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The Real Lost World is a documentary, released on December 10, 2006 by Animal Planet, where a team of scientists journey to Monte Roraima in Venezuela, the plateau that inspired Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's literary work, The Lost World. They investigate the legend. The film was written and directed by Peter von Puttkamer and produced by Gryphon Productions.
The documentary won awards from WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival for Best Cinematography and from the Accolade Television Awards Best of Show in Directing and Cinematography.
Scientists[edit]
Dr. Hazel Barton – Cave Biologist
Dean Harrison – Cryptozoologist
Seth Heald – Snake Expert
Peter Sprouse – Cave Expert
Rick West – Tarantula Authority
External links[edit]
Gryphon Productions Ltd. Official Site
Animal Planet Official Site
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The Really Wild Show
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The Really Wild Show
Format
Nature
Country of origin
United Kingdom
No. of series
19
2 (Roadshow)
No. of episodes
218
19 (Roadshow)
31 (Special)
Production
Running time
approx. 25 min.
Broadcast
Original channel
BBC
CBBC
Picture format
4:3 (1986–2000)
16:9 (2001–2006)
Original run
21 January 1986 – 24 April 2006
Chronology
Followed by
Deadly (2009–)
The Really Wild Show was a long-running British television show about wildlife, broadcast by the BBC as part of their CBBC service to children. It also runs on Animal Planet in the US.
The show was broadcast continuously since 21 January 1986. In April 2006 the BBC announced that the show would be axed that summer, and as such the last ever episode was shown in April 2006, giving the show a run of 20 years.[1]
Contents [hide]
1 Presenters 1.1 Table
2 Transmission guide 2.1 Specials
2.2 Compilations
3 Awards
4 Ratings(CBBC Channel)
5 References
6 External links
Presenters[edit]
Presenters have included:
Janice Acquah (1996-1999)
Steve Backshall (2004–2006)
Nick Baker (1996–2006)
Nicola Davies (1986–1990)
Sue Dawson (1990–1993)
Eils Hewitt (2002–2004)
Terry Nutkins (1986–1993)
Chris Packham (1986–1995)
Michaela Strachan (1993–2006)
Howie Watkins (1993–2000)
Chris Lambert (Co-host, 1997–2000)
Table[edit]
Year
Main Presenter(s)
Co-host
1986 Nicola Davies Terry Nutkins & Jacob Tome-Fernandez Chris Packham
N/A
1987
1988
1989
1990 Sue Dawson
1991
1992
1993 Howie Watkins Michaela Strachan
1994
1995
1996 Nick Baker
1997 Chris Lambert
1998
1999
1996 Janice Acquah
1999
N/A
2002 Eils Hewitt
2003
2004 Steve Backshall
2005
2006
Transmission guide[edit]
Series
No. of editions
Aired
1 7 21 January 1986 – 4 March 1986
2 9 30 December 1986 – 24 February 1987
3 9 5 January 1988 – 1 March 1988
4 10 24 January 1989 – 28 March 1989
5 8 13 February 1990 – 29 March 1990
6 12 8 January 1993 – 2 April 1993
7 11 5 January 1994 – 16 March 1994
8 12 4 January 1995 – 22 March 1995
9 10 4 January 1996 – 21 March 1996
10 13 2 January 1997 – 27 March 1997
11 13 6 January 1998 – 31 March 1998
12 13 5 January 1999 – 30 March 1999
13 11 4 January 2000 – 14 March 2000
14 12 2 January 2001 – 20 March 2001
15 13 5 April 2002 – 2 July 2002
16 12 29 April 2003 – 15 July 2003
17 13 6 April 2004 – 29 July 2004
18 15 3 April 2005 – 3 July 2005
19 15 24 April 2006 – 18 May 2006
The Really Wild Roadshow
Series
No. of editions
Aired
1 9 29 January 1991 – 26 March 1991
2 10 28 January 1992 – 31 March 1992
Specials[edit]
Entitle
Date
Synopsis
The Really Wild Dinosaur Show 27 December 1990
South Africa 23 March 1994
Tigers Special 5 April 1999
Primates Special 21 March 2000
Thai Elephant Special 27 March 2001
Antarctica Special 5 April 2002
China Bears Special 2 January 2003
Circus Special 22 July 2003
Reef Special 6 July 2004 Michaela goes to the exotic location of Malaysia where she takes a splash to investigate the coral reefs. As well as finding out what threatens this underwater paradise Michaela goes in search of hammerhead sharks.
Pride Special 27 December 2004 Michaela enjoys exclusive access to the set of Pride, a family film about a group of lions.
Tasmania Special 10 July 2005 Nick travels to Tasmania to check out a mystery disease that is threatening the future of the island's most famous animal, the Tasmanian Devil. He works with wildlife experts and scientists as they investigate the tragedy surrounding this creature and battle to save it from extinction.
Compilations[edit]
Wildest Hits 1 - series compilation: 10 editions from 17 April 2000 – 28 April 2000
Wildest Hits 2 - series compilation: 10 editions from 9 April 2001 – 20 April 2001
Awards[edit]
The programme has been nominated for several BAFTA awards, and won three:
1987 – Won BAFTA TV Award: Best Children's Programme (Factual)
1988 – Won BAFTA TV Award: Best Children's Programme (Documentary/Educational)
1990 – Won BAFTA TV Award: Best Children's Programme (Documentary/Educational)
1994 – Nominated for BAFTA TV Award: Best Children's Programme (Factual)
2002 – Nominated for BAFTA Children's Award: Best Factual
2003 – Nominated for BAFTA Children's Award: Best Factual
Ratings(CBBC Channel)[edit]
Saturday 2 March 2002- 60,000 (7th most watched on CBBC that week)Sunday 17 March 2002- 40,000 (9th most watched on CBBC that week)Saturday 16 March 2002- 30,000 (10th most watched on CBBC that week)Saturday 4 May 2002- 30,000 (4th most watched on CBBC that week)
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References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ BBC to axe The Really Wild Show
2.Jump up ^ http://www.barb.co.uk
External links[edit]
CBBC - The Really Wild Show at bbc.co.uk
The Really Wild Show at the Internet Movie Database
The Really Wild Show at TV.com
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River Monsters
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River Monsters
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Poster from the first season
Genre
Documentary
Format
Wildlife documentary
Directed by
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
Presented by
Jeremy Wade
Composer(s)
Audio Network
Musicotopia
Country of origin
United Kingdom United States
Original language(s)
English
No. of seasons
6
No. of episodes
41 + 18 specials + 2 additional episodes (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)
Harry Marshall
Laura Marshall
Lisa Bosak Lucas
Producer(s)
Andie Clare
Luke Wiles
Doug MacKay Hope
Running time
40 minutes (original version)
50 minutes (extended cut)
90 minutes (some opening and finale episodes)
Production company(s)
Icon Films, Discovery Channel, ITV Studios
Distributor
ITV Studios Global Entertainment
Broadcast
Original channel
Animal Planet, ITV, Discovery Channel
Original run
April 5, 2009 – Present
External links
Animal Planet Site
Icon Films Site
River Monsters is a British and American wildlife documentary television programme produced for Animal Planet by Icon Films of Bristol, United Kingdom. Hosted by extreme angler and biologist Jeremy Wade who travels around the globe in search of the most fearsome freshwater killers. Looking for clues, eye witnesses and stories about people who were dragged underwater by these vicious predators, he tries to catch the biggest specimens and then release it back to the wild. His aim is to save these rare creatures from extinction and to help people understand the truth behind the horrific attacks on humans.
River Monsters became the most watched, most successful programmes in Animal Planet's history, and one of the most viewed series on Discovery Channel too. In the US, only the shortened version is shown and some animals Jeremy shows are just cut off. Only when it premieres on ITV (originally on ITV1) in the UK these missing scenes are shown.
Contents [hide]
1 Series preview
2 Episodes 2.1 Season One (2009)
2.2 Season Two (2010)
2.3 Season Three (2011)
2.4 Season Four (2012)
2.5 Season Five (2013)
2.6 Season Six (2014)
2.7 Season Seven (2015)
3 Specials 3.1 Specials for Season Two (2010)
3.2 The Lost Reels
3.3 Specials
4 Reception 4.1 Broadcast ratings 4.1.1 Season one
4.1.2 Season two
5 See also
6 References
7 External links
Series preview[edit]
River Monsters travels worldwide with Suffolk, United Kingdom born[1] host, biologist, adventurer and extreme angler Jeremy Wade to explore freshwater mysteries and local folklore, possibly debunk these myths and track down these harrowing tales. The show has taken viewers to Germany, Spain, Italy, Scotland, Iceland, Norway, Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, India, Japan, Russia, Suriname, Brazil, Ethiopia, Uganda, South Africa, the Republic of Congo, Mongolia, Guyana, and the American states of Alaska, Florida, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas and Vermont.
In the first season, Wade's weekly quest had him in search of piranha, goonch catfish (during his investigation of the Kali River goonch attacks), alligator gar, wels catfish, arapaima, piraíba, and a freshwater species of shark, the bull shark. All of them are supposedly deadly creatures shrouded with mystery. The show also focuses on explaining the creatures' feeding habits, behavior and conservation status. Rebroadcasts of the episodes with captions showing behind the scenes commentary from the host about the particular episode can also be seen on both Animal Planet and Discovery Channel, these episodes going by the title River Monsters: Unhooked.
The second season of River Monsters began airing on 24 April 2010, although the first episode, titled "Demon Fish" first appeared on Discovery Channel on 28 March 2010. This season consists 7 episodes and takes viewers to the River Congo and other far-and-wide locations. In the episode, "Death Ray", Wade catches a pregnant female giant freshwater stingray, the largest fish he has ever caught. It later gives birth while it was being examined by Wade and a team of biologists. This season features the white sturgeon, Wade's another huge catch (although he said it's his biggest catch ever, the stingray he caught in an earlier episode was even bigger, so "Alaskan Horror" was probably filmed earlier).
Episodes[edit]
Season One (2009)[edit]
Episode
Title
Original air date
Unhooked air date
1
"Piranha" 5 April 2009 5 May 2010
Red-bellied piranha Jeremy Wade journeys to Brazil, following reports in which a bus crashes into the Amazon river, and all the passengers are eaten by a pack of red-bellied piranhas. He investigates this and other stories in order to determine if the piranha really deserve their reputation and what exactly triggers a feeding frenzy. During his trip to remote regions in the Amazon river basin, he finds out that the bloodthirsty piranha is just as predator as prey and finally he hears a chilling story about a child fallen into the river and after a few seconds, only the skeleton were found. He finally uncovers the truth that piranhas can be dangerous to humans in the dry season.
Featured animals
Red-bellied piranha (Pygocentrus nattereri)
Black-tailed payara (Hydrolycus armatus)
Amazon river dolphin (Inia geoffrensis)
Ripsaw catfish (Oxydoras niger)
Redeye piranha (Serrasalmus rhombeus)
2
"Killer Catfish" 12 April 2009 23 May 2010
Mugger crocodile Jeremy arrives at the Kali River in India, where a number of mysterious drownings have occurred. He investigates the possibilities of the culprit being whirlpools or crocodiles, but determines neither fit. Wade eventually finds out of a little-known catfish species that can grow to a large size, the goonch, or giant devil catfish. He reasons that, since funeral pyres are done at the shore of the river, the fish feed off the burnt human remains. This would allow them to reach man-eating size, as well as giving them a taste of people. Jeremy then must face off against a large goonch which may prove there are monster goonch ready to eat people. When going after this fish Jeremy spends weeks trying to catch it, but the time eventually came when he had to take a risk and catch this elusive fish.
Featured animals
Goonch catfish (Bagarius yarrelli)
Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle (Chitra indica)
Golden mahseer (Tor putitora)
Mugger crocodile (Crocodylus palustris)
Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus)
South Asian river dolphin (Platanista gangetica)
Indian flapshell turtle (Lissemys punctata)
3
"Alligator Gar" 19 April 2009 9 May 2010
Alligator gar Jeremy travels to the Trinity River in Texas to discover the truth behind the alligator gar, a massive predator blamed for horrifying attacks on people. Reports claim this fish is more dangerous than a man-eating shark. With huge jaws and two rows of needle-sharp teeth, the gar proves an elusive opponent. Throughout the years this fish was in the centre of humanity's misunderstanding. Large populations were killed by electric gar destroyers all around the country, bringing this huge animal into the near extinction. Bowfishermans also kill this fish with spears, but Jeremy wants to catch one alive and release it back safely. Finally hooking a large gar, Jeremy finds out once and for all if the alligator gar deserves its reputation as a river monster.
Featured animals
Alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula)
American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
Smallmouth buffalo (Ictiobus bubalus)
Spiny softshell turtle (Apalone spinifera)
4
"European Maneater" 26 April 2009 26 May 2010
Wels catfish The wels catfish is one of the largest catfish in the world. Medieval reports claim it is an aggressive man eater that will swallow you whole, even small children were found in one's stomach. After new reports surface of attacks in Berlin, Germany, Jeremy Wade dives deep into the mystery of these fish. He finds out that these giants attack when they are protecting their nests in the breeding season. His investigation later leads him to Spain, where a group of catfish were introduced into the warm watered Rio Ebro. Numerous factors led to these creatures taking over the ecosystem and possibly growing to man-eating size, for example because of the fishermen's 'catch and release' policy. There, Jeremy finds that these river monsters have no fear of man, and faces a potential maneater.
Featured animals
Wels catfish (Silurus glanis)
Zander (Sander lucioperca)
Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus)
Griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus)
5
"Amazon Assassins" 3 May 2009 28 April 2010
Arapaima The Amazon has many river monsters. Anacondas, caimans, piranhas and jaguars all call this place home. Years ago, Jeremy Wade travelled here looking for the arapaima, a 10-foot long fish that has been known to ram predators with the force of a car crash. The trip resulted in Jeremy feeling the full force of one of these blows. Now Jeremy has returned to Brazil to once again face off against this fish and determine if the arapaima deserves to be on the Amazon's already large list of monsters. Journeying to the few spots where fishing for these fish is allowed, he encounters an arapaima farm where the fish do something surprising. Jeremy then hears stories of the Amazon's other killers, the caiman. He searches for these, as well as a mysterious legend with its roots buried deep in folklore. Then, after finding the perfect spot, he finally comes face to face with the legendary giant, whose body could become a living missile.
Featured animals
Arapaima (Arapaima gigas)
Tiger sorubim (Pseudoplatystoma tigrinum)
Black caiman (Melanosuchus niger)
Black pacu (Colossoma macropomum)
Green anaconda (Eunectes murinus)
Yellow-spotted river turtle (Podocnemis unifilis)
Additional creature: the Cobra Grande
6
"Amazon Flesh Eaters" 10 May 2009 2 May 2010
Redtail catfish Following a report of a fisherman swallowed whole, Jeremy travels to South America in search of the Amazon's largest catfish, the Piraíba. Arriving there, Wade not only tries to catch this monster, but discovers that it belongs to a whole family of Amazonian killers. He catches as many catfish species as he can to prove that these whiskered predators really are the ultimate monsters of this place. He finds the Candiru, a small blood-sucking catfish that has entered a man's body in the most horrifying of places, and the Candiru-Acú, a small catfish that swarms around and drills holes in dead or dying animals, including humans, eating them from the inside out. Discovering the horrifying deeds of these fish only pushes him even further, until he faces off with the giant head of the murderous catfish family, 'the mother of all catfishes', the Piraíba.
Featured animals
Piraíba (Brachyplatystoma filamentosum)
Redtail catfish (Phractocephalus hemioliopterus)
Gilded catfish (Zungaro zungaro)
Candirú (Vandellia cirrhosa)
Candirú-Acú (Cetopsis candiru)
Black-tailed payara (Hydrolycus armatus)
Mexican burrowing caecilian (Dermophis mexicanus)
Bloch's catfish (Pimelodus blochii)
7
"Freshwater Shark" 17 May 2009 12 May 2010
Bull sharkSharks are perhaps the most dangerous and feared of all fish, but these predators are confined to the oceans. Or maybe not. The bull shark, the most dangerous and aggressive shark, has been known to swim miles up rivers. Jeremy follows reports of attacks in rivers near the most populated shores of Australia to find out why and how far these fish swim upstream. He traces the trail of blood left by these monsters from bays and lagoons to rivers, until he finally zeros in on the lair of these sea monsters. After seeing the evidence that these predators can even attack race horses and drag people underwater in completely fresh water, he realizes that he faces with a creature even deadlier than a great white shark. While fishing for one, Jeremy finds something even more shocking and terrifying than a full grown shark.
Featured animals
Bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas)
Saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus)
Giant grouper (Epinephelus lanceolatus)
Freshwater crocodile (Crocodylus johnsoni)
Short-finned eel (Anguilla australis)
Season Two (2010)[edit]
No. in
series
Title
Original air date
Unhooked air date
8
"Demon Fish" 28 March 2010 16 August 2010
Featured Animals: Goliath tigerfish
Jeremy Wade travels deep into the jungles of the Congo in search of a little-known predator that may be the most terrifying monster of all: the Goliath Tigerfish. This creature combines everything that made all previous river monsters deadly, and then some. Growing to 6 feet long with the jaws and teeth of a crocodile, this beast is covered in armor plating and thick muscle. Basically a giant piranha, the tigerfish is believed to be responsible for gruesome deaths, both in and out of water. The search for the elusive tigerfish pushes Jeremy to his mental limit as he uses everything he knows as a fisherman, as well as some luck from a witch doctor, to find this terrifying monster and uncover the truth behind a number of violent attacks.
9
"Death Ray" 25 April 2010 20 August 2010
Featured Animals: Giant freshwater stingray, Mekong giant catfish, Siamese giant carp
Jeremy Wade ventures to the Mekong River in Thailand to find what may be the largest freshwater fish: the Giant Freshwater Stingray. Armed with a 10 inch, venom-coated barb, this fish grows to 16 feet long and its venom has no known antidote. Unlike South American freshwater stingrays (which usually don't get very big and deadly), this creature is a true monster. As this behemoth can nearly glue itself to the bottom of the river, once Jeremy hooks one, it may be his biggest challenge yet.
10
"Killer Snakehead" 2 May 2010 9 August 2010
Featured Animals: Giant snakehead, Bullseye snakehead, Silver carp, Butterfly Peacock Bass
Journeying to Florida, Jeremy Wade encounters the Bullseye Snakehead, which were introduced to the state from Southeast Asia. With razor-sharp teeth and the abilities to breathe air and "walk" on land, these aggressive predators soon spawned numerous rumors of being man-eaters. Proving to be incredibly violent and vicious, Wade gets to the bottom of their monstrous rumors, only to be unconvinced of their lethality. That is, until he learns of another species, the Giant Snakehead, which is reported to be the largest and most dangerous of the snakeheads. Meanwhile, he travels up to Illinois and gets a taste of how much of an impact an invasive species such as the silver carp can have on humans. Arriving at Khao Laem Dam along the River Kwai in Thailand, Wade uncovers stories of attacks, one being fatal. With no luck in reeling one in with a line, he then dives deep into a murky river right in the middle of a school of young snakehead, hoping to find their murderous parents.
11
"Congo Killer" 9 May 2010 6 August 2010
Featured Animals: Kamba Catfish, Vundu, Marbled lungfish, Mongusu
Jeremy Wade travels to the Congo, the only river to ever defeat him. He had once traveled there, only to catch nothing. Now he's back, investigating reports of fishermen being dragged to their death by a malevolent river spirit. Wade suspects the Tsuni catfish, Vundu Catfish or the Kamba Catfish, which are known to grow to large sizes. While staying with local villagers, he faces their superstitious beliefs as they blame his arrival for the disappearance of the chief's brother. After using traditional Congolese fishing methods, hearing of how one fisherman died, and finally facing a Catfish, Jeremy begins to wonder if the real danger isn't the fish itself.
