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Australia's Red Centre

Steve Backshall reveals huge kangaroos, the world's most venomous snake and a burrowing toad living among the throng of animals in the harsh environment.

In Australia's red centre, Steve Backshall reveals two-metre-tall kangaroos, the world's most venomous snake and a burrowing toad living among the throng of animals. Parched by the sun, scorched by fire and prone to unpredictable floods, the heart of this island continent is as inhospitable as it gets. Poor soils make vegetation tough and indigestible even to Australia's largest herbivore, the red kangaroo. However, it teems with animals found nowhere else on Earth. The key to the success of this extraordinary place is as surprising as the creatures that make it home.

29 minutes

Last on

Sun 13 Jun 2021 17:00
BBC Two Wales & Wales HD only

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Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:01

    The Flaming Lips

    Do You Realize??

  • 00:05

    Four Tet

    Everything Is Alright

  • 00:06

    The xx

    Islands

  • 00:08

    Four Tet, Fourtet

    Love Cry

  • 00:12

    Drowning the Light

    With The Rain Comes Torments and The Slow Draining of Life

  • 00:16

    Oi Va Voi

    D'Ror Yikra

  • 00:17

    The xx

    Crystalised

Credits

Narrator Steve Backshall
Series Producer Doug Mackay-Hope
Executive Producer Wendy Darke
Executive Producer Cerys Griffiths
Production Manager Bronwen Thomas

Broadcasts

  • Wed 27 Feb 2013 20:30
    BBC Four
  • Thu 28 Feb 2013 02:00
    BBC Four
  • Fri 7 Jun 2013 20:00
    BBC Two except Scotland
  • Sat 8 Jun 2013 17:10
    BBC Two Scotland
  • Mon 23 Sep 2013 19:30
    BBC Four
  • Tue 24 Sep 2013 02:25
    BBC Four
  • Sat 20 Apr 2019 09:30
    BBC Two except Scotland
  • Tue 8 Jun 2021 16:15
    BBC Two except Scotland & Wales
  • Sun 13 Jun 2021 17:00
    BBC Two Wales & Wales HD only

Insect Worlds

Insect Worlds

Steve Backshall explores insects and their relatives, the arachnids and crustaceans.