Mysteries of the Deep

is now showing on Discovery Channel.

Meanwhile River Monsters is still being repeated. See details below.

River Monsters (9 seasons)

What started as a single programme about an alleged freshwater man-eater in the mountain rivers of India went on to make TV history as Animal Planet’s most watched show for nine straight seasons. Each episode starts with a fisherman’s tale or the story of a mythical beast and finishes with the revelation of the real-life creature responsible. Highlights include the first-ever underwater TV footage of man-sized Goonch catfish (from that first episode), giant freshwater stingrays, Goliath Tigerfish from the Congo, fishing in the shadow of Chernobyl nuclear reactor, and night-diving with super-secretive Oarfish in mile-deep water in the Mediterranean.

Re-runs showing worldwide, mostly on Discovery (and ITV4 in UK). Viewers in the US can watch all episodes streamed on AnimalPlanetGo

River Monsters is a co-production of Icon Films and Animal Planet

Mighty Rivers (2018)

Fishing for stories on the front line of aquatic conservation. Six programmes on six rivers (Mississippi, Amazon, Danube, Zambezi, Ganges and Yangtze) that came out of filming River Monsters, and the unique perspective that this ten-year project gave. Since most of the fish that Jeremy catches are apex predators, their presence is a very strong indicator of a healthy food pyramid and healthy water. The trouble is … most of these fish have become very hard to find over just the last hundred years. So Jeremy set out to conduct a “health check” of the world’s fresh water — a largely invisible and hence neglected ecosystem. What he found was profoundly shocking. But, looking deeper, the Chinese anti-dam protesters, Brazilian arapaima guardians and Indian scientists who catch polluters from the air give some surprising cause for hope.

Jungle Hooks (2002)

Jeremy launched his TV career with this six-part series for Discovery Europe, which documented the hunt for a giant arapaima in the Amazon backwaters. He followed this with Jungle Hooks India (2005, made by his production company Chromis Films) about golden mahseer in the Himalayan foothills. Jungle Hooks has since aired in the US as Lost Reels.