12
"Alaskan Horror" 16 May 2010 19 August 2010
Featured Animals: White sturgeon, Northern pike, Sockeye salmon, Salmon shark, Beluga whale, Grizzly Bear
Deep in the Alaskan wilderness, Lake Iliamna is supposedly the home of a monster. Reports claim it grows 20 feet long and is responsible for the disappearance of many fishermen. Investigating the identity of this creature, Jeremy Wade faces cold-water fishing for the first time. He investigates the possibility of the monster being a Pike or a Beluga whale, but none would match the description. Wade then tries to find out a possible food source: Salmon. This results in the first salmon he has on the end of his line, only to have it stolen by a bear. After hearing an eyewitness' encounter, Jeremy is able to determine the identity of the monster: a White Sturgeon. These fish grow to 20 feet long and are known to leap out of the water, which could result in people going missing. Fishing for sturgeon, Wade faces what may be the biggest fish he's ever caught.
13
"Rift Valley Killers" 23 May 2010 19 August 2010
Featured Animals: Nile Perch, Semutundu catfish, Nile Tilapia, Nile crocodile, Hippopotamus
In the heart of Africa's Rift Valley, lives the Nile Perch, Africa's largest freshwater fish. Growing to 6 feet long, this fish is considered a prize and is what many people brave countless perils to catch. Jeremy travels to the birthplace of humanity and the oldest and most dangerous fishing spot to find this legendary creature. He faces off against Crocodiles, Hippos, and Gangs to find the perch, and is amazed at the dangers people face every day in order to catch this fish. He then takes on these perils in order to land monster perch.
14
"Hidden Predator" 30 May 2010 12 August 2010
Featured Animals: Bull shark, Smallspotted Grunter, Dusky Kob
One year ago, Jeremy Wade was investigating the Bull Shark in Australia and caught a small pup, proving that the sharks were breeding in the local rivers. Around the same time, a group of scientists in South Africa made a shocking discovery: the largest Bull Shark ever caught, and it was found in a river. Now the team is back, and they've brought Jeremy with them in hopes of finding out if this was a horrifying fluke, or if the sharks have made the river their homes. Jeremy discovers that the largely populated river is full of sharks, yet nobody has ever been attacked. Wade realizes the reason why these fish are in this river as well as why there have been no attacks, and lands two of his biggest catches yet.
Season Three (2011)[edit]
No. in
series
Title
Original air date
Unhooked air date
15
"The Mutilator" 10 April 2011 29 May 2011
Featured Animals: Red bellied pacu, Saltwater crocodile
Deep in the jungles of Papua New Guinea, two separate deaths have attracted the media: two men were found to have bled to death in the Sepik River as a result of a "ball-cutter" attacking villagers. Jeremy Wade travels to this unexplored river to uncover the creature responsible. While fishing for a possible food source, Wade makes an unusual discovery: a Pacu. These fish are related to the Piranha and are from South America, where they use their strange human-like teeth to eat nuts and fruits. Wade makes a terrible discovery about the seemingly-placid pacus living in the Sepik.
16
"Flesh Ripper" 17 April 2011 24 May 2011
Featured Animals: New Zealand longfin eel
After reading reports of flesh-eating eels in New Zealand, Jeremy Wade journeys to a land which he always thought a safe place to swim. Captain James Cook's memoirs and Māori folklore's tell of man-eating snake-like creatures. He treks into the Waitomo Caves and Lake Manapouri and discovers just how savage and dangerous these "devourers of men" can be. Armed with razor-sharp teeth which prevent escape, these eels spin and tear off bits of flesh like a crocodile. Although he already knows they have the ability to cause serious harm, Wade still must determine if they have the attitude to attack a human in order to find out if they deserve their reputation. The only way to do this is to put himself on the menu.
17
"Silent Assassin" 24 April 2011 26 May 2011
Featured Animals: Short-tailed river stingray, Speckled Piranha, Tiger Surubi, Golden Dorado
On Argentina's Paraná River, a young girl was killed by a river stingray. Venturing to a country he's never been to before, to face a fish he's never heard of before, Jeremy travels to this river in order to find the killer: the Shorttail River Stingray, which grows to 6 feet across. Unlike Thailand's Giant Freshwater Stingray, this fish isn't long or wide. Instead it is thick and heavy, with a short, clublike tail with which it delivers its venomous sting. After hearing many more reports of attacks, Jeremy becomes determined to face this beast, which can glue itself to the river bottom like a suction cup. Its strength is then proven as Wade hooks into this tank-like fish in what is his longest battle to date.
18
"Chainsaw Predator" 1 May 2011 28 May 2011
Featured Animals: Freshwater Sawfish, Bull shark, Barramundi, Saltwater Crocodile, Black Mangrove Crab
25 years ago, Jeremy Wade was in a hardware store in the Amazon when he came across a weapon more sinister than any he had seen before. It was a yard long and studded on each side with 2 inch long teeth. This strange weapon was the snout of a Sawfish: a 20-foot relative of the rays which has been known to swim hundreds of miles upriver. Reports claim this shark-like fish hacks boats apart and saws people in half, feasting on their flesh. Wade travels to the Fitzroy River in Australia in order to find out if this critically endangered creature deserves its reputation as a river monster and why it swims so far up rivers. After being plagued by crocodiles and sharks, (which, ironically, he had previously traveled to Australia to find, yet didn't catch one for weeks) Wade hooks into this bladed beast and reels in a 7-foot monster. The episode is dedicated in memory of wildlife expert Malcolm Douglas, who died in a car accident shortly after filming.
19
"Electric Executioner" 15 May 2011 23 May 2011
Featured Animals: Electric Eel, Black Piranha, White Blotched River Stingray, Redtail catfish, Marbled Swamp Eel, Common Trahira, Fidalgo.
Jeremy Wade returns to the Amazon to search for a mysterious and deadly killer with a reputation to match its awesome ability. Hearing the stories of three cowboys in Pará dying at the same time without any bite marks on them, he rules out piranhas and stingrays. After hearing a witness' claim, he concludes that the killer was an Electric Eel: an 8-foot, snake-like fish that possesses the bizarre ability to produce up to 600 volts of electricity. Following stories of "invisible powers", he journeys all over Brazil, searching for the elusive fish. Jeremy then comes across a story that confirms the eel's ability to kill a man, but he still tries to find out if it can kill three as the story claims. After searching through the smallest of ponds he can find in the dry season, he finally finds a large eel in little more than a mud-puddle. After fishing it out, Wade makes a startling discovery that could possibly explain three men dying at once.
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"Cold Blooded Horror" 22 May 2011 25 May 2011
Featured Animals: Japanese Giant Salamander, Chinese Giant Salamander, Chinese/Japanese Hybrid Salamander, Giant Lake Biwa Catfish, Amur catfish, Tiger Pufferfish, Turtle
For the first time in his life, Jeremy Wade travels to Japan to learn more about its legendary river monsters. In a Tokyo fish market, he interviews many fisherman and uncovers two seemingly unbelievable stories: the Namazu, an enormous catfish that supposedly causes the numerous earthquakes in Japan whenever it wriggles its huge body; and the Kappa, a gremlin-like beast that drags children underwater and devours their souls. On Lake Biwa, Wade investigates the origin of the namazu legend as well as searches for a connection between catfish and earthquakes. After finding a reasonable explanation, he turns his attention to the Kappa. After visiting a shrine to the creature, he finds an alleged mummified kappa and starts wondering if the kappa isn't a fish, but something else entirely. Wade speaks with a scientist about what other creatures live in Japanese rivers, and he learns of a creature known as the Hanzaki, which can grow to 6 feet. Diving into a swift-moving stream, Jeremy comes face-to-face with the strangest and most unexpected river monster he's ever met.
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"Jungle Killer" 30 May 2011 1 June 2011
Featured Animals: Giant Wolf Fish, Redeye Piranha, Redtail catfish, Common Trahira, Black Piranha, Spectacled Caiman
Everyone knows the piranha is the deadliest fish in South America, but is there a little-known fish that is even more vicious and aggressive than the supposed "flesh-eating piranha"? After receiving a report of a diver being brutally attacked, Jeremy Wade travels to Brokopondo Reservoir in the remote jungles of Suriname, where he interviews the victim and hears his idea of the culprit. The man claims the fish was the much-feared "anjumara", a Wolf Fish: a large, aggressive predator with razor-sharp teeth. Wade travels deep into the jungle in search of a monster fish and uncovers more reports of their savagery, attacking people and animals on both land and sea. After a "shocking" event and a plague of piranha and caiman, Jeremy comes face-to-face with what is perhaps South America's most vicious fish.
Season Four (2012)[edit]
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"American Killers" 1 April 2012 21 May 2012
Featured Animals: Bull Shark, Atlantic tarpon, Atlantic Goliath Grouper, Alligator gar, Longnose gar, American Paddlefish, Blue catfish, Flathead Catfish, Channel Catfish
Jeremy Wade has travelled all over the world looking for killer freshwater fish. He has been down the Amazon, deep in the heart of Africa, in the murkiest swamps, in the Alaskan subarctic, and everywhere in between. But are there dangerous killers lurking in the lakes and rivers of the United States? Travelling to Florida, Jeremy once again encounters the bull shark, a species known to swim in freshwater, which he has faced before in Australia and South Africa. Bull sharks are believed to have been responsible for the Jersey Shore Shark Attacks of 1916, which inspired the 1974 novel Jaws. Three of the five attacks that occurred took place in a freshwater river. Following reports of sharks prowling the freshwater canals of Florida, Jeremy once again reels in a monster shark, as well as a little extra.
Next, Wade returns to Texas' Trinity River, for a rematch with the alligator gar. In season 1, he had caught a 7-foot female gar and concluded that the fish had no interest in attacking people. Now, reports have surfaced that gar in Texas are once again reaching lengths of up to 14 feet, the perfect size for a potential killer. Having already experienced their impenetrable armour and razor sharp teeth, Jeremy follows reports of giant gar all over the Trinity, only to find possible evidence of giant gar in a very unexpected place.
Then, Jeremy turns his attention to the Lake of the Ozarks, America's 3rd most dangerous lake, to investigate stories of catfish growing to man-eating proportions. Local divers have allegedly witnessed giant catfish and been too scared to dive in the lake again. Jeremy uncovers unbelievable stories of catfish eating already deceased humans, but he wonders if a catfish could ever be big enough or strong enough to kill a person. He finds his answer in Oklahoma, where people catch catfish in a very unusual and dangerous method.
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"Pack of Teeth" 8 April 2012 21 May 2012
Featured Animals: African Tigerfish, Redbreast tilapia, African Sharptooth Catfish, African Pike, Great Egret, Nile Crocodile
In the Okavango River delta in Botswana, a ferry tips over. All the passengers die, and their bodies are retrieved stripped of flesh. Authorities write it off as crocodiles, but Jeremy Wade isn't so sure. The corpse resemble those devoured by piranha and beggars the question if this was another case of an introduced species running amok. Travelling to the murky swamps of the delta, he is informed of a fish known locally as the ndweshi, which swarms in packs and is greatly feared. Described as long and muscular, with large teeth and horizontal black stripes, Jeremy goes hunting for a fish to match the description. Following a flock of birds, he finds a group of large predatory fish causing a commotion in the water. Casting out, he lands an African Tigerfish, a smaller cousin of the Goliath Tigerfish he caught in season 2. Believing to have found the ndweshi, he tries to discover if they really are pack-hunting killers. Hearing of a rare event believed to attract large numbers of tigerfish, Wade sets out only to find himself in the middle of a feeding frenzy.
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"Invisible Executioner" 15 April 2012 22 May 2012
Featured Animals: Vundu, Brown Squeaker, African Tigerfish, African Sharptooth Catfish, Hippopotamus
After hearing reports of fishermen disappearing in the Zambezi River in Zambia, Jeremy Wade journeys there to uncover the truth behind their deaths. He hears tales of a man getting pulled in and drowning in the rapids after hooking into a monster fish. The natives believe it to be the work of a large, serpentine fish the size of a man. They also tell Wade of a snakelike river spirit called Nyaminyami, who is angry at the Kariba Dam for blocking its river. Believing Nyaminyami to be inspired from the killer fish, he travels to Lake Kariba to find the beast. After nearly being capsized in a storm, Jeremy hears reports of small toddlers and children being eaten by the fish, known locally as "Mazunda," as well as a fisherman being dragged to the depths beneath the dam. Interviewing a witness of the "Mazunda," Wade learns of the Vundu Catfish, southern Africa's largest fish. Travelling all over the Zambezi, Jeremy gains access to the prohibited waters directly beneath the dam, where he finally hooks into a monster.
Note* The Vundu catfish was also featured in the Season 2 episode "Congo Killers," no mention was made in this episode of ever having caught it before.
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"Asian Slayer" 22 April 2012
Featured Animals: Sareng Catfish, Golden Mahseer, Asian Redtail Catfish, Amazon redtail catfish, Chinese Seerfish, Mekong Giant Catfish, Asian Elephant, Tiger
Jeremy Wade's journey into extreme fishing started in India, where he caught large Mahseer, and where he later caught a massive Goonch that had been killing bathers. Now, he returns following reports of a new predator, capable of taking pets and small children. Looking around, he uncovers its identity: the Sareng Catfish, a streamlined predator with long jaws and sharp teeth. He also finds a problem: the sareng is sacred in India's Hindu religion and harming it is believed to curse you with bad luck. Almost immediately he encounters problems when the lake where he is fishing is closed and tries his luck in the wilderness of Corbett National Park, sharing the territory with man-eating tigers and wild elephants. The monsoon comes early and the fish are not biting, forcing him to leave the river. In order to escape what appears to be the wrath of the gods, he travels to Thailand to a lake inhabited by sareng, as well as countless other introduced river monsters. Despite not being a Hindu country, Thailand offers no protection from the gods as Jeremy seemingly catches every fish, especially Red-tailed catfish, in the lake but the sareng. Deciding to face his demons instead of running from them, he returns to India to take part in a Hindu blessing, in order to appease the gods and convince them he means the fish no harm. Returning to the river, Jeremy finds he may have finally met his match.
Note* The Sareng was caught in the Lost Reels episode: Himalayan Giants, but was not mentioned here.
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"Killer Sharks and Rays" 29 April 2012
Featured Animals: White Blotched River Stingray, Short-Tailed River Stingray, Speckled Piranha, Gray Reef Shark, Bull Shark, Freshwater Sawfish
Jeremy Wade relives his most memorable encounters with deadly sharks and rays.
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"Russian Killer" 6 May 2012 24 May 2012
Featured Animals: Kaluga, Chum Salmon, Amur catfish, Soldatov's Catfish, Amur sturgeon, Bearded Seal
Chasing reports of three fishermen disappearing without a trace, Jeremy Wade ventures to the far east of Russia to investigate the Amur River. There, he interviews some of the locals. They mention that there is some kind of large fish in the river, but they don't tell him anything else. Believing that they are keeping some sort of secret, he talks to a local biologist, who tells him of an encounter with the Kaluga: a predatory freshwater sturgeon species known to grow up to 18 feet long. Armed with an enormous mouth, this fish could easily drag people in the water when hooked. After the fall of the Soviet Union, a sudden surge of fishing nearly wiped them out, as they produce delicious caviar. Now, people keep up illegal fishing for them and tell nobody, explaining the locals' secretive behaviour involving the fish. Journeying with a team of biologists who can legally catch the fish for research, Jeremy sets out to catch what may be the last of these monstrous fish.
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"Mongolian Mauler" 13 May 2012 25 May 2012
Featured Animals: Taimen, Siberian Dace, Common Lenok, Arctic grayling, Siberian Pit Viper
Jeremy Wade had wanted to catch large fish since he was a child. One fish that interested him was the Taimen: a very large relative of the trouts and a very popular game fish with tourists. Due to heavy fishing for these trophies, their numbers have greatly declined. When new reports surface of violent attacks on people, Jeremy seizes the opportunity to reel in one of the last giant Taimen and travels to the wild frontiers of northern Mongolia, the Taimen's last stronghold. Upon his arrival he immediately runs into a big problem: Mongolians are not keen fishers and believe that killing fish brings ill fortune. Trekking deep into the wilderness to the Delger-Moron River, he braves venomous vipers, violent gangs of gold prospectors and dangerous rapids. The legendary Taimen proves elusive and his Mongolian guide brings in a shaman in hopes of appeasing the river spirit.
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"Phantom Assassin" 20 May 2012 23 May 2012
Featured Animals: Northern river shark, Bull Shark, Barramundi, Freshwater Sawfish, Freshwater whipray, Winghead shark, King threadfin, Saltwater Crocodile, Black Mangrove Crab
Most people think sharks and rays are purely sea creatures, but Jeremy Wade knows different. He's caught large freshwater stingrays in Argentina and Thailand, and a Sawfish that could live in freshwater in Australia. He has also caught Bull Sharks in South Africa, Australia and Florida. Bull Sharks are salt water fish that have an unusual ability to tolerate freshwater, but are there other sharks with this same ability? Not 10 years ago, scientists discovered a new genus of rare sharks known as Glyphis sharks who can not only tolerate freshwater, but are purely freshwater fish. When a report of an unidentified attack on a person in Australia's Fitzroy River emerges, Jeremy wade journeys down under, wondering if the attacker was a Northern River Shark, a species of Glyphis Shark, and be one of the few people to catch one. Ruling out crocodiles and Bull Sharks, Jeremy determines that the little-known shark just might be the culprit. Joining a group of scientists, he sets out to a very dangerous body of water, only to make a discovery that could reveal the truth behind the attack. Then, battling both the odds and the tides, Jeremy hooks into a mysterious predator and becomes the first man to film it alive.
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"Lair of Giants" 27 May 2012 28 May 2012
Featured Animals: Laulao Catfish, Barbado Catfish, Payara, Redtail catfish, Red Bellied Piranha, Jau Catfish, Common Pacu, Giant Wolf Fish, Arapaima, Black Caiman, Green Anaconda, Goliath Tarantula
The season four finale episode is a two-hour look into one of the most challenging expeditions of Jeremy Wade's life. He'll travel to the isolated and untouched jungles of Guyana, South America, where early explorers wrote about a river system filled with mysterious giants. Armed with only old journals and his rod, Wade embarks on an epic journey where he'll tackle the Essequibo — South America's third largest and largely unconquered river. He immerses himself in the culture of the Mucushi and must earn the trust of these native people in order to gather their knowledge and hear their stories. Once again he'll set out to separate fact from fiction. His last and greatest catch turns out to be a species of Arapaima new to science.
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"Face Ripper" 7 April 2013 20 May 2013
Featured Animals: Black Piranha, Largespot River Stingray, Flatwhisker Catfish, Red Bellied Piranha, Payara, Speckled Peacock Bass, Arapaima, Piraiba, Black Caiman
When a story surfaces of a man in Bolivia who had his face ripped off by something in the water, Jeremy Wade ventures deep into the South American jungle to find out what kind of horrible monster could be capable of this. Casting his line out, he catches nothing but piranha, but his previous experiments in Season 1 proved that piranha won't attack unless under special circumstances, so he immediately dismisses them as the culprit. But then, an interview with the doctor who performed the post-mortem on the victim reveals piranhas as the victims. Intrigued by this change in behaviour, Jeremy assumes it must be some new species. Travelling to a flooded forest, he is once again surprised to find Black Piranha, which are usually solitary hunters, engaging in very aggressive pack behaviour. Jeremy assumes these newly aggressive Black Piranha must be the culprit, until an interview with a witness reveals that it was Red Bellied Piranhas that ate the man's face. As this goes against his previous findings on piranha behaviour, Jeremy suspects that there must be some introduced predator in the river system that is making the piranha turn to man-eating tendencies. Investigating, Jeremy finds himself once again going face to face with what is perhaps his greatest adversary.
