The River Monsters BOOK (UK edition) by Jeremy Wade is on sale now, published by Swordfish/Orion, price £18.99 (also available in Australia and South Africa)

The US/Canada edition is published by Da Capo Press (a member of the Perseus Books Group)

Hardcover, 272 pages. 16 pages of color photographs. ISBN 978-0-306-81954-4. $26/30 More details.

Also an audiobook by Recorded Books

This is Jeremy's behind-the-scenes account of the stories featured on TV, as well as other incidents from his quarter-century career.

On TV: River Monsters SEASON FOUR is coming in 2012....

***Meanwhile series 3 is airing in the UK***
Tuesday evenings at 7.30pm on ITV1
Wednesday evenings at 9pm on ITV4 (extended version). See details. (Ends 14/15 Feb)

The third season brings the total of 100lb-plus river-dwelling species caught on camera to 10, with 8 of these over 150lb - and 5 of these way over that. But it's not just about size.

Is it safe to get in the water?...

Nearly half the world's fish species live in just 0.01% of the world's water - our lakes and rivers. Yet most people know less about what lives in fresh water than they do about the oceans.

Because some rivers are very hard to get to - and/or too murky to see into, using normal means - many of their inhabitants are rarely or never seen in conventional natural history programmes.

River Monsters takes a different approach. Biologist and fishing detective Jeremy Wade starts by examining myths and fishermen's tales, subjecting them to scientific scrutiny to separate fact from fiction. Then he homes in on his targets using a fishing line. The results are some fish of staggering dimensions and appearance, including some spectacular TV 'firsts'.

To catch up with season 1 & 2, River Monsters DVDs are available from the Animal Planet online shop (US/NTSC format). In the UK a series 1 DVD produced by ITV (PAL format) is available from retail and online outlets. Series 2 will be available shortly.

River Monsters is produced by multiple award winning Icon Films