River Monsters
| River Monsters | |
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Poster from Season One
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| Genre |
Documentary Fishing |
| 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 |
| Presented by | Jeremy Wade |
| Composer(s) | Timo Baker Audio Network Musicotopia |
| Country of origin |
 United Kingdom United States
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| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 8 |
| No. of episodes | 51 + 41 Specials + 2 Additional episodes (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Harry Marshall Laura Marshall Lisa Bosak Lucas |
| Producer(s) | Andie Clare Luke Wiles Doug MacKay Hope |
| Running time | 40 minutes (Original version) 50 minutes (Extended cut) 90 minutes (Some opening and finale episodes) |
| Production company(s) | Icon Films, Discovery Channel, ITV Studios |
| Distributor | ITV Studios Global Entertainment |
| Release | |
| Original network | Animal Planet, ITV, Discovery Channel, Discovery MAX |
| Original release | April 5, 2009 – Present |
| External links | |
| Animal Planet Site | |
| Icon Films Site | |
River Monsters is a British and American wildlife documentary television programme produced for Animal Planet by Icon Films of Bristol, United Kingdom. It is hosted by extreme angler and biologist Jeremy Wade, who travels around the globe in search of the most fearsome freshwater killers, looking for clues, eyewitnesses, and stories about people who were dragged underwater by these vicious predators, he tries to catch the biggest specimens and then release them back into the wild. His aim is to save these rare creatures from extinction and to help people understand the truth behind the horrific attacks on humans.
River Monsters became one of the most-watched, most successful programmes in Animal Planet's history, and one of the most-viewed series on Discovery Channel too. In the US, only the shortened version is shown and some animals Jeremy shows are simply cut off. These missing scenes are shown only when it premieres on ITV (originally on Sundays on ITV1) in the UK.
River Monsters travels worldwide with Suffolk-born British host, biologist, adventurer and extreme angler Jeremy Wade to explore rivers and lakes to uncover the creatures behind local folklore and harrowing tales of monster fish. The show has taken viewers to Canada, Germany, Spain, Italy, Scotland, Iceland, Norway, Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, India, Japan, Russia, Suriname, Brazil, Ethiopia, Uganda, South Africa, the Republic of Congo, Mongolia, Guyana, and the American states of Alaska, Florida, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas and Vermont.
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