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"Atomic Assassin" 14 April 2013 17 May 2013
Featured Animals: Wels Catfish, Northern Pike, European Perch, Volga Zander, European Chub, Marsh Tit
Following tales of a massive fish in Ukraine said to have tried to drag a man to his death, Jeremy Wade heads to the rural lakes of the former Soviet Union chasing the culprit. Asking around, he learns that there is indeed a large fish in the lake, but the local name is not familiar to him. Interviewing more locals, Jeremy learns of another attack, in which a repairman was diving in a cooling pool at a nuclear power plant when his arm was ripped off by a massive fish. When he asks for the name of the power plant, Jeremy's fears are realised: Chernobyl, home of the worst nuclear accident in history. Believing the contaminated waters to be the home to some kind of mutant monster, Jeremy travels to the abandoned and radioactive city of Pripyat to hunt down the beast. There, he finds a picture of the beast, and discovers it to be the massive Wels Catfish, a monster Jeremy has battled before. Putting himself in danger of radiation exposure, Jeremy fishes right in the shadow of the nuclear reactor and he comes face to face with a mutant river monster.
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"Killer Torpedo" 21 April 2013 23 May 2013
Featured Animals: Atlantic tarpon, Yellow jack, Serra Spanish mackerel, Black Vulture, Crab, Shrimp, Catfish, mullet
Jeremy searches for a large species of tarpon that supposedly jumps out of the water and knocks fishermen out of their boats. He is confronted with one on the first day of fishing, but has no idea what it is. He soon finds these fish to be Atlantic tarpon living in the brackish waters of Nicaragua. He then has one of his longest battles yet in a foot powered raft using a fly rod in a remote river with a 130 pound tarpon.
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"Colombian Slasher" 5 May 2013 24 May 2013
Featured Animals: Thorny River Stingray, Discus Ray, Red Bellied Piranha, Ocellated River Stingray, Cuiu-Cuiu Catfish, Fidalgo, Piraiba, Arapaima
Jeremy arrives in Colombia's area of the Amazon, hearing the story of a bride that was attacked by an unidentified creature. As he searches for the mystery, he faces the dense and deadly jungles, as well as Colombian rebel groups. After extensive fishing leads him to discount all present suspects, Wade makes a startling discovery - stingrays, which he previously believed struck randomly with their deadly barbs, actually aim their barbs and can become embedded in a victim's flesh. When he learns of a similar stingray attack, Wade attempts to catch a ray big enough to have dragged the bride off into the water.
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"Vampires of the Deep" 12 May 2013 26 May 2013
Featured Animals: Sea Lamprey, Pacific Lamprey, Longnose Gar, Bowfin, Greater redhorse, European Carp, Lake Trout
Wade learns of a series of attacks on swimmers in Lake Champlain and sets off to uncover the truth. After discovering countless fish in the lake bearing the signs of this ancient predator, he learns from a victim that the attacker is the sea lamprey. Unable to catch the fish using a rod and line, Wade offers himself as bait to test the lampreys' abilities and then travels to the Pacific Northwest to catch lamprey by hand with a native tribe.
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"Legend of Loch Ness" 27 May 2013
Featured Animals: Greenland Shark, European Eel, Atlantic Cod, Coalfish, European plaice, Haddock, Arctic Char, Brown Trout, Norwegian Skate, Blackmouth Dogfish, Atlantic wolffish, Bottlenose Dolphin
For more than 30 years, hardened angler Jeremy Wade has taken on the world’s most legendary river monsters but one - the Loch Ness Monster. It’s a challenge he’s been reluctant to take on … until now. Wade's initial exploration of the loch turns up no signs of a monster, but an ancient folktale directs him to Viking legends and Iceland, where he learns of the Greenland shark, a massive species that inhabits cold, deep water. In Norway, Wade joins a fishing expedition to a deep fjord to catch one of these monstrous sharks. At the end of his punishing journey into the Arctic Circle, Wade catches a Greenland shark and concludes it could possibly have inspired the Loch Ness legend due to its lack of the signature dorsal fin most sharks possess.
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"Amazon Apocalypse" 6 April 2014
Featured Animals: Redtail catfish, Piraiba, Silver Tetra, Red Bellied Piranha, Cuiu-cuiu, Candiru-Acu, Piracatinga, Black Piranha, Black Caiman, Amazon River Dolphin
After more than 200 passengers perished on a river boat on a pitch-black night and rumors circulated that something picked off survivors in the water as they attempted to get to shore, Wade is on the hunt to find out exactly what fish was behind this massive attack.
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"Jungle Terminator" 13 April 2014
Featured Animals: Electric Eel, Red Bellied Piranha, Tiger Surubi, Redtail catfish
Three mysterious deaths in three countries lead Wade to an unlikely suspect. The victims all show signs of burns on their corpses, and the electric eel is quickly identified as the culprit. Initially reluctant to believe that the eel can inflict such injuries, Wade sets off deep into the jungle to meet a remote tribe with a unique method of catching the fish: by hand.
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"River of Blood" 20 April 2014
Featured Animals: Golden Dorado, Boga, Speckled Piranha, Spotted Surubi
A brutal underwater mutilation of a young man leads Wade to a face-to-face confrontation with one of South America's greatest freshwater fighting fish that slashes and stalks its prey while living in one of Argentina's most dangerous waterways.
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"Man-Eating Monster" 4 May 2014
Featured Animals: Piraiba, Basha, Redtail catfish, Blinker Catfish, Dawala, Black Caiman
Wade continues his quest to find a monstrous Piraiba (first seen in the Season 1 episode "Amazon Flesh Eaters"), known locally as the Lau-lau, a beast that has eluded him for decades. Having resolved not to leave the Amazon without his quarry this time, Wade faces the elements and ultimately meets his monster, a 250-lb. Piraiba.
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"Bone Crusher" 18 May 2014
Featured Animals: Green Anaconda, Smoothback River Stingray, Redtail catfish
When Brazilian locals uncover a corpse with highly unusual injuries and then an increase in missing persons cases are reported, Wade must confront one of his greatest fears to solve the mystery. After discounting all possible suspect fish, he learns that the culprit is something far out of his element - the anaconda. With his usual methods useless to track down this monster, Wade must trek into the anaconda's lair himself to prove that they can grow to man-eating size.
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"Body Snatcher" 26 May 2014
Featured Animals: Arapaima, Redtail catfish, Black Piranha
Wade learns of a water-dwelling killer in the remote jungles of Guyana that is blamed for the disappearances of many victims. The creature, nicknamed the "water mama" by locals, is described as a real-life mermaid. Setting off deep into the jungle to find out what could possibly have inspired such a legend, Wade finds himself once again doing battle with his greatest adversary, the Arapaima. Not only are the arapaima in the area far bigger and more aggressive than those he has ever battled before, they are illegal to fish for. Through contact with a local chief, Wade manages to secure permission to fish for arapaima, but must do so in a way he has never done before - by fly fishing. Feeling outgunned due to this handicap, Wade soon finds himself locked in combat with the largest arapaima he has ever caught.
Season Seven (2015)[edit]
On May 19, 2014, Animal Planet renewed the series for seventh season.[2]
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"Killer Catfish (Extended Cut)" 31 May 2010
Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle Jeremy arrives at the Kali River in India, where a number of mysterious drownings have occurred. He investigates the possibilities of the culprit being whirlpools or crocodiles, but determines neither fit. Wade eventually finds out of a little-known catfish species that can grow to a large size, the goonch, or giant devil catfish. He reasons that, since funeral pyres are done at the shore of the river, the fish feed off the burnt human remains. This would allow them to reach man-eating size, as well as giving them a taste of people. First he must enter goonch territory, when he faces smaller individuals in a national park and film them underwater with an assistant. Jeremy then must face off against a large goonch which may prove there are monster goonch ready to eat people. Believing to have proven his point, he prepares to leave. Casting his line one last time, Jeremy hooks an even bigger monster and has a brief encounter with what may just be the Kali killer. Not featured animals in the original episode: golden mahseer, Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle, gharial, South Asian river dolphin, Indian flapshell turtle.
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Goonch catfish (Bagarius yarrelli)
Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle (Chitra indica)
Golden mahseer (Tor putitora)
Mugger crocodile (Crocodylus palustris)
Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus)
South Asian river dolphin (Platanista gangetica)
Indian flapshell turtle (Lissemys punctata)
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"Amazonian Giant" 27 May 2011
Featured Animals: Arapaima, River stingray, Black Piranha, Redtail catfish
Jeremy Wade ventures to the Amazon to face the legendary Arapaima, but gets more than he bargained for when his plane crashes and he feels the full force of these powerful animals.
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"Himalayan Giant" 27 May 2011
Featured Animals: Goonch, Golden mahseer, Dwarf snakehead, Carp, Indian flapshell turtle, Mully catfish, Flathead catfish
After reading about monster fish in India, Jeremy Wade travels to the Himalayas to catch a monster himself. After hearing stories at the local fish markets, he encounters predators, giants and one chilling story about a monster fish that has an appetite for human flesh.
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"The Deadliest" 3 April 2011
Featured Animals: Piranha, Bull shark, Queensland grouper, Giant snakehead, Goliath tigerfish
Jeremy Wade tells of the most dangerous of all the River Monsters he's ever faced.
Episodes Featured
"Piranha"- Jeremy tosses a dead duck in the water and witnesses the ferocity of the flesh-eating piranha.
"Freshwater Shark"- Jeremy hooks into a goliath fish; Jeremy proves that sharks aren't just sea monsters.
"Killer Snakehead"- Jeremy dives into a school of snakehead young in order to find their murderous parents.
"Demon Fish"- Jeremy faces the ultimate river monster: the Goliath Tigerfish.
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"The Most Bizarre" 8 May 2011
Featured Animals: Piraíba catfish, Payara, Silver carp, Candiru-Acù, Redtail catfish, Candiru, Alligator gar, Marbled lungfish, Amazon River Dolphin
Recalling an encounter with a mysterious animal he sighted in the Amazon, Jeremy Wade relives his encounters with the world's most bizarre freshwater fish, and reveals the identity of his mystery creature.
Episodes Featured
"Amazon Flesh Eaters"- Jeremy comes face to face with a fish capable of swallowing a man whole: Jeremy finds a gruesome scene of how aggressive Amazon fish are; Jeremy meets the fish that devours you from the inside-out; Jeremy uncovers a shocking tale of a fish entering the body of a man in the most horrifying of places; Jeremy meets a very unusual catfish.
"Alligator Gar"- Jeremy encounters a monster fish with a deadly set of teeth in the Deep South.
"Congo Killers"- Jeremy meets some villagers with a very bizarre fish that can breathe air.
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"River Monsters Goes Tribal" 29 May 2011
Featured Animals:Fringelip Mullet, Gray reef shark, Crocodile Needlefish
Jeremy Wade travels to the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific to put his fishing skills to the test. Living with an island tribe with ancient customs, he learns of their traditional and even unusual fishing methods using bows, vines, and spiderwebs. Inspired by Ernest Hemingway's novel, The Old Man and the Sea, read nearly four decades earlier, Jeremy finally achieves his lifelong dream of landing a shark simply with a baited handline...and no less in a dugout canoe!
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"Killer Sharks and Rays" 29 April 2012
Featured Animals: White Blotched River Stingray, Short-Tailed River Stingray, Speckled Piranha, Gray Reef Shark, Bull Shark, Freshwater Sawfish
Jeremy Wade relives his most memorable encounters with deadly sharks and rays.
Episodes Featured
"Electric Executioner"- Jeremy reels in an unusual-looking stingray.
"Silent Assassin"- Jeremy hooks into a massive river stingray in the longest battle on the show to date.
"River Monsters Goes Tribal"- After gaining the tribe's trust, Jeremy lives his dream of reeling in a full-grown shark, with his bare hands.
"Freshwater Shark"- Jeremy discovers that Bull Sharks not only live in rivers, but breed in them.
"Hidden Predator"- Jeremy lands an enormous Bull Shark, in a heavily populated river.
"Chainsaw Predator"- Jeremy finds an elusive species of ray that swims up rivers, and wields the most terrifying weapon of all time.
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"Killer Weapons" 22 May 2012
Featured Animals: Freshwater Sawfish, Red-bellied Pacu, Electric Eel, New Zealand longfin eel, Bull Shark, Candiru, Short-tailed river stingray
Episodes Featured "Chainsaw Predator" - Jeremy goes through and gets a dangerous sawfish.
"Electric Executioner" - Jeremey finds the utuimate eel. "Flesh Riper" - Jeremey fishes an eel in New Zealand. "Hidden Predator" - Wade finds a camouflaged shark in Australia. Amazon Flesheaters - Wade goes to Amazon River and catches the candiru.
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"Lethal Legends" 23 May 2012
Featured Animals: Japanese Giant Salamander, White sturgeon, Sareng Catfish, Taimen, New Zealand longfin eel, Vundu
Episodes Featured
"Cold Blooded Horror" - Jeremy caught a Japanese Giant Salamander by hand.
"Alaskan Horror" - Jeremy caught a White sturgeon
"Asian Slayer" - Jeremy encounters problems when he tries to fish for the Sareng Catfish, a fish sacred in Hindu religion.
"Mongolian Mauler" - Catching Taimen in Mongolia is considered bad luck so Jeremy visited a shaman to appease the spirit of the river. His offering paid off and he managed to catch a Taimen
"Flesh Ripper" - Jeremy caught a New Zealand longfin eel using a technique he learnt from a local fisherman.
"Invisible Executioner" - Jeremy investigated the legend of Nyaminyami, a snakelike river spirit. He hooked a vundu after he was given permission to fish in a restricted area, located directly beneath a dam.
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"Deadliest Encounters" 24 May 2012
Featured Animals: Giant Wolf Fish, Arapaima, Flathead Catfish, Giant snakehead, Gray reef shark, Nile Tilapia, Sockeye Salmon
Jeremy recounted some of his closest call with death with forces beyond his control that nearly turned danger into disaster.
Episodes Featured "Jungle Killer" - Jeremy and his crew were struck by lighting while fishing for Giant Wolf Fish in Suriname, Brazil.
"Amazon Assassins" - Having once being injured by Arapaima, Jeremy tried to overcame his fear for the fish by helping some Arapaima fisherman at a fish farm. Out in the wild, Jeremy managed to catch a giant 150lb Arapaima.
"American Killers"- Jermey tried hand-catching for Flathead Catfish in Oklahoma.
"Killer Snakehead" - Jeremy travelled to Thailand and hunted for Giant snakehead in a murky river with his guide using a rusty hand-made spear gun.
"River Monsters Goes Tribal" - Jeremy dived into a reef full of sharks without getting bitten.
"Rift Valley Killers" - Jeremy encountered crocodile and hippopotamus while helping the local fisherman tend their fishing nets for Nile Tilapia.
"Alaskan Horror" - Jeremy travelled to Alaska to fish for Sockeye Salmon. The first salmon he caught was stolen by a Grizzly Bear cub.
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"Deadliest Catfish" 27 May 2012
Featured Animals: Goonch Catfish, Piraiba Catfish, Blue catfish, Flathead Catfish, Wels Catfish, Vundu Catfish, Sareng Catfish, Candiru Catfish, Candiru Acu Catfish,
Jeremy remembers some of his encounters with the catfish family over the years.
Episodes Featured "European Maneater" - Jeremy investigates Wels Catfish where medieval accounts reported a aggressive maneater that swallow man whole.
"Amazon Flesheaters" - Jeremy catches the Redtail catfish. He also find the Candiru which has entered a man's body through his urethra. Finally, he investigates the Candiru-Acù, a small catfish that dills hole in dead or dying animals before eating them from inside.
"American Killers" - Jeremy catches Blue catfish and Channel Catfish at the Lake of the Ozarks.
"Amazon Flesheaters" - Jeremy catches the Amazon's largest catfish, an 80 lb Piraiba Catfish.
"Asian Slayer" - Jeremy investigates the Sareng Catfish in India.
"Killer Catfish" - Jeremy attempts to catch a Goonch Catfish which has reportedly grew to man-eating size.
10
"Year of Beasts" 20 May 2013
Jeremy recounts the exciting adventures of season 5, as he faces never before seen stunts in search of true monsters.
11
"Top 10 Beasts" 24 May 2013
Jeremy counts down the greatest beasts who have taken over 30 years to track down.
12
"Worst Nightmares" 31 October 2013
Jeremy relives the encounters that have haunted him over time.
"Monster-Hunting Secrets" 18 May 2014
In this special episode of River Monsters, Jeremy Wade reveals his own hard-won trade secrets: the tactics and techniques that help him land the biggest and most unpredictable fresh-water predators. Jeremy shows how using the wrong rod to catch a giant stingray in Thailand taught him a valuable lesson, the hard way! He demonstrates the line he used to bring in a man-eating Piraiba in Brazil; how catching the fearsome Goliath Tiger on the Congo River required a special rig of hooks; and how the torpedo-like Tarpon in Nicaragua demanded a radical approach. But how did he manage to bring up the elusive Greenland Shark from a depth greater than the height of the Empire State Building?
"Killer Mysteries" 20 May 2014
In this special episode of River Monsters, Jeremy Wade relives some of the toughest and most baffling cases of his career. He turns detective to unravel the truth behind the mysterious legend of an ancient child killer in Japan and devises an experiment to finally reveal the killer of a young bride in Colombia. In some cases, it’s not the fish but the location itself that becomes his greatest adversary. In The Republic of the Congo, Jeremy fears for his own life in his hunt to track down a river monster. And in the Amazon, he faces his most daunting challenge, putting himself directly in the firing line to prove that a perpetrator with no motive belongs to that sinister line-up of fresh-water killers.
"Lethal Encounters" 21 May 2014
Jeremy Wade has placed himself in more danger than he cares to remember during his 30 years of traveling the globe. In this special edition of River Monsters, Jeremy relives some of his most lethal encounters and looks back at the cases that took him to the brink of disaster in the most hostile environments on the planet. Whether he encounters a plane crash, a lightning bolt, a predator with an invisible weapon or a radioactive landscape, Jeremy reveals how the hunt for a true river monster can take him to death’s door at any moment.
"American Horrors" 22 May 2014
For three decades, Jeremy Wade has traveled the world to find the biggest and most fearsome River Monsters on the planet. But not all monsters live in remote jungles - there are fearsome fish much closer to home. In this special edition of River Monsters, Jeremy relives the biggest and most surprising catches of his career, right in America’s backyard. Jeremy reveals the powerful and potentially lethal fish that lurk across much of the United States, before he exposes its most destructive and devastating monster of all, an ancient fish that threatens to take over America’s largest bodies of fresh water.
Reception[edit]
Broadcast ratings[edit]
Season one[edit]
River Monsters had the best series premiere in Animal Planet's network history by delivering 1.3 million viewers. It was also its most watched regularly airing primetime telecast in over six years.[3] The second episode of Animal Planet's River Monsters delivered a 39% boost in total viewers (1.866 million) compared to the series premiere. Those numbers made it the best performing regularly scheduled primetime telecast in Animal Planet's history.[4] The first season of River Monsters made it the best performing show in Animal Planet's history with every episode averaging over 1 million households. The season finale delivered about 1.47 million households.[5]
Season two[edit]
Its second season premiere episode became the network's best season premiere ever. It drew in 1.7 million total viewers.[6]
See also[edit]
Jeremy Wade
Kali River goonch attacks
Fish Warrior
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Marshall, Harry (23 July 2009). "'Presenting' Natural History". TBI Magazine. Informa Telecoms & Media. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
2.Jump up ^ 'River Monsters' Renewed for Seventh Season by Animal Planet
3.Jump up ^ River Monsters Delivers Best Premiere Numbers In Animal Planet History Broadcasting & Cable
4.Jump up ^ Cable Ratings: Animal Planet's River Monsters A Ratings Monster Broadcasting & Cable
5.Jump up ^ River Monsters is TV ratings hit Times of the Internet
6.Jump up ^ Cable Ratings: River Monsters Brings Record Haul To Animal Planet Broadcasting & Cable
External links[edit]
Official website
River Monsters at TV.com
River Monsters on in Australia on channel 22 at 7.30 weekdays
Review of River Monsters, Leicester Mercury
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Rogue Nature
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Rogue Nature
Format
Nature Show Reality
Created by
Dave Salmoni
Starring
Dave Salmoni
Country of origin
United States
No. of episodes
6
Production
Running time
One Hour Episodes (44 Minutes)
Broadcast
Original channel
USA: Discovery Channel, Discovery HD Theater, Animal Planet
Original run
April 2, 2007 – Present
Rogue Nature is a reality television program broadcast in The United States on Discovery Channel, Discovery HD Theater and Animal Planet. The show follows host, biologist Dave Salmoni as he explores nature's most dangerous animals to see if they really do go out of their way to kill humans.
