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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

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Music Played

  • The Flaming Lips

    Do You Realize??

  • Four Tet

    Everything Is Alright

  • The xx

    Islands

  • Four Tet, Fourtet

    Love Cry

  • Drowning the Light

    With The Rain Comes Torments and The Slow Draining of Life

  • Oi Va Voi

    D'Ror Yikra

  • The xx

    Crystalised

Credits

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

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