To live in a hostile world animals need special skills and adaptations to survive the daily struggle of life and death. To catch prey or avoid being eaten sometimes the need for speed is essential. But which animals are the fastest? Counting down from twenty, to revealing which creature achieves the number one spot of being the fastest animal on the planet.

Counting down from twenty we reveal our top contenders for nature’s most flamboyant creatures. Uncovering some incredible courtship displays, shine the spotlight on outrageous exhibitionists and applaud nature's top actors before finally revealing which creatures take bronze, silver and gold place for being the natural world's greatest showmen…

Whether it is flying, leaping or living at extreme altitudes… It’s not just birds that enjoy a life in the air. There are plenty of other highfliers in the animal kingdom. So whether it’s flying in the sky, swinging through the trees, leaping off buildings or even being able to defy gravity. With this top 20 countdown we’re going higher than ever before, finally revealing who takes bronze, silver and gold place as nature’s ultimate highflyers.

Killed or be killed we uncover mind blowing tactics, ingenious team work and unrivalled speed, stamina, and stealth. Nature’s predators come in all shapes and sizes, and whether they use fangs, claws or teeth…once in their sights their prey has little hope of survival. We reveal the Top Twenty most formidable killers in the animal kingdom, before finally revealing which animals take the bronze, silver and gold place as the natural world's greatest hunters.