Contents [hide]
1 Summary
2 Episodes
3 Animal Planet
4 External links
Summary[edit]
Each episode typically involves Dave Salmoni talking with people who have had experience with the animal before. These people include victims of the animal, experts of the animal and sometimes two separate experts who disagree as to whether the animal is dangerous or not (as in the case of Black Bears.) He will usually interact with the animal in a domesticated setting before heading out to get close to the animal in its natural environment.
Episodes[edit]
1.Bear 4-7-2007
2.Chimp
3.Squid
4.Hippo-Croc
5.Elephant
6.Lion 2012
Animal Planet[edit]
As animal planet is generated at younger viewers, the episodes have been re-edited for content. The Chimps episode wasn't included in the initial run, but has been aired in reruns.
External links[edit]
Episode Listing for Discovery HD
Episode Listing for Animal Planet
Dave Salmoni on the IMDB
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Sunrise Earth
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Sunrise Earth
Format
Documentary
Created by
David Conover
Starring
Nature
Country of origin
United States
No. of episodes
64
Production
Editor(s)
Josh Povec
Cinematography
David Conover
Running time
approx. 50 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel
HD Theater
Picture format
1080i (HDTV)
Original run
2004 – present
External links
Website
Sunrise Earth is a nature documentary television series featuring hour-long episodes that aired in the United States on Discovery HD Theater, now renamed HD Theater. The series focuses on presenting the viewer with sunrises in various geographical locations throughout the world. It is also notable for its complete lack of human narration, concentrating instead on the natural sounds of each episodes' specific location. High-definition video images and Dolby 5.1 stereo surround sound are used to present each natural environment in a clear and detailed manner. The show is an example of the genre known as "Experiential TV", developed by series creator David Conover.[1] The technique has been described by TV critic Tom Shales as "crazily uneventful and thoroughly wonderful."[2]
Compass Light, Conover's small production company in Camden, Maine, started producing the series in 2004. 64 one-hour Sunrise Earth shows have been created in the first four years of production. The crew shoots with High Definition video cameras and the editors cut between multiple perspectives at a leisurely pace. The show is presented in real-time, with each shot lasting an average of 30 seconds. Each episode captures one sunrise from a certain location, such as Machu Picchu, Turkey or Scandinavia. Captions in the lower portion of the frame occasionally give information as to the location, time, and events on screen.
Compass Light was founded by director David Conover in 1992. Specializing in the creation of non-fiction documentaries, the company's work focuses on the discoveries of people in challenging and value forming situations, primarily outdoors and in a marine context.[1] Work includes productions for PBS Nova, The Science Channel, National Geographic Explorer, Discovery Channel, and HD Theater.[3] Compass Light productions have earned the National Outdoor Production Award, a Blue Ribbon by the National Educational Media Competition, a National Academies Communication Award, and a nomination for an Emmy for Outstanding Director.[4]
Sunrise Earth previously aired weekdays at 7 a.m. and 10 a.m. Eastern time on Discovery HD Theater.[5] However, as of mid-March 2011, the show no longer airs on any channel (current or otherwise) and is rumored to have been cancelled, though no official word from Discovery or Compass Light has confirmed this.
Episode list[edit]
Season 1
1.Moose in the Morning
2.Yellowstone Geysers
3.Gator Hole
4.Bison Before Breakfast
5.Sea of Terns
6.Vermont Balloons
7.Alewife Eternal Return
8.Tropical Palms
9.Swallow Sea Cave
10.Yosemite Dawn
11.Cribworks Kayak
12.Sequoia Light
13.Sunrise Seal Colony
14.Lobster Village
15.Western Ranch
16.Everglades River of Grass
17.Wildflower Elk
18.Edge of Atlantic
19.Milk Cows in the Morning
20.San Francisco Tai Chi
21.Teton Beaver
22.Manatee Spring
23.Island First Light
24.Sunrise East
25.Sunrise West
Season 2
26.Katmai Bears
27.Volcano Lagoon
28.Homer Takeoff
29.Ninagiak Island
30.Glacier of Kenai Fjords
Season 3
31.Mayan Pyramid
32.Birds of Palo Verde
33.Cloudforest Waterfall
34.Playa Grande Moonset
35.Dawn of Cerro de La Muerte
36.Angkor Temples of Khmer Kings
37.Li River Cormorants
38.Ping An Rice Paddies
39.Buddhists of Wat Svay
40.Elephant Trunk Park
41.Scandinavian Waterfall
42.Foothills of Turkey
43.Stonehenge Dawn
44.Mediterranean Port
45.Icelandic Geysir
46.Argentinean Seal Pups
47.Peruvian Rainforest Canopy
48.Andrean Dawn at Machu Picchu
49.Amazon Parakeets
50.Patagonian Penguins
51.Christmas Lights
52.Solar Eclipse
53.Polar Bears
54.Secrets of the Sun (special documentary)
Season 4 – Viewers Choice
55.The Skelligs of Ireland
56.Great Barrier Reef
57.Haleakala Crater
58.Society Island Sunrise
59.New Zealand Frost
Season 5 – Viewers Choice II
60.Japanese Garden
61.High Desert Arches
62.Midnight Sun of Svalbard
63.Vancouver Inside Passage
64.Venetian Canals
References[edit]
1.^ Jump up to: a b About Compass Light Productions 2008-07-09
2.Jump up ^ HD May Be Too Good To Last 2005-07-05
3.Jump up ^ Productions by Compass Light 2008-07-09
4.Jump up ^ The origins of Compass Light
5.Jump up ^ Sunrise Earth: Discovery HD Theater
External links[edit]
Sunrise Earth at the Internet Movie Database
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SuperFetch (TV series)
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SuperFetch
Genre
Dogs
Starring
Zak George
Country of origin
United States
No. of seasons
1
No. of episodes
20
Production
Running time
30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel
Animal Planet
Original run
October 3, 2009 – December 12, 2009
SuperFetch is a show on Animal Planet that stars Zak George. He instructs and advises on how to train dogs to perform tricks.
There is an ongoing discussion of his training philosophy on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5A7-kYe5jY
According to Zak, his new show premiers this fall.
Contents [hide]
1 Showings
2 Episodes 2.1 Season one (2009)
3 References
4 External links
Showings[edit]
Saturday from 7:00 to 7:30 PM and 7:30 to 8:00 PM (ET)
Monday through Friday from 9:00 to 9:30 AM and 9:30 to 10:00 AM (ET)
Episodes[edit]
Season one (2009)[edit]
Series #
Title
Directed by
Original airdate
Production code
1
"Save My Manicure; Put Toilet Seat Down" ? October 3, 2009 SF1
Owners learn how to train their pets to do tricks. In the series opener, a woman teaches her Bernese mountain dog to put down the toilet seat; and a cocker spaniel learns how to preserve its master's manicure by paying for it and retrieving the car keys.
2
"See Spot Bowl; Bartending Dog" ? October 3, 2009 SF2
A dog learns to bowl; a college student trains his dog to pour beer.
3
"Turn Off the Alarm Clock; Hair Dresser's Doggie Assistant" ? October 10, 2009 SF3
A wife combats her husband's snooze habit by teaching her dog to steal the alarm clock; a bulldog learns to retrieve aprons and magazines for a hairstylist.
4
"Fetch Me Some Phone Numbers; Take Out the Garbage" ? October 10, 2009 SF4
A wannabe ladies' man teaches his dog to bring him women's phone numbers; a dog is taught to take out the trash.
5
"Fetch Me a Diaper; Fetch Me a Pizza" ? October 17, 2009 SF5
A dog learns to retrieve diapers, while another pooch is taught how to pay the pizza deliveryman and fetch the food.
6
"Make the Bed; Dog's on My Back" ? October 17, 2009 SF6
An Australian shepherd learns to make a bed; a Border collie is taught a show-stopping trick.
7
"Dancing Dog; Dog Rides Tandem Bike" ? October 24, 2009 SF7
A dog is taught a tricky dance, while another pooch learns to ride a bike.
8
"See Spot Make Breakfast; Dog Feeds Horses" ? October 24, 2009 SF8
A woman teaches her dog to make breakfast for her husband; a pooch learns how to feed horses.
9
"Doggie Best Man; Fetch Me a Tamale" ? October 31, 2009 SF9
A dog learns to usher wedding guests; a man teaches his dog to fetch him a snack at the beach.
10
"Fetch Me a Lady; Fetch Me a Bride" ? October 31, 2009 SF10
A dog helps its owner flirt at the beach by carrying beer to women and stealing their towels; a pooch plays a part in a marriage proposal by delivering the engagement ring.
11
"Find the Remote; Find Me a Girlfriend" ? November 7, 2009 SF11
A puggle is trained to retrieve lost remote controls; a dog becomes a flirtation tool for its owner by learning an impressive trick.
12
"Doggie Personal Trainer; Dog Is the DJ" ? November 7, 2009 SF12
A dog aids its owner's mother in her weight-loss quest; a Boston terrier learns to DJ.
13
"Fetch Me a Beer; Dog Is My Tennis Partner" ? November 21, 2009 SF13
A dog learns to fetch beer for his owner; a tennis player trains his pooch to retrieve balls.
14
"Fetch the Dry Cleaning; Dog Is the First Mate" ? November 21, 2009 SF14
A dog is taught to retrieve dry cleaning; another pooch learns how to help out on a boat.
15
"Dog Clears the Table; Doggie Handy Man" ? November 28, 2009 SF15
A boxer learns how to clear plates off the table; a terrier is taught to fetch tools for a handyman.
16
"Fetch Me Some Ice Cream; Dog Cleans Up Bachelor Pad" ? November 28, 2009 SF16
A yellow Lab brings back treats from the ice-cream truck; a dog keeps a tidy home for its bachelor owner.
17
"Dog Is the Soccer Coach; Doggie Party Host" ? December 5, 2009 SF17
A dog learns to coach soccer; a dog is trained to be the perfect hostess.
18
"Clean Up the Dog Park; Fetch Me a Date Night" ? December 5, 2009 SF18
A dog learns to make deliveries; a Jack Russell is taught to mix drinks and turn on lights and music.
19
"Fetch Me a Hole in One; Dog Herds Children" ? December 12, 2009 SF19
A border collie corrals kids for school each morning; a golfer trains his dog to retrieve his balls from water hazards.
20
"Fetch Me a Boyfriend; Dog Pitches Tent" ? December 12, 2009 SF20
A dog flirts for its master at the Laundromat by stealing clothes; a dog collects firewood and pitches a tent.
References[edit]
TVGuide episode guide
External links[edit]
SuperFetch at the Internet Movie Database
SuperFetch at TV.com
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Taking on Tyson
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Taking on Tyson
Format
Reality
Starring
Mike Tyson
Mario Costa
Vinnie Torre
Junie Roman
Rickie Roman
Country of origin
United States
No. of seasons
1
No. of episodes
6
Production
Running time
43 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel
Animal Planet
Discovery Channel
Original airing
March 6, 2011
Taking on Tyson is a TV show on Animal Planet. The show stars the American boxer Mike Tyson competing in pigeon racing.
References[edit]
http://animal.discovery.com/tv/taking-on-tyson/
External links[edit]
Official website
Taking on Tyson at the Internet Movie Database
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Tyson vs. Holmes ·
Tyson vs. Tubbs ·
Tyson vs. Spinks ·
Tyson vs. Bruno ·
Tyson vs. C. Williams ·
Tyson vs. Douglas ·
Tyson vs. Tillman ·
Tyson vs. Stewart ·
Tyson vs. Ruddock ·
Tyson vs. Ruddock II ·
Tyson vs. McNeeley ·
Tyson vs. Mathis ·
Bruno vs. Tyson II ·
Seldon vs. Tyson ·
Tyson vs. Holyfield ·
Holyfield vs. Tyson II ·
Tyson vs. Botha ·
Tyson vs. Norris ·
Tyson vs. Francis ·
Tyson vs. Savarese ·
Tyson vs. Golota ·
Tyson vs. Nielsen ·
Lewis vs. Tyson ·
Tyson vs. Etienne ·
Tyson vs. D. Williams ·
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In popular culture
Film: Tyson (1995) · Black and White · Tyson (2008) Television: Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson · Taking on Tyson · Bad Crazy · Mike Tyson Mysteries Miscellaneous: Balrog · Drederick Tatum · I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson · Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! · Tiny Tiger · The Tyson Zone · WrestleMania XIV
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Talk to the Animals (TV series)
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Talk to the Animals
Format
Animal welfare / Wildlife documentary
Created by
FM-TV (1993-1996)
WTFN Entertainment (2006-2010)
Starring
Original presenters
Dr Harry Cooper,
Sallianne Deckert,
Richard Fitzgerald,
Pam Graham,
Jane Holmes,
Mike Lester,
Steve Oemcke,
Kelly Pummeroy.
Revived presenters
Dr. Katrina Warren
Nicky Buckley,
Sallianne Deckert,
Pete Lazer,
Dr. Melissa Meehan,
Dr Chris Brown,
Des Dowling,
Chris Humfrey,
Dr Jo Righetti.
Country of origin
Australia
No. of episodes
173 (1993–96)
100+ (2006–2010)
Production
Running time
60 & 30 minutes per episode (inc. commercials)
Broadcast
Original channel
Seven Network (1993–96)
Nine Network (2006–2010)
Picture format
4:3 PAL 576i (1993–1996)
16:9 PAL 576i (2006)
16:9 1080i (HDTV) (2007–2010)
Original run
1993-1996
2006 – 2010
External links
Website
Talk to the Animals is an Australian television series produced by WTFN Entertainment which airs Saturdays at 4:30 pm on the Nine Network across Australia. The program screens internationally on Animal Planet.
It originally premiered in 1993 on the Seven Network, hosted by Harry Cooper, and ran for 4 years. In 2006 the show was relaunched on the Nine Network with Nicky Buckley hosting. In 2010, Dr. Katrina Warren took over the hosting duties.
The series focuses on the extraordinary relationships between people and animals. It ranges from adventures in the wild to domestic pet advice.
From 2007 the program was produced in PAL 1080i 25PsF high-definition.
External links[edit]
Official Site
WTFN Entertainment
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That's My Baby (TV series)
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That's My Baby is an American television program that follows various animals and their owners through their pregnancy, birth and follow up. It was shown on the channel Animal Planet, but recently, it has not been seen. Episodes have aired between 2001 and 2003.
Summary[edit]
The episodes are split into four parts. The first part often introduces the animal who is expecting, and her owners (or in some cases, handlers or even trainers), along with a bit of a backstory about the expectant mother (if she's had other children, if she's been in shows, if she's been in accidents, etc.). The rest of the first half and the entire second half are dedicated to the animal's owners/handlers/trainers getting prepared for the upcoming birth. The third part always features the mother giving birth, and the fourth part deals with what happens afterwards, with the baby animal (babies in some cases) bonding with their mother and the humans that look after them. There have been some episodes where the animal's young is stillborn, or doesn't survive the first few days (examples of this could be with the Thoroughbred mare "Whimsical Treasure," who loses her foal due to it being a breech birth). Other times the mother doesn't take very good care of her child, and it needs to be hand-reared (an example of this would be Betsy the giraffe, whose calf is taken from her when she wasn't able to nurse her properly).
One episode featured Celeste Yarnall and her cat Mimosa.
Animals Featured and their Names[edit]
Killer Whale (Takara, Kasatka, Katina, and Kalina)
Orangutan
Black Rhino (Jody, Kulinda, and Inge)
Sumatran Rhino (Emi)
Great Dane (Star)
Giraffe (Betsy, Kimba)
Humboldt Penguin
Golden Retriever
Labrador Retriever (Hana)
Siamese
Bottlenose Dolphin (Mattie, Nova)
Camel
Commerson's Dolphin (Betsy)
Alpaca (Chloe)
Llama (Kimmie)
Thoroughbred (Whimsical Treasure)
Arabian horse (Annie)
Miniature horse (Gypsy)
Sea Otter
Scottish terrier (Sissy)
Beluga whale (Bandit, Aurora)
Pygmy Goat (Fortune)
Icelandic horse (Venus)
Fainting Goat (Twinkie)
African Bongo (Nicole)
American Shorthair Cat
Ferret
Beagle
External links[edit]
That's My Baby at the Internet Movie Database
That's My Baby at TV.com
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The Tiger Next Door
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The Tiger Next Door
Directed by
Camilla Calamandrei
Produced by
Camilla Calamandrei
Music by
Joel Goodman
Cinematography
Tamara Goldsworthy
Dana Kupper
Edited by
Bernadine Colish
Distributed by
Films Transit International
(Montreal, Canada)
Release date(s)
May 8, 2009
Running time
86 minutes
Language
English
The Tiger Next Door is a feature length 2009 documentary film directed and produced by Camilla Calamandrei.
Contents [hide]
1 Synopsis
2 Critics' responses
3 Distribution
4 Film festivals
5 Television broadcasts
6 See also
7 References
8 External links
Synopsis[edit]
The film is a character-driven documentary, which also reveals and explores a subculture of large wild animal keeping and breeding across the United States. The film starts from the premise that there are more tigers in private hands in the United States than there are roaming wild in the world.[1] And, that it is legal in half of the United States to keep a tiger or other big cat. The Tiger Next Door follows the story of a man named Dennis Hill who has been keeping and breeding tigers from his backyard in Flat Rock, Indiana for over 15 years. When the film begins, Hill has recently lost his federal USDA license to keep and breed tigers, bears and cougars and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources is threatening to shut him down citing dangerous and inhumane conditions. Hill has five days remaining to upgrade his facilities and place all but three of his 24 tigers, three bears, six leopards and one cougar in alternate homes—before the Indiana DNR will consider issuing licenses for the remaining three animals.
The 86 minute film explores Hill's past and his motivations, as well as the numerous incidence of private large wild animal breeding in the United States—by featuring extensive interviews with Hill, his family, neighbors and friends, local DNR officials, Special Agent Tim Santel of US Fish and Wildlife, Joe Taft director of the Exotic Feline Rescue Center,[2] and Carole Asvestas director of Wild Animal Orphanage. Ultimately, The Tiger Next Door draws connections between breeders like Hill and the nationwide overpopulation of domestically bred tigers. Hill's unfolding story is told against the backdrop of other news stories of tiger escapes, attacks and situations "gone bad" from around the United States. Including the story of Ming,[3] the tiger who was found in an apartment in Harlem, New York in 2003.
Filming for The Tiger Next Door began in 2003. The film debuted at the 2009 Hot Docs Film Festival in Toronto, Canada. This is Calamandrei's second feature length documentary. Her first feature documentary Prisoners in Paradise dealt with the story of Italian Prisoners of war held in the United States as POWs during World War II. It won Best of Festival at the Rhode Island International Film Festival in 2001 and was broadcast on PBS. Her first film, a short about ballroom dancing, premiered at Sundance Film Festival in 1990. Calamandrei is also the producer/director of live action segments for the Jim Henson/PBS children's show Sid the Science Kid.
