Summary
The explorer heads into the ancient landscape of South America's Guiana Shield, and in the Jebel Akhdar mountain range of Oman, Steve leads an expedition into an unexplored desert canyon.
Expedition with Steve Backshall
- Season 1
- 10 episodes
- Documentary and factual
- News and current affairs
Episode 1: Suriname: Lost World
Summary
The naturalist ventures into uncharted territory in pursuit of new discoveries. He takes on physical challenges, encounters extraordinary wildlife and meets remarkable people. In the first edition, Steve and a team of climbers and jungle survival experts head into the ancient landscape of South America's Guiana Shield. This vast wilderness of pristine forests and towering table-top mountains is one of the most inaccessible terrains on the planet
Review
What a tremendously manly series, full of manly men doing manly things. There’s Steve Backshall abseiling down a waterfall in the remote South American jungle as tumbling deadly rocks thunder around his ears, then he strips to the waist for an arduous boat trip down a river.
His companion, former Royal Marine sniper Aldo Kane (who presumably isn’t here to shoot anyone, and last seen presenting a documentary about drones) actually breaks his thumb at one point but carries on, in agony, after saying he’ll just have to “suck it up”. Ah, they don’t make men like that any more.
It’s actually a tremendous adventure, a bit like Conan Doyle’s The Lost World, though the genial Backshall is hardly Professor Challenger. He’s great at explaining things in an engaging, straightforward way and he’s clearly as brave as heck as he and his team negotiate unexplored jungle.
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Credits
Cast
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Self - Presenter | Steve Backshall |
| Self | Aldo Kane |
Crew
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Producer | Wendy Darke |
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Episode 1
Suriname: Lost World
Summary
The naturalist ventures into uncharted territory in pursuit of new discoveries. He takes on physical challenges, encounters extraordinary wildlife and meets remarkable people. In the first edition, Steve and a team of climbers and jungle survival experts head into the ancient landscape of South America's Guiana Shield. This vast wilderness of pristine forests and towering table-top mountains is one of the most inaccessible terrains on the planetReview
What a tremendously manly series, full of manly men doing manly things. There’s Steve Backshall abseiling down a waterfall in the remote South American jungle as tumbling deadly rocks thunder around his ears, then he strips to the waist for an arduous boat trip down a river.
His companion, former Royal Marine sniper Aldo Kane (who presumably isn’t here to shoot anyone, and last seen presenting a documentary about drones) actually breaks his thumb at one point but carries on, in agony, after saying he’ll just have to “suck it up”. Ah, they don’t make men like that any more.
It’s actually a tremendous adventure, a bit like Conan Doyle’s The Lost World, though the genial Backshall is hardly Professor Challenger. He’s great at explaining things in an engaging, straightforward way and he’s clearly as brave as heck as he and his team negotiate unexplored jungle.
How to watch
Next showing
There are no live broadcasts scheduled for this show. But it is available via the streaming provider below.
Streaming
Details
- Languages
- English
- Formats
- Colour
Credits
Cast
role name Self - Presenter Steve Backshall Self Aldo Kane Crew
role name Producer Wendy Darke
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