANU.
But there will be a big screen, lots of anecdotes, the audience will see behind-the-scenes footages and bloopers and Steve will be answering questions from his fans.
His animal encounters have included being squirted with ink by Humboldt squid, flirted with by tarantula, charged by elephants, and stared out by thresher and great hammerhead sharks.
But he still maintains that wild animals pose no threat to people – in fact the opposite is true.
* The Deadly 60 Live on Stage show will be at 3pm and 6pm on Wednesday, January 25 at Llewellyn Hall. Bookings www.ticketek.com.au or 1300 665 915.
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