Critics' responses[edit]
Eye Weekly April 29, 2009 —“…an affectionate profile, a damning exposé, and an urgent missive about the dire status of the magnificent animals stalking the edges of the frame. – Adam Nayman [4]
AOL Canada April 23, 2009 – 4 stars — It’s one thing to have a ferret, but quite another to have upwards of 60 exotic animals, including several tigers, black bears, and cougars confined in cages in your backyard. In Camilla Calamandrei’s unsettling film, we get a front-row glimpse into the life of Dennis H., a former meth addict, felon, and biker, whose apparent ‘dedication’ to the animals clouds people’s judgement. Not for the animal lover, this film questions the fine line between compassion and obsession. – Chris Jancelewicz [5]
NUVO July 15, 2009 – TOP PICK – It’s a must-see, as a detailed character study and piece of vigilant reportage. – Scott Shoger [6]
Flare – "This movie was just downright disturbing... a must see" [7]
Now – "fascinating, infuriating ...a great story told with intelligence, compassion and some amazing footage." - N. Wilner [8]
The Huffington Post - "Beautifully made… A seamless narrative that challenges thinking adults." [9]
Distribution[edit]
The Tiger Next Door has been licensed for television broadcast in the United States 2009-2015 by Animal Planet (Discovery Communications). US television broadcast premiere of a shortened version of the film was scheduled for March 25, 2010. The film has also been licensed for broadcast in Israel, Japan (NHK), Belgium, Canada (TVO) and Latin America (LAPTV Latin). The full length, feature documentary (and bonus material) is now available on DVD at The Tiger Next Door website.[10]
Film festivals[edit]
Woodstock Film Festival
Sidewalk Film Festival[11]
Atlantic Film Festival
Movies On The Grass
Indianapolis International Film Festival
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival
Margaret Mead Film Festival
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
Lake County Film Festival[12]
Florida Film Festival[13]
Television broadcasts[edit]
US Television Premiere (43min min version) Animal Planet Thursday, March 25, 2010 9pm EST/PST (8pm CST) [14]
See also[edit]
Exotic pet
Fatal Attractions, an Animal Planet series on injuries and deaths due to exotic pet ownership
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ [1] HSUS Urges U.S. Senate to Restrict Pet Trade in Exotic Big Cats
2.Jump up ^ [2] Exotic Feline Rescue Center
3.Jump up ^ [3] USA Today
4.Jump up ^ [4] Eye Weekly
5.Jump up ^ [5] AOL Canada
6.Jump up ^ [6] NUVO Weekly
7.Jump up ^ [7] Big Cat Rescue
8.Jump up ^ [8] NOW Toronto
9.Jump up ^ [9] The Huffington Post
10.Jump up ^ [10] The Tiger Next Door web site
11.Jump up ^ [11] Sidewalk Film Festival
12.Jump up ^ [12] Lake County Film Festival
13.Jump up ^ [13] Florida Film Festival
14.Jump up ^ [14] Animal Planet
External links[edit]
The Tiger Next Door's home page
The Tiger Next Door at the Internet Movie Database
The Film Yap interview with film director Camilla Calamandrei
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Too Cute (TV series)
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Too Cute
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Titlecard for "Too Cute" series.
Format
Reality television
Documentary
Narrated by
Henry Strozier
Country of origin
United States
Original language(s)
English
No. of seasons
4
No. of episodes
45
Production
Location(s)
Various.
Running time
60 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel
Animal Planet
Original run
April 30, 2011 – present
External links
Website
Too Cute is an American television series that premiered on April 30, 2011 on Animal Planet. Once a series of four separate specials in 2011, Too Cute became a series a year later with six episodes in its third season. The title gives a viewers discretion telling the audience that "The following program contains material that is just too cute." (a mocking of the "viewer discretion advisory" on programming that's not suitable for all viewers.)
Contents [hide]
1 Synopsis
2 Episodes 2.1 Season 1
2.2 Season 2
2.3 Season 3
2.4 Season 4
2.5 Season 5
3 References
4 External links
Synopsis[edit]
Each episode tells a "coming of age" story as narrated by Henry Strozier, and features three different groups of animals, mostly cats and dogs, in their first eight to 12 weeks of their lives. The delightful said time period of an animal's life are observed and presented from the first tentative steps that help them get started investigating the new world around them, to the days of playful contact with new creatures and familiar faces. At the end of each episode, an epilogue is shown of the pets that stand out from each litter or animal group. Before cutting to commercial break (4/5 into the show) after explaining what's to come after the break in the same episode, they give the audience a "Too Cute Quiz", where they give a question about one specific breed that the audience has to answer with the correct breed. After the commercial break, they return to the question and give the answer and an explanation about said fact.
It was announced that Too Cute returned for a third season with new episodes that aired on August 3, 2013. Also, Animal Planet partnered up with the Washington Animal Rescue League[1] to launch the "Too Cute Kitten Cam" for online viewing.[2]
Episodes[edit]
Season 1[edit]
Ep #
Total
Title
Airdate
1
1 "Kittens" April 30, 2011
Kitten owners go to great measures to take care of their fiercely independent pets as the birth and first few months of three separate kitten litters are documented in order to record all of the important moments in the kittens' lives.
Breeds featured: Persians, Abyssinians, and Bengals.
2
2 "Puppies" September 17, 2011
The birth and first months of three different litters of puppies are followed; fawning owners do everything they can to accommodate their new pets; adorable moments of puppies' lives are shown as they eat, sleep and play.
Breeds featured: Labrador Retrievers, Shih Tzus, and Golden Retrievers.
3
3 "Baby Sloths" December 17, 2011
A sanctuary in the Central American country of Costa Rica is dedicated to rescuing orphaned and injured sloths; extremely endearing baby sloths lead busy lives that are full of activities and learn how their species survives in the wild.
4
4 "Puppies and Kittens" December 18, 2011
Season 2[edit]
Ep #
Total
Title
Airdate
1
5 "Puppies and Ducklings" February 25, 2012
Three delightful litters of puppies come of age; the first few months of Pugs', Mini-Australian Shepherds' and Rottweilers' lives are full of adventure, including an introduction to an agility course and lessons in duck-herding.
2
6 "Kittens and Pocket Pets" March 3, 2012
Featured are the epic adventures that take place during the first few months in the lives of Savannah, Siberian and Shorthaired kittens; cats grow up in a house full of guinea pigs, turtles and mice and run off to discover surprising, new territory.
3
7 "Kitten Dolls" March 10, 2012
The epic stories of three litters of kittens are followed as they grow from helpless "furballs" into rambunctious, young cats; hairless Sphynxes refine "cute"; Burmese cats explore new heights; tiny Ragdolls befriend German Shepherds.
4
8 "Kitten Cottonballs" March 17, 2012
Three litters of kittens pounce throughout the first few months of their lives; beautiful American Curl kittens get ready for life on the catwalk; a set of Tonkinese run circles around their mother; a Maine Coon shows his siblings who is boss.
5
9 "Super Fluffy Puppies" March 24, 2012
Three litters of puppies go from cute to cuter during the first few months of their lives; a trio of Rhodesian Ridgebacks runs circles around their mom; fluffy Chow Chow puppies have heaps of attitude; a Havanese has her paws full with five puppies.
6
10 "Pool Puppies" March 31, 2012
The coming-of-age stories of three litters are featured; three sweet puppies keep their Jack Russell Terrier mother active; a Portuguese Water Dog find out that her litter may not be too fond of water; a Bullmastiff mother's four puppies keep growing.
7
11 "River Pups" April 7, 2012
Season 3[edit]
Ep #
Total
Title
Airdate
1
12 "Fluffy Puppies & Baby Goats" October 13, 2012
Six fluffy Coton de Tulear puppies explore their farm home as one of them, Snowflake, struggles to find its place in the world until it meets Pipsqueak, an awkward baby pygmy goat; a mischievous German shepherd puppy struggles in obedience class; two playful French Bulldog twins explore the world around them with the help of Angus, their very active father.
2
13 "Jungle Kitties & Baby Skunks" October 20, 2012
Oreo, a tiny tuxedo kitten meets a similarly attired companion: Nellie the Skunk. Sputnik leads his Russian Blue siblings on a grand adventure. And, Ocicat Freckles tries to keep control of her five mini jungle cats.
3
14 "Fuzzy Polar Puppies" October 27, 2012
Nanook, a shy Chinook, is the only boy in a litter of four, training to be a sled dog. Rocky, the Labradoodle, and his brother Stanley grow up poolside. And Rollo and Pickles are wiener dogs who aspire to be athletes like their mom, a champion hotdog.
4
15 "Spotted, Pampered Pups" November 10, 2012
A shy Cavalier King Charles Spaniel is coaxed out of her shell by her peppy aunt. Then, everyone wants to be top dog in the Alaskan Malamute home. Finally, three Dalmatians grow into their spots as they show off their skills at the local fire station.
5
16 "Sweetest Animal Friends" November 24, 2012
In this "Best of" episode, viewers get a glimpse of the most adorable inter-species animal friendships. From roly-poly Ragdoll kittens and their German Shepherd playmate, to mini-Australian Shepherds and their quacking duckling pals, it's an extravaganza of cute.
6
17 "Fluffy Puppy Party" December 8, 2012
Pit bull puppy Thor discovers an urban paradise where it can be free; Collie pup Little Magic must learn to keep up with its pack mates; Chinese Crested puppies Bella and Buttons, though opposite in appearance, team up against a strange new creature.
7
18 "Cuddly Kittens" December 15, 2012
Toyger kitten Tonya overcomes her shy nature to befriend a large housemate. British Shorthair kittens audition for the role of "greeter" at a vet's office. And fluffy Ragamuffin Otto keep household chores at bay.
8
19 "Puppy Love" December 22, 2012
Raisin, a wrinkled Shar Pei, guards his toys from siblings Peaches and Pancake. Scout, a brave young Cairn Terrier, attempts an adventure all on his own. And Peanut, the smallest of a litter of Boxers, is steered to glory by his grandfather.
9
20 "Extra Special Pets" February 9, 2013
Five little piggies must befriend Penny the Spaniel and learn their new farm home; Clover, a mini-lop rabbit must assert herself with feisty brother Harley; Samson and Delilah teach their hoglet Pip and her spiky siblings about the great outdoors.
10
21 "Curious Kittens" February 16, 2013
Calico kittens mingle with canine clientele at a dog-grooming salon where their mother works. Exotic Shorthair kittens are born into the lap of luxury, but soon reveal their mischievous side. And a pair of Tabby kittens explore the great outdoors.
11
22 "Kitten Beauties" February 23, 2013
Godiva Kiss, a Birman beauty queen, is raising three kittens who may follow in her royal footsteps. Tofu, a Cornish Rex kitten, and his siblings befriend Donna the Iguana. Cutie, a tortoiseshell cat is raising twin brothers that are nothing alike.
12
23 "Mighty Munchkins" March 2, 2013
An adorable showdown takes place between Pucci the Chihuahua and the new Royal Himalayan kittens. Singapura mom Jasmine has a hard time keeping up with her tiny, energetic brood. Short-legged and long legged munchkin siblings navigate the world.
13
24 "Tiny Giants" March 9, 2013
Puck, a keeshond pup, befriends a flock of ducks on the farm while sister Tulip explores the woodshop. A little Great Dane named Marvin is adjusting to his fast-growing body. Cocker Spaniel pups look the same but certainly don't act the same.
14
25 "Fluff and Feathers" March 16, 2013
Lab mix rescue pup Sally is never seen far behind brother Safari, Pomeranian triplets Sparrow, Wren and Finch carry on mom Star and dad Tucker's job of watching over a feathered menagerie and Ibizan Hound puppies Carmen, Figaro and Arabella try to out chase each other.
15
26 "Puppy Power" March 23, 2013
Anya the Doberman pinscher and her human best friend, toddler Kaylee, have a big job keeping up with Anya's 12 new puppies. Runt beagle pup Roo hopes his nose will help him hunt with his sisters. Show dog Bichon Frise Angel breeds her champion brood.
16
27 Fluffiest Kittens March 30, 2013
In this best-of episode: Bold little Maine coon kitten Lulu tries to help her dad get along with her siblings. Persian kittens prepare to be like their show cat mom, Truly Elegant. Siberian twins Mittens and Socks are rescued from the closet by Maksim, the cat of the house.
Season 4[edit]
*The "Animal BFFs" specials in this season are 30 minutes long.
Ep #
Total
Title
Airdate
1
28 "Puppies and a Piggy" August 3, 2013
Twelve Goldendoodles take over the household, including the bed of their piggy housemate, Trouble. A Westie pup tries to keep up with her twin brother who is always wandering off. And a batch of Swiss Mountain puppies take a while to find their stride.
2
29 "Tiny Puppies, Big Paws" August 10, 2013
A foursome of Neo Mastiffs have big paws to fill if they're going to be guard dogs like Mom. A shy chihuahua puppy learns that her tiny family have big hearts. And a litter of seven English Setters compete for first place.
3
30 "Puppies Making Mischief" August 17, 2013
Artistic Irish terriers meet their troublesome teen brother; eight corgis help out on the farm; an Akita puppy finds her place among her three tough brothers.
4
31 "Top 20 Puppies" August 24, 2013
A special edition, counting down the twenty most adorable puppies.
5
32 "Puffy Beach Kitties" August 24, 2013
A pack of spotted Bengal kittens are bowled over by a lumbering Newfoundland. Four fluffy Norwegian Forest Cats dip their toes in the surf at their neighborhood beach. And, at a rescue home, two kittens find their way into the den mother's heart.
6
33 "Puppies: Growing Up" August 31, 2013
A special episode, catching up with German Shepherd, French Bulldog and Mini Australian Shepherd litters and finding out where they are now, a year after they were first introduced.
7
34 "Perfectly Precious Puppies" August 31, 2013
Standard Poodle Bebe wants to explore her country home, but brother Percy keeps holding her back. Basset Hound Max follows his nose to an unlikely friendship. And a hapless bull terrier mother tries to reign in her pups' boundless energy.
8
35 "Top 20 Kittens" September 7, 2013
A special edition, counting down the twenty most adorable kittens.
9
36 "Puppies: Growing Up Fluffy" September 14, 2013
A special edition, revisiting now grown litters of Rhodesian Ridgebacks, Portuguese Water Dogs and Dachshunds.
10
37 "Rainbow Colored Kittens" September 21, 2013
In a litter of six Maine Coon kitties, only boy Maurice struggles to fit in with his sisters. A quiet kitten with a limp tries to find his voice in a litter of super-chatty Siamese cats. And a shy black kitten tries to befriend an older butterscotch tabby.
11
38 "Kittens: Growing Up" October 12, 2013
The Persian, Bengal and British shorthair kitten families, some of the favorite kittens that have been featured, are all grown up and are revisited to learn what challenges they faced in their new homes and watch them reunite with old playmates.
12
39 "Roly-Poly Puppies" October 19, 2013
A shy Papillon puppy named Kitty comes out of her shell with the help of her siblings. A trio of St. Bernard puppies follow their noses to big adventures. And finally, an Airedale Terrier named Merlin tries to disappear from her eight brothers and sisters.
13
40 "Little Wildcats" October 26, 2013
A black and white kitten named Moo goes head to head with his adopted brother, a baby skunk. Gus, an orange tabby kitten, tries to befriend his canine housemate. And an adventurous Savannah kitten seeks out an equally brave playmate.
14
41 "Big Jobs, Little Paws" November 9, 2013
Four tiny Tibetan Spaniels (all boys) are born into a family of watchdogs. An extra large litter of Newfoundland puppies take to the water as they train to be rescue dogs. And a patchwork puppy tries to blend into a family of Retriever Mixes.
15
42 "Animal BFFs - Cuddly Bear, Cautious Kangaroo*" November 16, 2013
A bear cub befriends a lonely German Shepherd. A deer and a kangaroo have their world turned upside down by a mischievous lemur. And a pygmy goat has a hard time fitting in until he meets a shy puppy.
16
43 "Animal BFFs - Baby Baboon, Teacup Pig*" November 16, 2013
A baby Baboon is taken under the wing of a Golden Retriever. A Teacup Pig and a Flemish Rabbit sneak away from their day jobs and get into trouble. And an adventurous goat and a timid lamb break out of their everyday routine.
17
44 "Fuzzy Puppy Stars" November 23, 2013
Star-struck Snow is a Great Pyrenees puppy who dreams of following in her movie star mom's paw prints. A pair of Border Collie pups will need to be brave if they're going to be champion herders. And a Scottish Terrier tries to win over the resident cat.
18
45 "Puppy and Kitten Holiday Special" December 21, 2013
In this special episode, three litters of kittens and puppies celebrate their first Christmas.
Breeds featured: Snowshoe kittens, Weimaraner puppies, and Brussels Griffon puppies.
Season 5[edit]
*The "Pint-Size" episodes in this season are 30 minutes long.
Ep #
Total
Title
Airdate
1
46 "Pint-Sized: Tubby Puppies" August 16, 2014
Dexter, a Bulldog who has aspirations to rise above his lazy siblings attempts to prove himself on the agility course. Then, a pack of pups who were rescued from the city streets find find themselves in a barnyard full of strange beasts.
2
47 "Pint-Size: Chatty Kitties" August 16, 2014
A siamese named Chester searches for a little peace and quiet away from his eight chatty siblings. While working mom (and former Too Cute featured kitten {from Season 3's 'Cuddly Kittens'}) Pippa tries to balance her own litter of six tiny British Shorthairs with her job at a cat clinic.
3
48 "Pint-Sized: Kitten Puffs" August 23, 2014
In a cozy cabin, a pair of Siberian soul mates’ relationship is put to the test with the birth of their fireball son Calvin. While at a cats only grooming salon, a Turkish Angora kitten named Izzie has to balance her personal style with life in the salon.
3
49 "Pint-Size: Muddy Puppies" August 23, 2014
At a small farmhouse an adventurous Cairn Terrier named Doogie attempts to befriend a finicky house cat. While a pristine pack of Samoyed pups have to decide whose rules they’d rather follow – their tidy mom or their messy dad.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ The Washington Animal Rescue League
2.Jump up ^ Too Cute Kitten Cam - Animal Planet (accessed October 16, 2012)
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Total Zoo
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Total Zoo is an American family television program narrated by Andy Chanley. It was shown on the channel Animal Planet in 2000.
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Unearthed (TV series)
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Unearthed is a television series on the Animal Planet television channel.
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1 Unearthed Series
2 Series 2
3 See also
4 External links
Unearthed Series[edit]
In April 2006, Animal Planet invited amateur wildlife filmmakers from around the world to participate in a reality t.v. show in the search of the new hot wildlife documentary maker. Directed by Andrew Barron (Temple of the Tigers), and presented by Animal Planet's very own Lyndal Davies, Unearthed took six contestants from around the world to South Africa to prove themselves. Aaron Dexter (Australia), Mayur Kamath (India), Karla Munguia (Mexico), Julia Cartwright (Denmark), Bryan Grayson (UK), and Jin Pyn Lee (Singapore) went under a series of challenges to be judged on their final films. Mayur, the contestant from India, was the winner.
Series 2[edit]
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Later, in July-August 2007, four new lucky contestants participated in the second series of the show: Amabel Adcock (UK), Sebastian van der Zwan (New Zealand), Mayuri Panse (India), and Jorge Cervera Hauser (México) spent a month living in the middle of award-winning Shamwari Game Reserve in South Africa to be judged on their final films by a renowned international jury formed by Wildscreen President Harriet Nimmo, independent filmmaker Mike Birkhead, Animal Planet's commissioning editor Mark Wild, and conservationist Adrian Gardiner. The show aired worldwide on April 2008. Jorge from México was the winner of series 2, and his short documentary Pride Lost was broadcast worldwide during 2008.
See also[edit]
Animal Planet
Jorge Cervera Hauser
Lyndal Davies
External links[edit]
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Untamed China with Nigel Marven
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Untamed China with Nigel Marven
Genre
Nature documentary
Presented by
Nigel Marven
Narrated by
Nigel Marven
Composer(s)
Will Slater
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Original language(s)
English
No. of episodes
6
Production
Producer(s)
Nigel Marven
Editor(s)
Rob Davies
Location(s)
China
Running time
44 minutes
Production company(s)
Image Impact and WonderVision Pictures
Distributor
Fremantle Media
Broadcast
Original channel
Animal Planet, CITVC China
Untamed China with Nigel Marven is British six-part nature documentary series presented by Nigel Marven and made by Image Impact and WonderVision Pictures for television channels Animal Planet and CITVC China in 2011. In each episode, Marven explores selected part of China, searches for animals there and meeting the local people.
DVD Release[edit]
The series was released on DVD 16 April 2012 by Safecracker Pictures.
