About Steve Backshall
Stephen James Backshall (born 21 April 1973) is an English naturalist, explorer, presenter and writer, best known for BBC TV's Deadly... franchise. His other BBC work includes being part of the expedition teams in Lost Land of the Tiger, Lost Land of the Volcano, Deadly Dinosaurs and Lost Land of the Jaguar, as well as Expedition with Steve Backshall for the TV channel Dave. He has worked for the National Geographic Channel and the Discovery Channel. He has published a series of four novels for children called The Falcon Chronicles, three adult non-fiction works and numerous other children's non-fiction books. == Early life == Backshall's parents worked for British Airways, and he was brought up in a smallholding in Bagshot surrounded by rescue animals. Backshall attended Collingwood College in Camberley and Brooklands College, Surrey, in the sixth form. He backpacked solo around Asia, India and Africa. After this, he studied English and theatre studies at the University of Exeter. In 2020, he received his MSc degree in bioscience from Canterbury Christ Church University.
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