Expedition: Unpacked
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This spin-off series was commissioned in 2021, going behind the stories of their original episodes. [5] [6] [7]
| Expedition with Steve Backshall | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Nature, Documentary |
| Directed by | Ali May |
| Presented by | Steve Backshall |
| Starring | Steve Backshall, Aldo Kane, Katy Fraser |
| Composer | Onur Tarcin |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Wendy Darke |
| Producer | Ali May |
| Production location | Various |
| Editors | Tin Lasseter, Danny McGuire |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 45 (62 for Season 2) |
| Production company | UKTV |
| Release | |
| Original network | Dave |
| Original release | 21 July 2019 – 9 January 2022 |
| Related | |
| Expedition Unpacked (Spin-Off) | |
Expedition with Steve Backshall is a TV nature adventure documentary hosted by naturalist and explorer Steve Backshall.
The show was adopted by PBS during a Fremantle deal. [1] The UK channel Dave rebooted it essentially for an initial 4 episodes, but was extended to 6. [2] [3] After a pre-air date deal, the French channel France Television bought the rights to air it in their country. [4]
| | This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (May 2022) |
This spin-off series was commissioned in 2021, going behind the stories of their original episodes. [5] [6] [7]
| No. | Title | Original air date | UK viewers (millions) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Oman: Lost Canyon" | 21 July 2019 | N/A | |
| Steve sets foot in the deepest (400m) canyon in Saudi Arabia. | ||||
| 2 | "Bhutan: White Water" | 28 July 2019 | N/A | |
| Steve Backshall kayaks the uncharted waters of a wild river, seeking help from the Bhudist Monastery. | ||||
| 3 | "Suriname: Lost World" | 29 January 2020 | N/A | |
| Encountering unknown animals in the jungle, Steve is in the Guiana Shield. | ||||
| 4 | "Suriname: Ghost River" | 20 May 2020 | N/A | |
| The team explores a surprising natural scene in a concealed, natural world locked away for generations. | ||||
| 5 | "Borneo: Dark Shadow" | 12 February 2020 | N/A | |
| The team rewrites history with rediscovered treasures in Indonesian Borneo. | ||||
| 6 | "Oman: Desert Fortress" | 27 May 2020 | N/A | |
| Steve finds one of the world’s rarest animals while he and a team of rock climbers are in southern Oman. | ||||
| 7 | "Arctic: Frozen Frontier" | 20 January 2020 | N/A | |
| Steve kayaks the biggest fjord in the world during the spring melt in Greenland. | ||||
| 8 | "Mexico: Maya Underworlds" | 26 July 2020 | N/A | |
| Steve finds new artefacts when he crawls through a cave in subterranean Mexico. | ||||
| 9 | "Arctic: Ice Mountain" | 15 September 2019 | N/A | |
| Steve leads a mission to the summit of a large mountain in Greenland. | ||||
| 10 | "Mexico: Flooded Cave" | 5 February 2020 | N/A | |
| Steve and the team push themselves beyond capacity with a cave dive in Mexico. | ||||
| No. | Title | Original air date | UK viewers (millions) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | "Kamchatka: Expedition Grizzly River" | 28 November 2021 | N/A | |
| Steve returns after a year to kayak the dangerous Kronotsky river with his team and elude the Russian grizzlies. | ||||
| 12 | "Saudi Arabia: Expedition Volcanic Underworld" | 5 December 2021 | N/A | |
| Steve traces the lava tubes in Saudi Arabia with his team. | ||||
| 13 | "Kyrgyzstan: Expedition Mountain Ghost" | 12 December 2021 | N/A | |
| Steve helps a team of scientists track the snow leopard in hopes of protecting the environment it lives in. | ||||
| 14 | "Gabon: Expedition Jungle Paradise" | 19 December 2021 | N/A | |
| Steve heads to the Moukalaba Dou Dou national park to be guided through its natural scenery and see a population of chimps. | ||||
| 15 | "Socorro: Expedition Shark Island" | 26 December 2021 | N/A | |
| Steve helps a team of protectionists track and gather data on a gathering of Great White Sharks in hopes of protecting their declining numbers. | ||||
| 16 | "Expedition Unseen" | 9 January 2022 | N/A | |
| Steve winds up his year with 3 under-filmed new adventures at the places he had been this year. | ||||
In 2022, the programme was nominated for a Broadcast Award in the category Gamechanger Programme of the Year. [8]
Katie Brooks of Birmingham Mail wrote, "Will inspire a new age of explorers." [9]
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