Links[edit]
The series info on Fremantle Brand
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Untamed & Uncut
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Untamed & Uncut
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Genre
Documentary
Animals
Survival
Narrated by
Bruce Nozick
Opening theme
"Unscripted, Uncensored, Untamed & Uncut"
Country of origin
United States
Original language(s)
English
No. of seasons
3
No. of episodes
27
Production
Running time
41 minutes
Distributor
Discovery Communications
Broadcast
Original channel
Animal Planet
Picture format
480i
Original run
June 10, 2008 – 2014
External links
Website
Untamed & Uncut (also written as Untamed and Uncut and also Animal Real TV) is an American documentary television series that premiered on June 10, 2008 on Animal Planet. The program depicts unexpected and surprising animal encounters that are caught directly on tape at the scene. Each different video usually has something to do with an animal attack on a human, either intentionally or unintentionally, animals fighting each other, animals causing havoc within a community, or animal rescues in which the animal is in grave danger (e.g., is deeply stuck in mud or ice, or is stuck on a cliff) or has been severely wounded. Most of the time, no one is killed, although a few deaths and many minor and severe injuries have occurred. Due to the disturbing content, Untamed & Uncut holds a TV-14 rating.
A sneak peek originally appeared on June 10, 2008 - the show officially debuted on October 12, 2008 with the special "Vacation Nightmares".
Rodeo announcer Bob Tallman appeared as himself in two episodes of the program.
Episodes[edit]
Season 1 (2008)
1. Spinner Shark Attack - June 10, 2008
2. Vacation Nightmares (television special) - October 12, 2008
3. Elephant Attack - October 19, 2008
4. Amazing Attacks (television special!) - October 20 - 2008
5. Double Great White shark Attack - July 22 - 2008
6. Lion Attacks Zookeeper - July 15 - 2008
7. Pregnant Tiger Rescue! 7/22/2008
8. Shorty the Bull's Revange - July 27 - 2008
9. Marlin Attack 8/3/2008
10. Cheetah Attack
11. Shark Cage Attack
12. Goose Attack
13. Bull Poker
14. Elephant Shock
Season 2 (2008-2009)
1. Amazing Attacks
2. Terror in the Deep!
3. Shark takes a Leg!
4. Leopard Attack
5. Beware for Charlie Bullware!
See also[edit]
List of programs broadcast by Animal Planet
External links[edit]
Official website
Untamed & Uncut at the Internet Movie Database
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Up Close and Dangerous
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Up Close and Dangerous is a half-hour series, produced by NHNZ Ltd. and aired on Animal Planet, profiling each episode three wildlife photographers and their dangerous encounters in filming wild animals.
An example episode ("Elephant Seals, Polar Bears and Pilot Whales") described the following encounters:
Florian Graner filming sea lions, was surprised by an elephant seal;
Max Quinn filming a polar bear and her cub in the Arctic;
Lee Tepley attacked while filming a group of pilot whales.
External links[edit]
Up Close and Dangerous page on Animal Planet site
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Venom ER
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Venom ER
Format
Reality television
Starring
Dr. Jenny Cohen
Dr. Sean Bush
Dr. Robert Steele
Country of origin
United States
Original language(s)
English
No. of seasons
1
No. of episodes
10
Production
Executive producer(s)
Vyv Simson
Alexandra Bennett
Producer(s)
Paul Appleby
Location(s)
Loma Linda, California, United States
Running time
60 minutes
Production company(s)
BBC Wildvision
Broadcast
Original channel
Animal Planet
Original run
March 30 – June 1, 2004
External links
Website
Venom ER is a television program made by the BBC Wildvision department of the BBC Natural History Unit for Animal Planet. It follows doctors at the Loma Linda University Medical Center dealing with venomous bites from snakes.
Episodes[edit]
Season 1[edit]
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Title
Writers
Original airdate
Series No.
02
"Series One Episode One" March 31, 2004 #1.01
03
"Series One Episode Two" March 31, 2004 #1.02
04
"Series One Episode Three" April 7, 2004 #1.03
05
"Series One Episode Four" April 14, 2004 #1.04
06
"Series One Episode Five" April 21, 2004 #1.05
07
"Series One Episode Six" May 2, 2004 #1.06
08
"Series One Episode Seven" May 7, 2004 #1.07
09
"Series One Episode Eight" May 19, 2004 #1.08
10
"Series One Episode Nine" May 26, 2004 #1.09
11
"Series One Episode Ten" May 30, 2004 #1.10
External links[edit]
SnakebiteNews.com - The Premiere Of Animal Planet’s New Series Brings an Unexpected and Tragic Story To the Californian ER That Specializes in Treating Venomous Bites
Venom ER at TV.com
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Format
Adventure
Reality
Outdoors
Narrated by
Robert Jimenez
No. of seasons
1
No. of episodes
3
Production
Running time
45 minutes
Distributor
Discovery Communications
Broadcast
Original channel
Animal Planet
Original run
October 4, 2011 – present
Viking Wilderness is a documentary television series about the animals of the Nordic Countries.
External links[edit]
Viking Wilderness official site
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Weird, True & Freaky
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Weird, True & Freaky
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Genre
Documentary
Animals based on a game from tecmo
Narrated by
Beau Weaver
Country of origin
United States
Original language(s)
English
No. of seasons
3
No. of episodes
65
Production
Executive producer(s)
Michael Hoff
Running time
22 minutes
Production company(s)
Hoff Productions
Distributor
Discovery Communications
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Original channel
Animal Planet
Original run
September 7, 2008 – November 23, 2010
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Weird, True & Freaky (alternatively written as Weird, True and Freaky; Weird, True, and Freaky; or Weird, True, & Freaky) is a program that aired on Animal Planet in 2008 which focuses on unusual biology. Although some episodes center on unique animal behavior and traits, some focus on cryptids, animal-human relationships, experimental animals, humans who possess animal instincts, exotic breeds, surviving populations, etc.
Weird, True and Freaky was produced by Hoff Productions.
Contents [hide]
1 Season 1 (2008)
2 Season 2 (2009)
3 Season 3 (2010)
4 See also
5 External links
Season 1 (2008)[edit]
"Mutant Animals"
"Animal Swingers"
"Snake Meals"
"Creepy Cuisines"
"Humanimals"
"When Animals Snap"
"Peculiar Pets"
"Dangerous Jobs"
"Odd Couples"
"Swarms"
"Beast vs. Beast"
"Animal Intruders"
"Colossal Catches"
"Animal Giants"
"Creepy Cures"
"Critter Creations"
"Animal Cannibals"
"Animal Obsessions"
"Animal Rescues"
"Invaders"
"Creature Feats"
"Mob Mentality"
"Disgusting Jobs"
"Snake Bites"
"Bizarre Beasts and Beings"
Season 2 (2009)[edit]
"Mutants 2"
"Peculiar Pets 2"
"Crazy Canine Companions"
"Odd Couples"
"Albinos"
"Venom Cures"
"Trapped"
"Infestations"
"Swallowed"
"Caught on Tape 2"
"Giants 2"
"Removed From The Body"
"Disturbing World Records"
"Rituals"
"Under The Influence"
"Bizarre Births"
"Dodging Death"
"Lost And Found"
"Restaurant Horror Stories"
"Medical Mysteries"
"Obese Beasts"
"Hauntings"
"Way Too Freaky"
"Primates Gone Wild"
"Fight Club"
"Phobias"
Season 3 (2010)[edit]
"Furless Freaks"
"Color Freaks"
"Mad Medicine"
"Inked"
"Don't Eat That"
"Bizarre Looking Cats"
"More Fat Animals"
"They Should Be Dead"
"Little Animals, Big World"
"Smuggled and Seized"
"Eternally Stuffed"
"Nasty And On The Menu"
"Alien Offspring"
See also[edit]
List of programs broadcast by Animal Planet
External links[edit]
Official website by Animal Planet
Weird, True and Freaky at the Internet Movie Database
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Whale Wars is a weekly American documentary-style reality television series that premiered on November 7, 2008 on the Animal Planet cable channel. The program follows Paul Watson, founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, as he and his crew aboard their various vessels attempt to deter Japanese whaling off the coast of Antarctica.[1] The fourth season concluded on August 12, 2011.[2][3]
A spin-off titled Whale Wars: Viking Shores features the Sea Shepherd trying to stop whaling in the Faroe Islands. The spin-off season aired during 2012.[4] Also aired in 2012 were two special episodes, "Operation Bluefin" and "Seal Wars".
Season 6 consisted of a special two hour episode titled "Whale Wars: A Commander Rises", which was aired on December 13, 2013. It features the Sea Shepherds once again attempting to stop Japanese Whaling in the Southern Ocean during the 2013 whaling season.[5]
Contents [hide]
1 Overview
2 Episodes 2.1 Season 1 (2008)
2.2 Season 2 (2009)
2.3 Season 3 (2010)
2.4 Season 4 (2011)
2.5 Viking Shores (2012)
2.6 Season 5 (2012)
2.7 Season 6 (2013)
2.8 Other episodes
3 References
Overview[edit]
Season
Episodes
Original air dates
Note(s)
Season premiere
Season finale
000 1 7 November 7, 2008 December 19, 2008 N/A
000 2 11 June 5, 2009 August 21, 2009 N/A
000 3 14 June 4, 2010 August 27, 2010 Season includes one special episode[3]
000 4 12 June 3, 2011 August 12, 2011 Season includes two special episodes[3]
000 Viking Shores 5 April 27, 2012 May 18, 2012 Spin-off series
000 5 8 June 1, 2012 July 20, 2012 N/A
000 6 1 December 13, 2013 Consisted of one standalone episode
Other episodes 2 N/A N/A N/A
Episodes[edit]
The first column refers to the episode's number in the overall series.
The second column refers to the episode's number in that particular season.
Season 1 (2008)[edit]
Season 1 consisted of 7 episodes and aired from November 7, 2008 to December 19, 2008. Much of the action depicted in this season occurred between November 2007 and February 2008. Season One is now available on DVD.[6]
The first season of Whale Wars was the most watched program ever for Animal Planet, capturing more than one million viewers for its season finale.[citation needed] Among adults aged 25–54, the series scored the highest viewer ratings in Animal Planet's history.[7]
The first season also received the Television Academy Honors award. The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences created the Television Academy Honors in 2008 to recognize "Television with a Conscience" — achievements in programming that present issues of concern to our society in a compelling, emotional and insightful way.[8]
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series
No. in
season
Title
Original air date
Production
code[3]
1
1 "Needle in a Haystack" November 7, 2008 101
Paul Watson is allegedly shot by the Japanese whaling crew during a confrontation between the whaling factory ship Nisshin Maru and the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society vessel MY Steve Irwin. The episode then flashes back to the maiden launching and departure of the vessel from home port three months earlier.
2
2 "Nothing's Ideal" November 14, 2008 102
After weeks of searching, the Sea Shepherds finally spot a Japanese whaling ship, the harpoon ship Yūshin Maru No. 2. Watson devises a dangerous plan for two of his crew members to board the vessel and deliver a letter telling them to stop the killing of whales. He hopes to create an international incident, but his plan sparks a safety debate that divides the crew. Two volunteers enlist for the mission – Ben "Pottsy" Potts and Giles Lane – and the crew braces for the worst as the men jump over the railing of the enemy ship. They are immediately tied up by the Japanese whalers, and the Yūshin Maru No. 2 speeds away with the two Shepherds still aboard.
3
3 "International Incidents R Us" November 21, 2008 103
Without negotiation and confrontation with the Steve Irwin, the Yūshin Maru No. 2 agreed to transfer Pottsy and Giles to a government ship that would then meet with the Steve Irwin at a rendezvous point to return the two members. 1st Mate Peter Brown decides to launch an attack on the Yūshin Maru No. 2 at dusk. Four crew-members are sent on the Zodiac inflatable boat Delta to carry out the risky mission. After losing radio contact with them, reconnaissance helicopter pilot Chris Aultman, who was sent too late to survey the situation, reports that they are heading in the wrong direction and must return as night falls. The lone Delta was feared to be forever lost out in the middle of the dark, frigid, vast Antarctic Ocean. Fortunately, contact was finally made with the Delta, which eventually returns to the Steve Irwin over two hours later and behind schedule to retrieve Pottsy and Giles.
4
4 "We Are Hooligans" November 28, 2008 104
Giles Lane and Ben Potts safely return to the Steve Irwin. The crew then discovers that an unknown ship, allegedly spying for the Japanese whaling fleet, has been following them, and decides to perform a reconnaissance mission from behind a tabletop iceberg for any military personnel aboard, and temporarily drives it away after seeing no sign of illegal military activity. The crew later plans to ambush the mystery ship, soon identified as the Fukuyoshi Maru No. 68, to prevent information about the Steve Irwin's whereabouts from being given to the rest of the whaling fleet. They plan to do this by boarding the vessel and sabotaging its communication equipment, shutting off any communication with anyone. Before the mission, a hydraulic crane used to launch the motor rafts somehow got damaged, jeopardizing the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's mission.
5
5 "Doors Slamming and Things Breaking" December 5, 2008 105
The Steve Irwin experiences several technical difficulties, including a damaged engine, hydraulic crane, and helicopter. Running on only one engine, the ship must return to port at Melbourne, Australia to make repairs while the whaling continues. Some crew-members decide to party and leave the operation. Upon arrival, they were warmly greeted and cheered by the citizens, and by the police. Pottsy and Giles become instant celebrities on homecoming. After recruiting new members, the crew travels without its reconnaissance helicopter and returns to the Southern Ocean only to find that the suspicious ship is still following them.
6
6 "Ladies First" December 12, 2008 106
After noticing that the suspicious ship Fukuyoshi Maru No. 68 has found and followed the Steve Irwin again, but the Sea Shepherd crew successfully hides in a field of icebergs and the Fukuyoshi Maru No. 68 passes by and loses their trail. The Steve Irwin detects one of the Yūshin Maru harpoon ships on radar and Watson unsuccessfully attempts to send four female crew members to board the vessel to deliver a warrant. This leads to a man's injured thumb and a woman's injured pelvis (Incidents not related). At dusk, the entire ship experiences a power outage, leaving it drifting through an iceberg field without operating engines.
7
7 "Boiling Point" December 19, 2008 107
After power was restored to part of the ship, the Steve Irwin finally finds, follows, and comes face to face two times with the Japanese whaling factory ship Nisshin Maru, which Watson considers the "most evil" vessel in international waters. A pod of whales swims between the two "warring" ships, which eventually engage in a ship-to-ship "battle." The captain of the Nisshin Maru warned on a recorded message sent multiple times through a horn that "If you dare board this vessel, you will be taken into custody." Recruited Sea Shepherds are the first to strike, throwing stink bombs with butyric acid onto the decks of the Nisshin Maru, which dwarfed the Steve Irwin in size, while its crew watches and films the Steve Irwin. The Japanese whalers claim that three of their crew-members were injured by the stink bombs. When the two ships meet the second time, the Steve Irwin crew strikes first again while the Nisshin Maru crew, in return, threatens to use tear gas grenades and throws flash bombs. Watson fishes a metallic fragment from his vest and claims to have been shot. As Watson concluded that the second leg of the mission was successful, the Sea Shepherds claimed that they have saved about 500 whales. The Steve Irwin returns to Melbourne again before running out of fuel.
Season 2 (2009)[edit]
The second season of Whale Wars premiered on Animal Planet in the United States on June 5, 2009, in Canada on June 10, 2009 and in the United Kingdom on October 6, 2009. The season was recorded between December 2008 and February 2009.
No. in
series
No. in
season
Title
Original air date
Production
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1 "The Sound of Ice" June 5, 2009 201
The series starts with a dramatic encounter with the Japanese Whaling fleet. The episode then flashes back to the maiden launching and departure of the vessel from home port two months earlier. Paul Watson and the Sea Shepherds head back down to Antarctica for what promises to be their most intense anti-whaling campaign yet. However, no sooner does the ship leave port than the ship's Gyro breaks and they hit a massive storm the size of Australia.
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2 "The Flexibility of Steel" June 12, 2009 202
A huge weather system moves in and the Steve Irwin is forced to take shelter behind a large iceberg. By morning, they are surrounded by ice so thick they can no longer move. The ice begins to push against the aging ship's fragile hull, denting it inwards.
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3 "As Bad as Our Bark" June 19, 2009 203
The Sea Shepherd gather intelligence on the fleet's location, they realize that they are low on fuel. As they weigh whether or not to head back to port, they come across the entire Japanese fleet searching for one of their crew-members that has fallen overboard.
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4 "Yum Yum, Eat Crow" June 26, 2009 204
The Sea Shepherds have come across the entire Japanese fleet searching for one of their crew-members that fell overboard. Paul orders his crew to stand down, and they agonize over being so close to their target, yet unable to attack.
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5 "The Unintimidatables" July 10, 2009 205
The Steve Irwin is quarantined in Hobart and the crew anxiously waits to find out if they have been exposed to Anthrax. Finally they get the all clear and 1st mate Peter Brown wastes no time leaving the ship after having quit the campaign.
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6 "With a Hook" July 17, 2009 206
Surrounded by the Japanese whaling fleet, the Sea Shepherds ready themselves for their biggest day of battle to date on the campaign. Helicopter pilot Chris flies up and confirms the crew's fears — all of the whaling vessels are equipped with LRADs. Additionally the Nisshin Maru has covered itself in netting, making the deployment of the butyric acid nearly impossible. The Gemini tries to deploy a prop-fouler, but after several attempts, the harpoon ship manages to take fouling line out of the water. The LRAD device is seen, but not turned on.
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7 "The Desire to Fling Things" July 24, 2009 207
Watson is in pursuit of the Nisshin Maru when all three Japanese harpoon ships suddenly appear on out of the fog. The Sea Shepherds are completely outnumbered.
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8 "Bait and Switch" July 31, 2009 208
As the Sea Shepherds prepare for their fourth straight day of engagement with the Japanese whaling fleet, Andy and Simon argue with Dan over the best strategy for attack.
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9 "The Crazy Ivan" August 7, 2009 209
Low on fuel, the small boats head toward the Steve Irwin, but in order to get them on board safely, Paul must employ a dangerous military strategy, "The Crazy Ivan," circling at a high speed to try and create calm water for the little boats to return.
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10 "The Stuff of Nightmares" August 14, 2009 210
The Sea Shepherds shock turns to fury when the Japanese fleet hauls in a killed whale for processing. Paul Watson instructs the crew to prepare for battle, but Japanese water cannons disorient the Sea Shepherds, causing them to miss the throw. Another Japanese whaling ship transfers another dead whale later. But afterwards the Yūshin Maru No. 3 harpoons and kills a whale in front of the Sea Shepherd crew.
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11 "Overlooking a Forlorn Shore" August 21, 2009 211
Season Finale.The Sea Shepherds continue to attempt to disrupt the whaling fleet's operations. When the Yūshin Maru No. 3 tries to transfer a dead whale to the Nisshin Maru, Captain Watson intercedes by attempting to block the whale transfer with the Steve Irwin. The Yūshin Maru moves in, attempting to prevent Watson from blocking the transfer, but the two ships collide; both sides blame each other for causing the collision.
Season 3 (2010)[edit]
At the start of the 2009–10 campaign, Marjorie Kaplan, president and general manager of Animal Planet, said in a news release: "The issues surrounding whaling in the southern ocean are important and complex. The majesty of these beautiful creatures and the lengths to which the Sea Shepherds will go in order to prevent whaling has made Whale Wars intense and vital television." She also said that Japan had denied requests to film on their vessels.[9]
A "sneak preview" trailer of the new season was released by Animal Planet on May 18, 2010. The preview shows the use of laser dazzlers and projectile launchers by Sea Shepherd.[10]
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1 "Surrounded By Spies"[2] June 4, 2010 301
The third season opens with Captain Paul Watson leading three ships from different ports on a campaign against whaling in the Antarctic. However, both the MY Ady Gil and the MY Bob Barker experience setbacks, preventing them from joining the Steve Irwin. One of the Japanese whaling ships, the MV Shōnan Maru 2, soon follows the Steve Irwin in order to alert the whaling fleet. Watson and the Sea Shepherds take evasive action.
