River Monsters

Join extreme angler Jeremy Wade as he hunts for fish that eat flesh

Documentaries & Lifestyle

Extreme angler Jeremy Wade hunts for freshwater fish with a taste for human flesh. Follow him on this rip-roaring ride through the dark side of nature.

Wildlife & Environment

Extreme angler, Jeremy Wade, is on the hunt for freshwater fish with a taste for human flesh. This rip-roaring ride through the dark side of nature mixes action and adventure with mysteries, edge of the seat chase and a battle of wills between man and almost supernatural beasts. These killers lurk in the serpentine waterways of the planet, mooching murderously underwater, growing to truly awesome sizes. Like all the best horror movies the images are intense and immediate, the grade is gritty and real, together heightening the drama on screen. With graphics overlaying the live action, Jeremy illustrates to the viewer, using forensic methods, exactly how these river monsters are constructed to kill.

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Extreme angler Jeremy Wade investigates the piranha of the Amazon basin.

Piranha

Extreme angler Jeremy Wade heads to Texas on the trail of the vicious alligator gar.

Alligator Gar

Extreme angler Jeremy Wade heads to Texas on the trail of a river monster said to be as vicious as a shark and as big as an alligator - the monstrous alligator gar.

Biologist and extreme angler Jeremy Wade investigates tales of a man-eating catfish.

European Maneater

Extreme angler Jeremy Wade travels to Germany to meet victims of a beast seen raising its snout above the surface of freshwater in Europe for the past 700 years.

Legends tell of an evil spirit in a great fish in the depths of the Amazon.

Amazon Assassins

Legends tell of an evil spirit in a great fish in the depths of the Amazon - Jeremy Wade has encountered this creature before and is taking no chances this time.

Jeremy Wade is on the hunt for the notorious killer catfish.

Killer Catfish

Jeremy Wade is on the hunt for the notorious killer catfish, to determine if their attacks are real and their methods are as gruesome as reported.

Jeremy Wade investigates the myth of the freshwater shark.

Freshwater Shark

Jeremy Wade investigates the myth of the freshwater shark as he follows up reports of the tragic death of a young man and a bloody attack on a racehorse.

Jeremy Wade journeys up the Congo River in search of the ferocious goliath tigerfish.

Demon Fish

Jeremy Wade goes to Thailand in search of the 700-pound giant freshwater stingray.

Death Ray

Jeremy Wade homes in on the snakehead, a predator that is invading America's backyards.

Killer Snakehead

Jeremy Wade travels to the Congo while on the trail of a terrifying legend.

Congo Killer

Jeremy Wade goes into the forbidding Alaskan wilderness to visit two large lakes.

Alaskan Horror

Jeremy Wade explores the Great Rift Valley in search of Africa's largest freshwater fish.

Rift Valley Killer

Jeremy Wade visits a South African river where the biggest-ever bull shark was found.

Hidden Predator

Extreme angler Jeremy Wade travels to the Sepik river in Papua New Guinea.

The Mutilator

Jeremy Wade goes to New Zealand to search for a mysterious eight-foot creature.

Flesh Ripper

Jeremy Wade travels to the Parana river in Argentina to investigate a chilling creature.

Silent Assassin

Jeremy Wade goes to Australia to try to catch the rare and fearsome freshwater sawfish.

Chainsaw Predator

Jeremy Wade is in Brazil in search of a fish that has already killed three cowboys.

Electric Executioner

Jeremy Wade heads to the jungles of South America to track a dangerous fish down.

Jungle Killer

Extreme angler Jeremy Wade goes on the trail of an extraordinary legend called the kappa.

Japanese Horrors

Jeremy Wade journeys into the swamps of southern Africa to find a piranha-like fish.

Pack of Teeth

Jeremy Wade investigates reports of deadly fish activity in Florida.

American Shark

Jeremy Wade travels to the USA to investigate mysterious disappearances of corpses.

American Killer Catfish

Extreme fishing series. Jeremy Wade heads into Central America in search of a giant fish.

Invisible Executioner

Extreme fisherman Jeremy Wade takes a trip to Mongolia to investigate a rare giant fish.

Mongolian Mauler

Angler Jeremy Wade returns to Australia's Fitzroy river to catch the Glyphis shark.

Phantom Assassin

The disappearance of three men in Russia provides a baffling case for Jeremy Wade.

Russian Killer

Extreme angler Jeremy Wade travels to the Himalayas to investigate river attacks.

Asian Slayer

Extreme fishing series. Jeremy Wade is on the trail of a monster at Chernobyl.

Atomic Assassin

Extreme fishing series. Jeremy Wade is on the trail of a monster at Chernobyl, the site of the worst nuclear accident in history - and he is in a race against time.

Extreme fishing series. Jeremy Wade heads to Colombia to investigate a bride's death.

Colombian Slasher

Extreme fishing series. Expert navigation is needed when Jeremy Wade heads to Colombia to investigate a creature blamed for killing a bride in the Amazon.

Killer Torpedo

Extreme fishing series. Jeremy Wade ventures deep into central America while in search of a giant fish that is said to leap into boats and cause fatal injuries.

Extreme fishing series. Jeremy Wade embarks on a mission to find the Loch Ness monster.

Legend of Loch Ness - Part 1

Extreme fishing series. Jeremy Wade embarks on a mission to track down the famous Loch Ness monster that takes him from Scotland to Iceland.

