| RIVER MONSTERS now showing on ITV1
(UK) - Nov/Dec 2009
Following the huge success of Jeremy Wade's River
Monsters series in the US (highest ever audience
figures in the history of Animal Planet) it is now
showing on ITV1 in the UK. These half-hour programmes
air on Thursday evenings at 7.30pm.
And from 1 December, the full 50-minute
programmes will be showing on Tuesday evenings at
8pm on ITV4. See
preview
A second season is also in production, featuring
an all-new cast of outsize and outlandish fish. This will
be broadcast on Animal Planet US from April 2010.
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'.
Broadcast dates & times
Thurs 12 Nov, 7.30pm - ep 1: Piranha
Thurs 19 Nov, 7.30pm - ep 2: Killer Catfish
Thurs 26 Nov - (alternative schedule)
Thurs 3 Dec - ep 3: European Maneater
Thurs 10 Dec - ep 4: Alligator Gar
Thurs 17 Dec - ep 5: Amazon Assassins
Thurs 24 Dec (Christmas Eve) - (alternative schedule)
Thurs 31 Dec (New Year's Eve) - ep 6: Freshwater Shark
Broadcast dates/times for season 2 on Animal Planet
US will be posted here as soon as these are known.
Meanwhile a River
Monsters DVD (season 1, US/NTSC format) is available from
the Animal Planet online shop.
River Monsters is produced by multiple award winning Icon
Films
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