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2 "Crossing Danger"[2] June 11, 2010 302
The Shōnan Maru 2 continues to closely follow the Steve Irwin. The Sea Shepherds force the Japanese ship to back off so they can safely stow the helicopter. Meanwhile the crew of the Bob Barker successfully repair their broken main engines and get underway to rendezvous with the Steve Irwin. The Ady Gil suffers the loss of two crew members and brings in two more former Earthrace members along with a new radar. Back in Antarctic waters, the Steve Irwin steers into an ice pack in a failed attempt to lose the Shōnan Maru 2 tailing them.
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3 "From Hell's Heart"[2] June 18, 2010 303
Unable to lose the tail of the Shōnan Maru 2, the Steve Irwin heads north to meet up with the Ady Gil. Once at the meeting point, Pete Bethune boards the Steve Irwin and plans are made to stop the Shōnan Maru 2 with the help of the Ady Gil, to allow the Steve Irwin to escape. The Bob Barker meanwhile tries to make up time by sailing straight through a huge storm, taking on damage on the way and endangering the whole mission.
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4 "Stealth Attack"[2] June 25, 2010 304
The Ady Gil tries to stop the Shōnan Maru 2 from tailing the Steve Irwin, but is unsuccessful. Captain Watson therefore decides to head for Hobart to replenish supplies and lose its tail, as the whaling vessel is not allowed in Australian waters. The Bob Barker receives a tip from an antarctic cruise ship about the whereabouts of the whaling fleet. They head for the coordinates and find a harpoon ship and later the Nisshin Maru. They call the Ady Gil for help.
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5 "The Thrill of the Chase"[2] July 9, 2010 305
The Ady Gil engages the Nisshin Maru in order to help the slower Bob Barker catch up with the factory ship. But the Bob Barker can't keep up and launches one of its inflatables to slow down the Nisshin Maru. Due to rough weather the inflatable can't gain ground and has to be picked up again, slowing the Bob Barker down further. Meanwhile four harpoon ships are approaching the Bob Barker, trying to keep it away from the factory ship. Low on fuel, the Ady Gil makes one last attempt at prop fouling the Nisshin Maru, this time with success.
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6 "Sliced in Two"[2] July 16, 2010 306
Low on fuel, the Ady Gil sits dead in the water, with the trailing harpoon ships passing by closely. Then the Shōnan Maru 2 aims directly for the Ady Gil, slicing it in two. After some nerve-wracking time without communication, the crew of the Ady Gil sends out a Mayday call. The Bob Barker responds and launches an inflatable. All crew-members survive, but one person is injured. An attempt is made to tow the damaged Ady Gil to a nearby research base in Antarctica. As the boat takes on too much water, a decision is made to abandon the Ady Gil, which was emptied of the fuel left on board.
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7 "Revenge is Mine"[2] July 23, 2010 307
On the Bob Barker, plans are made for Pete Bethune to board the still trailing Shōnan Maru 2, the same ship that sank his Ady Gil. On the Steve Irwin, a serious malfunction of the helicopter occurs, an unsuccessful repair and test flight lead to the grounding of the aircraft. A breach in the fresh water tank of the Bob Barker causes a loss of 90% of the water, endangering the whole mission. To replenish their supplies, the crew picks up pieces from an iceberg. Finally Pete Bethune tries to board the Shōnan Maru 2 with the help of one of the Bob Barker's inflatables.
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8 "Ready to Snap"[2] July 30, 2010 308
Pete Bethune's attempt to board the Shōnan Maru 2 is aborted. Some of the Ady Gil's crew on the Bob Barker want to go home, and later have an argument with Chuck. The Bob Barker's engineer discovers that they are critically low on engine oil. On the Steve Irwin, a decision is made to go to port to fix the grounded helicopter, and a plan emerges to rendezvous with the Bob Barker to transfer water and engine oil and pick up the Ady Gil's crew to take back to port. The rendezvous is conducted in French waters so the Shōnan Maru 2 cannot follow. During the rendezvous, a storm damages the small inflatable boats, one of which goes adrift. The next day, an attempt to recover the drifting boat almost succeeds but an unwise attempt to use its engine in shallow water ruins its propeller. With their resources dwindling, the two boats separate again, and the Bob Barker makes a decision to avoid the Shōnan Maru 2 by steaming towards a storm.
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9 "A Bloody Trail"[2] August 6, 2010 309
The Bob Barker spots the Nisshin Maru. After a brief discussion of using the helicopter offensively, rather than defensively, Paul Watson is aware of at least three harpoon ships moving in on the Bob Barker as darkness falls upon the night and freezing rain frightens the crew. To kill time, one of the deckhands, Malcolm Holland, skydives out of a helicopter and glides back onto the deck with a perfect landing to a warm round of applause and cheers, especially from the captain and helicopter pilot. The cheerful atmosphere quickly fades as they close in on the Nisshin Maru and get outflanked by the four harpoon boats which encircle and trap the Bob Barker inside their perimeter. Once the harpoon boats has formed a circular ring around the Bob Barker, the Nisshin Maru tries to make a fast break. With no other choice and time running out, the Sea Shepherds try to break the blockade. The plan does not go according to plans as the Bob Barker collides with one of the harpoon ships on its starboard side, ripping a hole in the steel hull.
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10 "Zero Hour"[2] August 13, 2010 310
The deckhands rappel over the side of the ship to assess the damage from the collision and realize that there is a hole in the steel hull. The gash is above the waterline so there is no fear of the ship sinking but water is coming in as it splashes against the hull. Unable to stop for fear of losing the factory ship, and due to the wet conditions, a permanent patch cannot be welded on and a makeshift patch of raincoats and Styrofoam blocks are used to hold back most of the water. The collision appears to have shaken the Japanese as well as they hang back with their harpoon ships. This allows the Bob Barker to take up position blocking the slipway at the rear of the Nisshin Maru. News reaches the Steve Irwin of the Barker's success, encouraging the crew. Attempting to catch the Barker and the Japanese fleet, Watson realizes that the Japanese are heading right for them. Less than a day later, the Steve Irwin spots the fleet and the Barker. Watson rendezvous with Barker and takes up the lead position behind the slipway while the Barker falls back to block the harpoon boats should they try to make a move. Now with two ships working in tandem, the Sea Shepherds have completely shut down the Japanese fleet's whaling operation. For the next four days, the factory ship is unable to process any whales nor are the harpoon ships able to shake the Sea Shepherds off the Nisshin Maru. Watson then begins to plot their next move to harass the factory ship and its crew.
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11 "Fire in the Sky"[2] August 20, 2010 311
As the Steve Irwin attacks the Nisshin Maru with its water cannon, the two ships nearly collide. In an all around engagement, the Steve Irwin's helicopter is about to launch, as one of the harpoon ships comes closer, threatening the delicate aircraft with its water cannon. The Bob Barker comes to help, covering the stern of the Steve Irwin. On one of the inflatables, Pete Bethune decorates the side of the Nisshin Maru with the help of his spud gun and red paint. As the inflatable engages one of the harpoon ships, the whalers use backpack water cannons to keep them at distance. The Bob Barker starts trailing a heavy stern line, in order to prop foul the Nisshin Maru. By cutting across their bow, they try to deploy the line just in time, but fail to stop the factory ship.
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12 "Vendetta"[2] August 27, 2010 312
Pete Bethune uses photographs of the Shōnan Maru 2 taken from the helicopter to plan his boarding attempt. In the meantime, the Japanese fleet steers into a storm hoping to lose the Sea Shepherds. Paul Watson defends a claim by the Japanese that the Sea Shepherds actions injured their crews with acid burns, and postulates that the Japanese crew actually sprays themselves when they use pepper spray to defend their ship. The Steve Irwin attempts to flood the Nisshin Maru's engine room by directing their water cannon into its exhaust funnel, but it doesn't work. They then use the small boats to cover the Nisshin Maru's slipway with butyric acid, it meets with more success. However, the Shōnan Maru 2 leaps at the opportunity when one of the small boats' engines die, and it is rescued just in time. Pete Bethune demonstrates a well-thought-out plan to board the Shōnan Maru 2. As the episode ends, the boarding attempt is put into motion.
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13 "To the Ends of the Earth"[2] August 27, 2010 313
Pete Bethune's boarding of the Shōnan Maru 2 commences; after several tense minutes of waiting, the Sea Shepherds receive words that he has succeeded despite the Japanese ship's defenses. At daylight, the helicopter is launched to document Bethune confronting of the Shōnan Maru's captain. He disappears into the bridge, and after the confrontation, no more is seen of him. The Sea Shepherds resume their pursuit of the factory ship, which makes a sudden course change, separating it from Bethune on the Shōnan Maru 2. As the Shōnan Maru 2 disappears, the Sea Shepherds call Bethune a hero because his custody will carry awareness of the whaling controversy long past the end of the whaling season, and a media frenzy erupts on Bethune's boarding and capture. As they pursue the Nisshin Maru into Antarctic pack ice, the Bob Barker's larger fuel capacity and better ice-worthiness puts it in the lead while the Steve Irwin falls back and eventually leaves for port when their fuel runs low. The Sea Shepherds learn that the whaling fleet is more than 500 whales short of their quota, the most successful season they have had to date.
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14 "From Pirate to Prisoner"[11] September 6, 2010 314
More details are released involving Pete Bethune's arrest. A full interview is conducted with Pete Bethune after his arrest in Japan.
Season 4 (2011)[edit]
The ten-episode fourth season began airing on Animal Planet on June 3, 2011.[2] The campaign includes a new interceptor vessel joining the Sea Shepherd fleet – MV Gojira (or Godzilla) – replacing the role of the Ady Gil.[12][13]
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0 "Road To The Showdown"[3] June 3, 2011 400
Recap of the first three seasons.
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1 "Battle Cry"[2] June 3, 2011 401
The episode begins with the three Sea Shepherd ships regrouping. The crews of the Steve Irwin and the MY Bob Barker cheer as their new vessel, the Gojira arrives in port. The fleet then departs and separates to search for the Japanese whaling fleet. After encountering heavy swells, the crew of the Bob Barker notice that their fuel tank is leaking, and work to fix it. The Bob Barker spots a ship on the horizon, revealed to be the Yūshin Maru. The crew celebrates, having found the whaling fleet only days after setting sail. The Steve Irwin also spots another harpoon ship.
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2 "No Escape"[2] June 10, 2011 402
The crew of the Gojira witness the breathtaking views and wildlife they are there to protect. The Sea Shepherd vessels combine forces to find the Nisshin Maru factory ship. A new helicopter donated by American game show host Bob Barker gets its first use. The Bob Barker and the Steve Irwin start to be followed by the harpoon ships.
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3 "Ghosts in the Machine"[2] June 17, 2011 403
Still being tailed by the Yūshin Maru No. 2, the Steve Irwin slows down to refuel the Gojira. To do so the bigger ship trails a stern line to tow the Gojira during refueling, but the trimaran gets prop fouled in the process. A diver is able to untangle the propeller. On the second attempt, this time with a floating line, the refueling is successful. On the Bob Barker, the Nisshin Maru is possibly seen on the radar, but they are too far away to follow. They call the Steve Irwin's helicopter to perform reconnaissance. After some battery problems they jump start the aircraft. The Steve Irwin orders the now refueled Gojira to engage the Yūshin Maru No. 2, so they can escape. But the Gojira develops engine problems and is unable to keep up with the harpoon ship, which closes in again on the Steve Irwin. After a search the helicopter pilot is unable to locate the Nisshin Maru and lands on the Bob Barker. The pilot exchanges information with the crew and heads back for the Steve Irwin. During flight both Sea Shepherd ships lose communication with the helicopter.
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4 "The Devil's Icebox"[2] June 24, 2011 404
The Bob Barker tries to lose its tail by deploying both its small boats in an attempt to distract the Japanese ship to escape. The small boat crews set a tracking device on one of the Yūshins and the Bob Barker manages to escape the ship's radar range. However, as the small boats race to rendezvous with the Bob Barker, one of the boats is found to be damaged and the boats must return to their original position to be picked up by the Bob Barker, which is now five hours away. This leaves the small boat crews out in the Antarctic air for more than half a day total. The crew begins to develop signs of hypothermia.
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5 "Tracking the Enemy"[2] July 8, 2011 405
The Bob Barker returns to the last known coordinates of the small boats, the boats are eventually recovered, with two of their crew suffering from hypothermia. The Gojira spots a refueling ship which they believe has been commissioned by the whaling fleet. The Sea Shepherd fleet regroups to follow the tracking device placed on one of the Yūshins, but the signal is eventually lost. The Bob Barker is once again being tailed by a whaling ship. The Gojira is forced to return to port due to mechanical problems. Watson orders his fleet to interfere with the bunker ship Sun Laurel from resupplying of the Japanese whaling fleet.
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6 "Race to Save Lives"[2] July 15, 2011 406
The New Zealand Navy contacts the Steve Irwin and asks the Sea Shepherds to respond to an emergency distress signal from a Norwegian sailboat with five crew members that have gone missing. The Steve Irwin sails to the ship’s last known position and launches its helicopter to aid their search. Despite their efforts, they are unable to find them. Ultimately, the New Zealand Navy calls off the search and the Sea Shepherds continue to search for the Japanese factory ship, the Nisshin Maru.
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7 "Enemy in Their Grasp"[2] July 22, 2011 407
The Sea Shepherd battles exhaustion to search for the whalers' factory ship, the Nisshin Maru. The search is especially hard on helicopter pilot Chris Aultman, who spends a long time searching from the sky. After receiving an anonymous tip, the Steve Irwin locates the Nisshin Maru. The Nisshin in an attempt to lose the Sea Shepherds sails directly into an ice field, forcing them to go around. After several hours, they lost the sight of the Nisshin Maru. Running low on fuel, the Steve Irwin is forced to return to port.
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8 "Battle Stations"[2] July 29, 2011 408
With its engines repaired, the Gojira returns to action. The Bob Barker again attempts to lose its tail. After a successful prop-fouling attempt, the Yūshin Maru 3 is stopped but sends out a distress signal, forcing the Sea Shepherds to halt its escape. The Yūshin again chases the Bob Barker, but yet another successful prop-fouling allows the Bob Barker to move beyond the whaler's radar range. Afterwards, the Sea Shepherd fleet continues to search for the Japanese factory ship and, after several days of search, the Gojira finally spots the Nisshin Maru.
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9 "The Giant Enemy"[2] August 5, 2011 409
The Gojira engages the Nisshin Maru, hoping to slow them down so that the Bob Barker can catch up. The Nisshin tries to escape by heading straight toward an ice field. Just before they manage to escape, the Bob Barker finally arrives to take the lead in following the whaling fleet. The Sea Shepherds are surprised to see the Yūshin Maru 3 arriving to the area as well. The Steve Irwin leaves port after refueling and is set to rendezvous with the rest of the Sea Shepherds.
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10 "Delivering the Final Blow"[2] August 12, 2011 410
The Nisshin Maru, continues to sail east away from their designated whaling ground, hoping to run the Bob Barker out of fuel. The Steve Irwin and the Gojira race to rejoin the action but will not get there in time. Recognizing that the whalers are circumnavigating around Antarctica through Chilean water, the Sea Shepherds contact Chile authorities, who promise to seize the Nisshin Maru if the ship enters their water. The whaling fleet is forced to U-turn and heads back toward the whaling ground. The Sea Shepherds later receive unofficial words that Japan has suspended whaling, but the Nisshin Maru's course suggests otherwise. After the Bob Barker tails the ship for several days, Japan officially abandons the season’s whaling campaign as the Nisshin Maru heads north back toward Japan.
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11 "War Stories"[3] August 12, 2011 411
A one-hour interview show with Paul Watson and other crew members, looking back at the events that took place during Operation No Compromise. The show was hosted by journalist Lisa Ling.
Viking Shores (2012)[edit]
The six-episode spin-off season began airing on Animal Planet on April 27, 2012.
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1 "Bad Blood"[4] April 27, 2012 102
The MV Brigitte Bardot heads for the Faroe Islands alone trying to stop whale hunting. The MY Steve Irwin is detained in Scotland for damaging properties of a fishing company in the Mediterranean Sea while attempting to free Atlantic bluefin tuna (detailed in the "Operation Bluefin" special episode below). The Sea Shepherds are not welcome in the Faroes due to past encounters. The crew of the Brigitte Bardot speaks to the Faroese about whaling but are warned not to interfere with whale hunting. Meanwhile, the Sea Shepherds try to smuggle acoustic devices which would be placed underwater along the coast to dispel whales from swimming toward the Faroes, but their attempt is discovered and the devices confiscated.
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2 "Battle Cry"[4] May 4, 2012 103
The Brigitte Bardot and a covert land team continue to patrol the shores of the Faroe Islands for signs of whale hunting. At one location, the crew discovers what they thought are fresh whale bones scattering on the sea bed, which would indicate that whaling has already began. Meanwhile, the Steve Irwin cannot leave Scotland until a bond is paid, forcing Paul Watson to embark on a fundraising campaign. Eventually, the bond is paid and the ship is allowed to leave. The Sea Shepherds receive news that there is an arrest warrant for Watson, but Watson decides to head for the Faroes anyway. Upon arrival, however, Watson is not arrested.
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3 "Into the Fire"[4] May 11, 2012 104
Acting on a tip that a hunt is underway in Vestmanna, both the Sea Shepherd ships and the land team rush to the site to try and intervene, only to find the cove empty and the town deserted. It is then learned that the residents of the town have traveled to the capital city to partake in the annual festival of Ólavsøka. Paul Watson has the land team head to the festival with graphic images of slaughtered pilot whales on their van; they are eventually forced to leave the festival by local authorities. Later on the Brigitte Bardot docks in Tórshavn harbor where they are harassed by locals throughout the night, culminating in one resident attempting to cast off the ship's mooring lines the following morning.
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4 "Friends and Enemies"[4] May 18, 2012 105
The crew of the Brigitte Bardot contacts police and the local who was tampering with the mooring lines leaves after receiving a warning. The Sea Shepherd vessels and the land team continue to patrol the shores for signs of whales. A helicopter and an ultralight aircraft are launched from the Steve Irwin to aid the search. However, the Sea Shepherds are forced to ground the ultralight after receiving words that such aircraft are illegal. The land team discovers a large number of boats gathering at one location. Realizing that this could be a sign that whaling is about to take place, the Sea Shepherds send all their assets there to investigate.
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5 "Collision Course"[4] May 18, 2012 106
The Sea Shepherds discover that the boats are simply gathering for a row boat race, not for a whale hunt. The Sea Shepherds are continuing their patrols of the Faroe Islands when they receive word that the Japanese whaling fleet which they had been opposing for years is preparing to return to the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary to resume operations. The news forces the Sea Shepherds to conclude their operations in the Faroe Islands in order to redeploy to Antarctica. On the final day of operations in the Faroes, the Sea Shepherds find a large pod of pilot whales and successfully drive them away from the islands. While no major whale hunts occurred during the Sea Shepherds' visit, it is revealed that one took place a week after the departure of Sea Shepherd with over 100 pilot whales being killed.
Season 5 (2012)[edit]
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1 "Setting the Trap" June 1, 2012 501
The Sea Shepherds are shocked to learn that the Japanese whaling fleet is preparing to leave Japan and return to the Southern Ocean to resume whaling. They also learn that the whalers have appropriated approximately $30 million in relief funds intended for the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami to augment their security measures, though the full extent of these new security measures are unknown. The Sea Shepherds scramble to intercept the whalers, planning to intercept them south of Indonesia before they can reach the whaling grounds. The short notice also results in Sea Shepherds' helicopter pilot Chris Aultman being unavailable for the campaign, leaving an inexperienced replacement pilot to fill in for him. The Brigitte Bardot detects multiple targets on its radar and the helicopter confirms it to be the whaling fleet, including their primary target; the Nisshin Maru.
