Wildlife documentary television series
River Monsters
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Poster from Season One
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Genre
| Documentary
Fishing
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Directed by
| Stef Dijkstra
Charlotte Jones
Barny Revill
Luke Wiles
Lucy d'Auvergne
Duncan Chard
Stephen Gooder
Alex Parkinson
Dominic Weston
Ben Roy
Doug Hope
Charlier Bingham
Daniel Huertas
Daniel Rasmussen
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Presented by
| Jeremy Wade
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Composers
| Timo Baker
Audio Network
Musicotopia
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Country of origin
| United Kingdom
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No.
of seasons
| 9
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No.
of episodes
| 57 + 44 specials
+ 2 additional episodes
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Executive producers
| Harry Marshall
Laura Marshall
Lisa Bosak Lucas
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Producers
| Andie Clare
Luke Wiles
Doug MacKay Hope
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Running time
| 40 minutes
50 minutes (extended cut)
90 minutes (some episodes)
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Production companies
| Icon Films
,
Discovery Channel
,
ITV Studios
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Network
| Animal Planet
,
ITV
,
Discovery Channel
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Discovery MAX
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Release
| 5 April 2009
(
2009-04-05
)
?
28 May 2017
(
2017-05-28
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River Monsters
is a British and
American
wildlife
documentary
television programming
produced for
Animal Planet
by
Icon Films
of
Bristol
, United Kingdom. It is hosted by
angler
and
biologist
Jeremy Wade
, who travels around the globe in search for big and dangerous fish.
River Monsters
premiered on
ITV
in Great Britain, and became one of the most-watched and successful programmes in Animal Planet's history, and one of the most-viewed series on
Discovery Channel
in the American market.
Overview
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River Monsters
follows the worldwide adventures of
Suffolk
-born British
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host, biologist, adventurer and extreme angler Jeremy Wade. He explores rivers and lakes to uncover the creatures behind local folklore and harrowing tales of monster fish. The show has taken viewers to
England
,
Cambodia
,
Canada
,
Germany
,
Spain
,
Italy
,
Scotland
,
Iceland
,
Norway
,
Argentina
,
Australia
,
Fiji
,
New Zealand
,
Papua New Guinea
,
India
,
Japan
,
France
,
Russia
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Suriname
,
Brazil
,
Guyana
,
Mexico
,
Peru
,
Ethiopia
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Uganda
,
South Africa
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the Republic of the Congo
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Mongolia
, and the U.S. states of
Alaska
,
Florida
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Missouri
,
Oklahoma
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Texas
,
Oregon
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Washington
, and
Vermont
.
In the first season, Wade's weekly quest had him in search of
piranha
,
goonch catfish
(during his investigation of the
Kali River goonch attacks
),
alligator gar
,
wels catfish
,
arapaima
,
piraiba
, and the
bull shark
. All of them are potentially deadly creatures poorly understood by humans. The show also focuses on explaining the creatures' feeding habits, behaviour and conservation status. Rebroadcasts of the episodes with captions showing behind the scenes commentary from the host about the particular episode can also be seen on both Animal Planet and Discovery Channel. These episodes are going by the title
River Monsters: Unhooked
.
The second season of
River Monsters
began airing on 24 April 2010, although the first episode, titled "Demon Fish" first appeared on Discovery Channel on 28 March 2010. This season consisted of 7 episodes and took viewers to the
River Congo
and other distant locations. In the episode, "Death Ray", Wade caught a pregnant
giant freshwater stingray
, the largest fish he ever landed. She later gave birth to two pups while being examined by Wade and a team of biologists. This season featured the
white sturgeon
, Wade's second largest catch.
The ninth season of
River Monsters
was announced as the final season.
Episodes
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Season 1 (2009)
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Season 2 (2010)
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Season 3 (2011)
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Season 4 (2012)
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Season 5 (2013)
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Season 6 (2014)
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Season 7 (2015)
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Season 8 (2016)
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Promoted as a special season under the title
River Monsters: Mysteries of the Ocean
, this season sees Jeremy Wade shift his focus from freshwater to oceanic fish.
Season 9 (2017)
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This season was dubbed "the final season", as it is the last season of River Monsters.
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Season 10 (2017)
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This season only had one episode, "Jeremy's Monster Story".
Additional episodes: The Lost Reels
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Ratings
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River Monsters
had the best series premiere in Animal Planet's network history by delivering 1.3 million viewers. It was also its most watched regularly airing primetime telecast in over six years.
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The second episode of Animal Planet's
River Monsters
delivered a 39% boost in total viewers (1.866 million) compared to the series premiere. Those numbers made it the best performing regularly scheduled primetime telecast in Animal Planet's history.
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The first season of
River Monsters
made it the best performing show in Animal Planet's history with every episode averaging over 1 million households. The season finale delivered about 1.47 million households.
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The second season premiere episode became the network's best season premiere ever. It drew in 1.7 million total viewers.
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See also
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TV shows
| Commercial
fishing
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Recreational and
sportfishing
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