Steve Backshall brings Deadly Live! 2026 to Bournemouth
steve backshall is bringing Deadly Live! 2026 to Bournemouth International Centre on October 30 at 2pm. The live show is returning after Backshall said he was blown away by the response last year, and this run is being pushed into parts of the country the production could not reach before.
Backshall on the 2026 return
“I’m thrilled to be bringing Deadly Live! back for 2026. I was blown away by the response from audiences last year— both the adults and the kids!” Backshall said. The Bournemouth date sits inside a wider tour built around Deadly 60, with the live format carrying the TV brand into a family event that mixes wildlife with stagecraft.
“I'm delighted that we will be taking the show to many parts of the country that we couldn't get to last time,” he said. That wider reach is the notable shift here: the production is not just repeating the same run, but expanding where audiences can see it.
Stunts and experiments
“We’ve got some amazing stunts and incredible experiments planned for this supersized show for all the family,” Backshall said. The billing points to a show built around his tracking of some of the world’s most formidable predators, including big cats, birds of prey, dinosaurs, snakes and many more.
“Join me this autumn half term as we explore once again animals from 600 million years ago right through to modern day,” he said. For families deciding whether to book, that gives the clearest read on the scale of the show: it is pitched as live science, live action and a broad age-range event rather than a niche tie-in.
Tickets on April 30
Tickets for all shows go on sale on Thursday, April 30 at 12 noon from DeadlyLiveTour.com. Deadly Live! is based on the CBBC programme Deadly 60, whose series seven launched on March 27 and is available to watch on iPlayer.
That timing gives readers a simple next move: if Bournemouth is the date they want, the booking window opens at noon on April 30, and the run will add one of Backshall’s biggest live stops to a tour designed to reach more of the country than before.
