Python Ambush
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Nov 7, 2014
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Nov 7, 2014
Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Nov 14, 2014
Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Nov 21, 2014
Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Oct 16, 2015
Snake-catchers Simon Keys and Siouxsie Gillett face a deadly forest cobra that is hiding out in a tree. The forest cobra is an excellent climber, and its bite could lead to muscle paralysis in minutes — not something you want to experience ever, let alone 15 feet up a tree! But it's all in a day's work for this brave couple. They then respond to a call about a black mamba that has made its way into a man's home. Black mambas tend to get aggressive when cornered. Their venom affects both the heart and the nervous system, swiftly leading to death if you don't get to the hospital right away. But the risk is worth the reward for Simon and Siouxsie. They put their lives on the line every day in their obsession to save snakes.
Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Oct 23, 2015
Simon and Siouxsie are woken up in the early hours of the morning with a call from panicked residents: a very large snake is slithering around their village, eating their livestock. There is only one snake that is capable of taking on large mammals in this area — the southern African python. A big snake like that, capable of killing a small child, is considered to be a huge threat to a community. Simon is concerned that the frightened members of the community will take matters in their own hands and either attempt to catch the snake or, worse, kill it. Time is of the essence, and the snake-catchers know they need to prepare themselves for either outcome. On another call out, Simon and Siouxsie find themselves working to the clock of nature itself. Instead of running into a situation and removing a snake as quickly and swiftly as possible, this time they have to wait: A hungry forest cobra wants to finish its breakfast first.
Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Nov 30, 2015
Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Nov 6, 2015
It's midsummer in Durban, South Africa, and for snake-catchers Simon Keys and Siouxsie Gillett, the phone calls are stacking up as people from all walks of life are encountering dangerous and deadly snakes. They receive a call about a giant lizard that snuck into a garden and got into a fight with a dog. By the time Simon and Siouxsie get there, the battle is lost for this monitor lizard, and it has suffered severe injuries. The situation is not good. The two then head off to search for two green snakes that have entered a child's bedroom. It is unusual to have two snakes traveling together, which raises concern for Simon as this doubles the chance of an encounter with a deadly, venomous snake. One of them could be the deadly Boomslang or even the feared green mamba. If either of those were to bite a child, the consequences could be fatal.
Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Nov 13, 2015
Simon Keys and Siouxsie Gillett get their most bizarre job yet, a snake on a train!
Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Nov 20, 2015
Snake-catchers Simon Keys and Siouxsie Gillett are challenged with a tricky situation, a woman spotted a large snake slithering around in her garage and is having trouble finding it.
Episode: 3x01 | Airdate: Jan 13, 2017
Snake catcher Simon Keys and his herpetologist girlfriend, Siouxsie Gillett, risk their lives to capture and relocate snakes.
Episode: 3x02 | Airdate: Jan 20, 2017
Simon and Siouxsie come to the aid of a terrified woman who has a brown snake in her kitchen; Simon comes face to face with an enormous black mamba in an oven.
Episode: 3x03 | Airdate: Jan 27, 2017
Simon and Siouxsie rush to help a family who have a snake behind their kitchen cupboards only to learn that it's a lethal spitting cobra.
Episode: 3x04 | Airdate: Feb 3, 2017
Simon and Siouxsie come to the aid of a man who believes there are two black mambas in his chicken coop.
Episode: 3x05 | Airdate: Feb 10, 2017
Simon Keys and Siouxsie Gillett must remove a huge snake from a country club's pool.
Episode: 3x06 | Airdate: Feb 17, 2017
It's a typical day of chasing deadly reptiles for Simon Keys and Siouxsie Gillett, until they receive a distressed phone call. Snake catchers in the city of Cape Town are inundated as cobras seek refuge from blazing fires.
Episode: 4x01 | Airdate: Jul 30, 2017
Simon Keys and Siouxsie Gillet race to save a local community who have been terrorized by a 10-foot-long black mamba.
Episode: 4x02 | Airdate: Aug 6, 2017
Episode: 4x03 | Airdate: Aug 13, 2017
Episode: 4x04 | Airdate: Aug 20, 2017
Episode: 4x05 | Airdate: Aug 27, 2017
Simon and Siouxsie save an injured cobra from a home, and then receive a call about a black mamba that has eaten two kittens.
Episode: 4x06 | Airdate: Sep 3, 2017
Episode: 4x07 | Airdate: Sep 10, 2017
Simon and Siouxsie catch an injured spitting cobra and a mamba that's eaten two kittens.
Episode: 4x08 | Airdate: Sep 17, 2017
A snake puts an office on lockdown; a deadly black mamba vanishes into a scrap yard.
Episode: 4x09 | Airdate: Sep 24, 2017
Episode: 4x10 | Airdate: Oct 1, 2017
Episode: 5x01 | Airdate: Sep 14, 2018
With a dog's life in danger, Siouxsie battles a spitting cobra attack; Simon walks a python and the whole crew teams up to catch a wily mamba.
Episode: 5x02 | Airdate: Sep 21, 2018
A huge black mamba's trapped inside a dark roof, Simon must climb a tree to catch an angry boomslang, and a dog is sprayed in the eyes by a spitter!
