River Monsters

River Monsters
Poster from Season One
GenreDocumentary
Fishing
Directed byStef 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
Jody Bourton
Daniel Rasmussen
Presented byJeremy Wade
ComposersTimo Baker
Audio Network
Musicotopia
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of seasons9
No. of episodes57 + 44 specials
+ 2 additional episodes
Production
Executive producersHarry Marshall
Laura Marshall
Lisa Bosak Lucas
ProducersAndie Clare
Luke Wiles
Doug MacKay Hope
Running time40 minutes
50 minutes (extended cut)
90 minutes (some episodes)
Production companiesIcon Films, Discovery Channel, ITV Studios
Original release
NetworkAnimal Planet, ITV, Discovery Channel, Discovery MAX
Release5 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 series 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 of 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. It is also one of the most-viewed series on Discovery Channel in the American market.