Extreme fishing series. Jeremy Wade continues to explore the Loch Ness monster.

Legend of Loch Ness - Part 2

Extreme fishing series. Jeremy embarks on a mission to the Arctic Circle to catch a creature that could be behind the myth of the Loch Ness monster.

Jeremy Wade embarks on a punishing mission to the Pacific Northwest.

Vampires of the Deep

Extreme fishing series. Jeremy Wade embarks on a punishing mission to the Pacific Northwest to find an ancient river monster that is said to attack swimmers.

Extreme fishing series. Jeremy Wade comes face to face with one of his oldest adversaries.

Face Ripper

Extreme fishing series. Jeremy Wade embarks on one of his most challenging journeys as he comes face to face with one of his oldest adversaries on a river in Bolivia.

Extreme fishing series. Jeremy Wade searches for a monstrous fish in the Amazon river.

Amazon Titanic

Extreme fishing series. Jeremy Wade tracks a beast that can't be caught with a rod.

Bone Crusher

Extreme fishing series. Jeremy Wade embarks on a mission in Guyana in South America.

Man-Eating Monster

Extreme fishing series. Jeremy Wade hunts a fish that burns the flesh of its victims.

Jungle Terminator

Extreme fishing series. Jeremy Wade hunts for a vicious predator known as the River Tiger.

River of Blood

Extreme fishing series. Jeremy Wade hears tales of a body-snatching spirit in Guyana.

Body Snatcher

Jeremy Wade heads to the Mekong river in south east Asia in search of a baby-faced killer.

Mekong Mutilator

Jeremy Wade heads to the Mekong river in south east Asia in search of a baby-faced killer, responsible for the mauling of multiple victims.

Extreme fishing series. Jeremy Wade investigates the ferocious and carnivorous tigerfish.

Africa's Deadliest

Extreme fishing series. Jeremy Wade investigates a fatal incident in Alaska's wilderness.

Alaska's Cold Water Killer

Extreme fishing series. Jeremy Wade investigates stories of a 20-foot lake monster.

Canadian Horror

Extreme fishing series. Jeremy Wade investigates reports of attacks in Fiji's interior.

South Pacific Terrors

Extreme fishing series. Jeremy Wade searches for the truth behind an enduring legend.

Deep Sea Demon

Extreme fishing series. Jeremy Wade's search for the truth behind an enduring sea serpent legend takes him from the English Channel to Thailand and France.

Jeremy Wade investigates reports of a creature terrorizing the Florida Keys.

Razorhead

Extreme fishing series. Jeremy Wade heads to the Florida Keys to discover the identity of an assailant whose violence slices open flesh and smashes bones.

Jeremy Wade investigates terrifying tales of a mysterious shark-octopus hybrid.

Terror in Paradise

Extreme fishing series. Jeremy Wade investigates terrifying tales of a mysterious shark-octopus hybrid that is said to drag its prey 1,000 feet below the waves.

Extreme fishing series. Jeremy Wade goes on a mission to discover a deep-sea devil.

Devil of the Deep

Extreme fishing series. A chilling report of mutilated dead bodies ravaged by a mysterious sea creature sends Jeremy Wade on an investigation to the Sea of Cortez.

On a volcanic Pacific island, Jeremy Wade finds an ancient fishing community terrorised.

Volcanic Island Terror

On a volcanic Pacific island,  Jeremy Wade finds that an ancient fishing community is being terrorised by something in the water, and it has been leaving victims with mysterious puncture wounds.

Jeremy Wade visits an Indonesian island where a mysterious sea creature impales victims.

Coral Reef Killer

Jeremy Wade visits the tropical island of Sulawesi in Indonesia, where a snorkelling tourist and several local fishermen have been killed and injured by a mysterious sea creature that impales its victims.

Jeremy Wade wants to track down a giant fish after two men vanish on a lake in Malaysia.

Malaysian Lake Monster

Jeremy Wade sets out to track down the possible killer of two men who mysteriously vanish on a remote lake in Malaysia, amid rumours of a giant fish on the loose.

Jeremy Wade investigates whether the original goonch catfish could be back in business.

Return of the Killer Catfish

Jeremy Wade investigates whether a goonch catfish from his first-ever River Monster investigation could be back from the brink and in business again.

Jeremy Wade travels from London to Greenland to follow the trail of an unknown sea beast.

Ice Cold Killer

After a mystery sea monster washes up on a UK beach, Jeremy Wade sets off on a journey from London to Greenland, via Norway, to unmask this beast and find out if it poses any threat to humans.

Jeremy Wade unpicks stories of fanged fish following the sinking of RMS Laconia in 1942.

Killers from the Abyss - Part One

Jeremy Wade unpicks what happened when the RMS Laconia was torpedoed in the Atlantic in 1942, and reports told of stranded swimmers attacked by shoals of fanged fish.

Jeremy Wade continues to unravel what happened to stranded Atlantic swimmers in 1942.

Killers from the Abyss - Part Two

Jeremy Wade continues his major investigation to unravel what happened to over a thousand passengers who were stranded after the RMS Laconia torpedoed in the mid-Atlantic in 1942.

1. Piranha

1. Piranha

2. Alligator Gar

2. Alligator Gar

3. European Maneater

3. European Maneater

4. Amazon Assassins

4. Amazon Assassins

5. Killer Catfish

5. Killer Catfish

6. Freshwater Shark

6. Freshwater Shark