Episode: 5x03 | Airdate: Sep 28, 2018
Episode: 5x04 | Airdate: Oct 5, 2018
Episode: 5x05 | Airdate: Oct 12, 2018
Episode: 5x06 | Airdate: Oct 19, 2018
A storm is brewing as Simon hunts for a deadly black mamba by torchlight. A forest cobra pulls Sioux into a lethal game of tug-of-war.
Episode: 6x01 | Airdate: Oct 2, 2019
Simon and Siouxsie catch and release mating boomslangs. Teamwork is everything, but sometimes they split up to help all the snakes.
Episode: 6x02 | Airdate: Oct 9, 2019
Simon's on high-alert because it's mamba season; these deadly snakes are everywhere!
Episode: 6x03 | Airdate: Oct 16, 2019
Episode: 6x04 | Airdate: Oct 23, 2019
Episode: 6x05 | Airdate: Oct 30, 2019
Siouxsie comes face to face with an angry green mamba while stuck under a vehicle.
Episode: 6x06 | Airdate: Nov 6, 2019
A black mamba hides under the kitchen sink, and a spitter gives Simon the run around.
Episode: 7x01 | Airdate: Jan 25, 2021
Episode: 7x02 | Airdate: Feb 1, 2021
Episode: 7x03 | Airdate: Feb 8, 2021
Episode: 7x04 | Airdate: Feb 15, 2021
Episode: 7x05 | Airdate: Mar 22, 2021
Episode: 7x06 | Airdate: Mar 29, 2021
Episode: 8x01 | Airdate: Feb 15, 2022
Episode: 8x02 | Airdate: Feb 15, 2022
Episode: 8x03 | Airdate: Feb 22, 2022
Episode: 8x04 | Airdate: Feb 22, 2022
Episode: 8x05 | Airdate: Mar 1, 2022
Episode: 8x06 | Airdate: Mar 1, 2022
Episode: 9x01 | Airdate: Sep 6, 2023
Simon and Sioux scale new heights to help Mbali rescue a black mamba, after flooding left hundreds of snakes homeless.
Episode: 9x02 | Airdate: Sep 13, 2023
A massive black mamba holds an apartment block hostage, Sioux uncovers another one at a wedding venue, and Mbali has a close brush with death.
Episode: 9x03 | Airdate: Sep 20, 2023
Mbali completes her training by capturing an enormous black mamba inside a garden shed and Simon and Sioux head off to India for a brand-new snake adventure.
Episode: 9x04 | Airdate: Sep 27, 2023
It's the monsoon season in Mysore, and there are snakes everywhere - pythons, cobras, rat snakes and more - meaning Si and Sioux have to learn on the job.
Episode: 9x05 | Airdate: Oct 4, 2023
In the Indian city of Mysore, Simon and Sioux team up with local snake catcher Snake Shyam to rescue some of the world's most venomous snakes.
Episode: 9x06 | Airdate: Oct 11, 2023
Simon and Sioux are in India, there are snakes everywhere and they're loving every minute of it! In this episode Simon goes diving in a tank without knowing he's sharing the water with a highly venomous spectacled cobra. The duo catch the biggest Russell's viper they've ever seen in an inner-city bookstore, discover a snake hiding in a child's toybox and catch a deadly krait that's slithered into a family home.
Episode: S09 Special | Airdate: Oct 18, 2023
One-off special. Simon and Sioux interrupt two Boomslangs mating in a tree, Mbali gets a fright when an aggressive black mamba turns on her and more.
Episode: 10x01 | Airdate: Sep 4, 2024
The team face their biggest challenge yet - a global snake crisis. As temperatures rise, thousands of snakes are on the hunt for food and shelter.
Episode: 10x02 | Airdate: Sep 11, 2024
In the height of black mamba season, the team splits up to deal with all the calls; Sioux and Mbali face a feisty black mamba while Simon wrestles an enormous specimen solo.
Episode: 10x03 | Airdate: Sep 18, 2024
A giant rat snake causes chaos at a kids' summer camp, before the team come face to face with a king cobra for the first time.
Episode: 10x04 | Airdate: Sep 25, 2024
As a heatwave surges across India, snakes are on the move for shelter. Simon and Sioux join the local catchers - and face off with a giant King Cobra.
Episode: 10x05 | Airdate: Oct 2, 2024
Following a husband-and-wife team - Simon and Nadine Keys - who catch snakes for a living.
Episode: 10x06 | Airdate: Oct 9, 2024
Following a husband-and-wife team - Simon and Nadine Keys - who catch snakes for a living.
Episode: S09 Special | Airdate: Mar 13, 2024
Special episode featuring black mambas, Simon and Siouxsie capture a massive specimen stuck in a bedroom, while new apprentice Mbali puts her snake-handling skills to the test.
Episode: S09 Special | Airdate: Mar 20, 2024
Special episode focusing on Mbali.
Episode: S09 Special | Airdate: Mar 27, 2024
Special episode in which Simon and Sioux are on a mission to rescue India's big four snakes for the first time, while a venomous guest hides in a shoe outside a family home.