UKTV’s Eden buys Nigel Marven snake series

UKTV’s natural history channel Eden has pre-bought Ten Deadliest Snakes, a three-part wildlife series hosted by Nigel Marven.

The upcoming series will follow the presenter as he Marven travels to America, South Africa and Costa Rica, to count down his list of each nation’s ten deadliest snakes.

Marven’s own production company, Image Impact, is making the show, which will go out on Eden in June.

It was originally commissioned by free-to-air commercial broadcaster Channel 5.