River Monsters
| River Monsters | |
|---|---|
Poster from Season One | |
| 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 Jody Bourton Daniel Rasmussen |
| Presented by | Jeremy Wade |
| Composers | Timo Baker Audio Network Musicotopia |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of seasons | 9 |
| No. of episodes | 57 + 44 specials + 2 additional episodes |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Harry Marshall Laura Marshall Lisa Bosak Lucas |
| Producers | Andie Clare Luke Wiles Doug MacKay Hope |
| Running time | 40 minutes 50 minutes (extended cut) 90 minutes (some episodes) |
| Production companies | Icon Films, Discovery Channel, ITV Studios |
| Original release | |
| Network | Animal Planet, ITV, Discovery Channel, Discovery MAX |
| Release | 5 April 2009 – 28 May 2017 |
River Monsters is a British 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 large and dangerous fish.
River Monsters premiered on ITV in Great Britain and became one of the most-watched programmes in Animal Planet's history. It is also one of the most-viewed series on Discovery Channel in the American market.