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2 "Games of Chance" June 8, 2012 502
After discovering the Nisshin Maru, the Steve Irwin and the Brigitte Bardot prepare to converge on it. However, when the helicopter goes to find it, it has already disappeared. However, the helicopter suddenly finds another ship, which turns out to be the remodeled security ship Shōnan Maru 2. It is not long before the Steve Irwin realizes they are being followed by this ship. Later, when the Brigitte Bardot begins running out of fuel, Captain Watson has to make the tough decision to send the Bob Barker north from the Antarctic whaling grounds to refuel it. As the two ships attempt to rendezvous they both end up in a large storm where a rogue wave hits the Brigitte Bardot, cracking its port-side pontoon and seriously threatening its buoyancy.
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3 "Dead in the Water" June 15, 2012 503
The Brigitte Bardot is slammed by a rogue wave, and water is entering the vessel through a crack in the pontoon. The terrified crew issues a distress call to the rest of the Sea Shepherd fleet, but help is more than 20 hours away. Fighting swells and brutal cold, the crew attempts to hold the pontoon in place with rope and straps. After waiting through the night, some crewmembers are finally rescued by the Bob Barker. With the Shōnan Maru 2 and Steve Irwin closing in on Brigitte Bardot's position, the Bob Barker must head south immediately to avoid being spotted by the Shonan.
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4 "Into the Belly of the Beast" June 22, 2012 504
With the Japanese fleet's security vessel looming on the horizon, the captain of the badly damaged Brigitte Bardot orders his crew to evacuate the boat and transfer to the Steve Irwin which is escorting them back to Australia. Meanwhile in Antarctica, the Bob Barker crosses paths with the Yūshin Maru No. 3 and deploys the small boat teams to disable the harpoon ship so they can escape, though the plan fails when the Bob Barker suffers engine troubles and has to stop to make hasty repairs, allowing the Yūshin to catch up to them. To compound this, one of the small boats suffers damage to its radar and GPS systems when hit by a high-pressure water cannon on the Yūshin Maru No. 3 and is forced to return to the Bob Barker.
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5 "Crossing the Line" June 29, 2012 505
As the Sea Shepherds attempt to transfer non-essential crew from the stricken Brigitte Bardot to the Steve Irwin, the whalers' security ship, the Shōnan Maru 2 closes on the two vessels. Afraid the ship might attempt to interfere with the transfer process, the Sea Shepherds warn the Shōnan to keep her distance. Once the transfer is complete, the Sea Shepherd ships continue to Australia, and watch as the Shōnan Maru 2 crosses into Australian territorial waters, despite the fact that Australian law forbids whaling ships from entering their waters. The Sea Shepherds then launch the small boats to engage the Shōnan Maru 2, but they are unsuccessful in stopping the security ship. After reaching Fremantle, Paul Watson devises a plan to have volunteers board the Shōnan, hoping to create an international incident which would allow the Steve Irwin to lose the security ship and rejoin the Bob Barker in Antarctica in the hunt for the whalers' factory ship. He gets three volunteers from Australian activist group Forest Rescue, and they begin the operation to board the security ship under cover of darkness. Despite one of the small boats suffering an engine failure en route to the Shōnan Maru 2, all three volunteers manage to successfully board the ship.
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6 "Never Say Die" July 6, 2012 506
With three people on board the Shōnan Maru 2, the Sea Shepherds hope to delay the ship long enough to escape. The plan fails when the Shōnan continues to follow them and they realize the Australian customs ship Ocean Protector would pick up the activists at sea. The Sea Shepherds then send small boats to attach prop foulers, but fail. They are attacked by flashbangs, forcing them to retreat back to the Steve Irwin. Another ship is identified on Steve Irwin's radar, they think it is the Ocean Protector but it turns out to be the Yūshin Maru No. 2. The Yūshin temporarily follows the Steve Irwin while the Shōnan drops off the activists. At night, the small boats engage the Yūshin. They are able to deploy prop foulers but are dismayed to see the Japanese retrieving the prop foulers with hooks and tying them to the ship. The Sea Shepherds try to cut the lines but are violently attacked. Two small boat crew members are injured, one in the face and one in the arm. The Sea Shepherds realize that the Japanese are much more prepared this year to deal with their techniques. Meanwhile, the Bob Barker manages to escape from the Yūshin Maru No. 3 by passing through Australia's Macquarie Island.
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7 "Counterstrike"[15] July 13, 2012 507
The injured crew members on the small boats return to the Steve Irwin after which they see the doctor. Meanwhile, the Bob Barker begins searching for the Nisshin Maru. They notice a dot on the radar. Believed that it is a harpoon vessel judging from the speed, they cautiously approach the target hoping it would lead them to the whaling fleet. The plan fails when the ship turns out to be a fishing boat. A helicopter is sent to aid the search. The Sea Shepherds are worried when they lose contact with the helicopter on its return flight. After 25 tense minutes, they are able to reestablish communication with the pilot. The crew on the Steve Irwin have a meeting to rethink their strategy. Paul Watson decides to send all 3 small boats and a jet ski to engage the Yūshin Maru No. 2. The jet ski is used as a distraction while the small boats deploy prop foulers. After most prop foulers fail to work, they deploy the last prop fouler made out of Kevlar. It works, and the Yūshin is dead in the water.
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8 "Target Acquired"[16] July 20, 2012 508
After disabling the Yūshin Maru No. 2, the Steve Irwin begins searching for the Nisshin Maru. As they head south, however, they encounter the Yūshin Maru No. 3. At the same time, Paul Watson realizes that the Steve Irwin only has enough fuel left to return to port. Before departing, he orders the small boats to engage the Yūshin Maru No. 3 with prop foulers. The plan fails when the Japanese lift them up out of the water before they could entangle the propeller. Meanwhile, the Bob Barker heads for the only patch of calm sea in Antarctica, where they find the Nisshin Maru. Both the Yūshin Maru No. 2 and No. 3 also arrive as night falls. Both ships, each towing a prop fouling rope, box the Bob Barker in to slow it down as the Nisshin Maru escapes the Bob Barker' radar range. The Bob Barker continues to follow the whaling fleet as it leaves for Japan. This year the Japanese kill over 260 whales. Watson also announces that the Sea Shepherds plan to purchase another vessel for next year's campaign.
Season 6 (2013)[edit]
Season six consisted of one standalone two hour special that premiered on December 13, 2013 at 9 pm EST.
No. in
series
No. in
season
Title
Original airdate
Production
code[3]
58
1 "A Commander Rises" December 13, 2013 600-120
The Sea Shepherds face a difficult 2013 campaign with the Brigitte Bardot and their helicopter unavailable. The fleet introduces a new ship, the Sam Simon. Former captain of the Steve Irwin, Paul Watson, is forced to step down due to an injunction preventing him from coming within 500 yards of Japanese whaling fleet. All four of the fleet's main ships feature a new captain, with Watson serving as an observer.
The Steve Irwin remains to coordinate the operation. The Bob Barker is sent to search for the whaling fleet and finally locates the Nisshin Maru near the western edge of the whaling ground. However, they sit helplessly as the Japanese successfully kill and load a whale onto the factory ship. The Sam Simon is sent to search for the bunker ship Sun Laurel and finally locates it along with 2 Japanese whaling ships. They attempt to block the refueling, but fail when the rookie captain pulls away, not willing to risk his crew. After hunting, the Nisshin Maru turns east. Realizing that the factory ship is trying to also refuel, the Sea Shepherds send all their ships to interfere. 30 hours later, the ships prepare for the showdown. The 500-tons Bob Barker blocks the 5000-tons Nisshin Maru by parking right next to the Sun Laurel. The Japanese warns the Bob Barker to move but captain Peter Hammarstedt refuses to comply. The Nisshin Maru then pushes the Bob Barker with their bow, damaging the ship and causing it to list dangerously. After a standoff, the Nisshin Maru backs away while the Sun Laurel abandons the operation. Days later, the whaling fleet leaves for Japan with only 103 kills.
Other episodes[edit]
There were two special episodes which were aired in 2012 showing Sea Shepherd's other operations.
No.
Title
Original air date
Production
code
S1
"Operation Bluefin" April 21, 2012 101[14]
The Sea Shepherds attempt to save bluefin tuna from poachers when the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) fails to act. First, they approach a fishing boat legally registered on the bluefin tuna catch register with its nets empty. They next encounter a group of fishing boats with multiple cages. The Sea Shepherds launch their small boats to attempt to cut the nets but are attacked by the fisherman; one of the fishing boats is prop fouled, but is quickly freed. The ICCAT sends a jet and orders the Sea Shepherds to cease. After the tuna fishing season ends, the Sea Shepherds spot a fishing boat towing a net full of tuna. Realizing such operation is illegal, they try to cut the nets but are met with threats of being stabbed. The Steve Irwin crashes straight into the nets, attaches grappling hooks and reverses, so as to rip the nets open; meanwhile, divers from the small boats cut the nets from below. The fishing boat rams the Steve Irwin with little effect. The operation is a success, as they free over 800 tuna. It is revealed that the fishing company has sued the Sea Shepherds for damaging its property.
S2
"Seal Wars" June 8, 2012 N/A
The Sea Shepherds face threats of violence as they attempt to document the brutal clubbing of seals along Namibia's Skeleton Coast. The mission is a success, as they are able to film the dead bodies of seals being unloaded from a truck that came from the seal clubbing beach. The security of the Sea Shepherds is constantly under threat, however, as valuable equipment is stolen and suspicious people are seen at their headquarters; fearing for crew safety, they are eventually forced to flee.
References[edit]
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Whale Wars
Whalewars titlecard.jpg
Title screenshot of season 2.
Genre
Reality
Format
NTSC
Developed by
Charlie Foley
Starring
Paul Watson, Peter Hammarstedt
Narrated by
Jason Hildebrandt
Theme music composer
Billy Corgan
Opening theme
"Bullet with Butterfly Wings" by The Smashing Pumpkins
Country of origin
United States
Original language(s)
English
No. of seasons
6
No. of episodes
58 (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)
Elizabeth Bronstein
Jason Carey
Dee Bagwell Haslam
Location(s)
Southern Ocean
Cinematography
Robert G. Case
Running time
43 minutes (regular)
Production company(s)
RIVR Media
Lizard Trading Company
Broadcast
Original channel
Animal Planet
Original run
November 7, 2008 – present
External links
Website
Whale Wars is a weekly American documentary-style reality television series that premiered on November 7, 2008 on the Animal Planet cable channel. The program follows Paul Watson, founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, as he and the crew aboard their various vessels harass Japanese whalers off the coast of Antarctica.[1] On December 13, 2013, Animal Planet aired the lone two-hour episode in the sixth season.
Contents [hide]
1 History
2 Episodes
3 Synopsis 3.1 Season one
3.2 Season two
3.3 Season three
3.4 Season four
3.5 Season five
3.6 Season six
4 Cast
5 Critical reception
6 Spin-offs
7 References
8 External links
History[edit]
See also: Sea Shepherd Conservation Society operations, Whaling controversy and anti-whaling
In 2007, Discovery Channel began production of a reality show which would cover the activities of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's campaign against Japanese whaling in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary off the coast of Antarctica.[2] The Japanese claim that their whaling is legally research, which Sea Shepherd and others contend is a cover for banned commercial whaling.[3] Sea Shepherd has been both criticized and praised for tactics of direct action sabotage which include throwing stink bombs of butyric acid, as well as ramming, boarding, and otherwise attempting to disable the Japanese vessels.[4]
The program premiered on November 7, 2008, on the Animal Planet cable channel and follows events on the vessel MY Steve Irwin as the group attempts to deter the hunting of Minke, Humpback and Fin whales in the Southern Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, and North Atlantic.[2] The show came at a time when Animal Planet was being re-branded to attract broader audiences and compete with non-animal-centric programming.[5]
Episodes[edit]
Main article: List of Whale Wars episodes
Season
Episodes
Original air dates
Note(s)
Season premiere
Season finale
000 1 7 November 7, 2008 December 19, 2008 N/A
000 2 11 June 5, 2009 August 21, 2009 N/A
000 3 14 June 4, 2010 August 27, 2010 Season includes one special episode[6]
000 4 12 June 3, 2011 August 12, 2011 Season includes two special episodes[6]
000 Viking Shores 5 April 27, 2012 May 18, 2012 Spin-off series
000 5 8 June 1, 2012 July 20, 2012 N/A
000 6 1 December 13, 2013 Consisted of one standalone episode
Other episodes 2 N/A N/A N/A
Synopsis[edit]
Season one[edit]
MY Steve Irwin arriving in Melbourne, 2008.
The 2007–08 Antarctic campaign was named Operation Migaloo, after the only known albino humpback in the world. This campaign was the focus of the first season of Whale Wars, which premiered on November 7, 2008.
On January 15, 2008, after attempting to entangle the whaling vessel's propeller and throwing containers of butyric acid onto the decks,[7] two Sea Shepherd members, Benjamin Potts and Giles Lane, from the Sea Shepherd vessel MV Steve Irwin boarded the Japanese whaling vessel Yushin Maru No. 2 from a rigid-hulled inflatable boat. The pair were delivering a letter advising the Japanese that they were "whaling illegally"[8] with the hope of creating an international incident.[9] The Japanese responded by saying that the men would be held until Sea Shepherd stopped what they called "dangerous and illegal activities."[10]
The crew of the Yushin Maru No. 2 detained the men for two days, before turning them over to the Australian customs vessel MV Oceanic Viking on the orders of Japanese authorities;[8] subsequently, the Steve Irwin rendezvoused with the Oceanic Viking and the two crew-members were returned to Sea Shepherd.[7][11][12] On April 9, first mate Peter Brown was described in a newspaper article as saying that the incident only became a hostage situation because the Sea Shepherd vessel left the scene, so the Japanese would be forced to hold the two crewmen longer. He was quoted as saying, "It's all giant street theater."[13]
On March 3, Sea Shepherd members threw bottles of butyric acid and packages of slippery methyl cellulose powder onto the Japanese vessel Nisshin Maru. Australian foreign minister Stephen Smith condemned Sea Shepherd's actions for potentially causing injury[14] The Japanese Government called in the Australian and Dutch ambassadors to protest the actions and urge those countries to prevent any violence.[15] Watson said: "They are so full of crap. We filmed and photographed the entire thing. Not a single thing landed anywhere near their crew ... It is their way of trying to get sympathy."[16]
The International Whaling Commission issued a statement on March 8, 2008 that "called upon the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society to refrain from dangerous actions that jeopardise safety at sea, and on vessels and crews concerned to exercise restraint."[17] The statement also reiterated earlier IWC resolutions from May and July 2007 that read in part, "The commission and its contracting governments do not condone and in fact condemn any actions that are a risk to human life and property in relation to the activities of vessels at sea."[18][19] The Australian Government also called for all parties to "exercise restraint" and "responsible behaviour" in the Southern Ocean.[20]
On March 17, 2008 Paul Watson claimed that he was shot by the Japanese crew or coast guard personnel during the campaign. The incident is heavily documented during the show in the final episode, and the first six episodes are covered as a buildup to what is portrayed as the major incident during the campaign. The footage in Whale Wars shows Watson standing on the deck of the Steve Irwin while Sea Shepherd crew throws glass bottles filled with butyric acid at the Nisshin Maru whaling vessel.[21] The Japanese respond by throwing flashbang devices. Watson is then shown reaching inside his jacket and bullet-proof vest and remarking "I've been hit." Back inside the bridge of the Steve Irwin, a metal fragment is found inside the vest.[22] The Institute of Cetacean Research has dismissed Sea Shepherd's statements as lies. The Institute and Coast Guard said that they used seven flashbang devices designed to flash and make noise in the air without causing harm.[23] Neither of the two conflicting accounts have been independently verified. The Australian Foreign Affairs Department had condemned "actions by crew members of any vessel that cause injury". Two media releases were made on the same day from the office. One said that the Australian Embassy in Tokyo had been informed by the Japanese that the whalers had "fired warning shots"[24] while the updated version used the phrase "'warning balls' – also known as 'flashbangs' – had been fired", and that no gunshots had occurred.[25]
Season two[edit]
The 2008/09 Antarctic campaign was named Operation Musashi after the 17th-century Japanese strategist Miyamoto Musashi.[26] On December 4, 2008, actress Daryl Hannah joined Sea Shepherd's crew aboard the Steve Irwin to take part in this season's operation.[27]
On February 6, 2009, Watson reported that the Steve Irwin had collided with the Yushin Maru 2 as the Steve Irwin tried to block its attempt to prevent the transfer of a dead whale up the slipway of the factory ship Nisshin Maru. As Watson explained the incident, "We were in the process of blocking the transfer from the Yushin Maru 2 when the Yushin Maru 1 moved directly in front of the bow to block us. I could not turn to starboard without hitting the Yushin Maru 1. I tried to back down but the movement of the Yushin Maru 2 made the collision unavoidable."[28] The Japanese whalers blamed Sea Shepherd for the crash, characterizing the incident as a "deliberate ramming."[29][30] The collision was filmed by cameramen for the Whale Wars reality series,[31] and formed part of a multi-day conflict during which Sea Shepherd attempted to prevent the Japanese fleet from harpooning whales, respectively tried to block whales from being transferred to the factory ship for processing by blockading the Japanese' vessel's slipway. The Japanese made extensive use of LRADs to deter Sea Shepherd. They were also accused of aiming the device at the Steve Irwin's helicopter while in flight, something the group especially condemned, seeing that the helicopter was only engaged in filming, and could have crashed if the pilot had lost control.[32]
Season three[edit]
The Bob Barker docked in Hobart, Tasmania.
The Ady Gil docked in Hobart, Tasmania.
At the start of the campaign, Marjorie Kaplan, president and general manager of Animal Planet, said in a news release: "The issues surrounding whaling in the southern ocean are important and complex. The majesty of these beautiful creatures and the lengths to which the Sea Shepherds will go in order to prevent whaling has made Whale Wars intense and vital television." She also said that Japan had denied requests to film on their vessels.[33]
In June 2009, Sea Shepherd announced its 2009/10 Antarctic campaign, called Operation Waltzing Matilda.[34] The campaign would include the record-breaking Earthrace vessel, now renamed Ady Gil in honor of the benefactor who helped acquire the vessel for Sea Shepherd.[35] The Ady Gil was a futuristic styled ship that held the world record for circumnavigation of the globe by a motorized vessel. The eco-friendly vessel usually ran on a low emission fuel "derived mainly from animal fat, soybeans or other forms of bio-diesel"[36] but was forced by operational reasons to switch to petroleum diesel.[37] Pete Bethune, the operator, said that an agreement was reached with Sea Shepherd for the boat to adopt a support role.[38][39]
In December Paul Watson and his crew of 40 left with the Steve Irwin from Fremantle, Australia, and Ady Gil left from Hobart, Tasmania. It was well publicized that the Sea Shepherds had added more vessel firepower to keep up with the larger, faster and more numerous whaling vessels. What they kept secret, however, was that Bob Barker, famous for "The Price Is Right" and one of the best-known personalities in the world of animal activism, donated funds to purchase a third vessel to add to the Sea Shepherd's fleet. Ironically, the ship is a former Norwegian whaling vessel but has since been renamed and refitted. With a crew of 26 and led by Chuck Swift and first officer and Whale Wars veteran Peter Hammarstedt, the Bob Barker was docked off the coast of Africa on the island nation of the Republic of Mauritius, until it was ready to join its Sea Shepherd colleagues and engage in a surprise "engagement" to stop whaling.
Season four[edit]
The Gojira docked in Hobart, Tasmania.
In season four, Sea Shepherd's "Operation No Compromise"[40] started with the whaling season in early December 2010, and lasted through February 2011 at which point the Japanese ceased whaling operations.[41] The episodes began airing on Animal Planet on June 3, 2011. The campaign included a new interceptor vessel joining the Sea Shepherd fleet – MV Gojira (or Godzilla) – replacing the role of the Ady Gil.[42][43] Sea Shepherd pilot Chris Aultman also received a larger, faster, and longer range MD 500 5-seat helicopter to replace his previous aircraft, a 3-seat Sikorsky S-300.
Season five[edit]
On December 27, 2011, Animal Planet renewed the series for a fifth season[44] for the Antarctic / Southern Ocean campaign dubbed "Operation Divine Wind", which ran from December 16, 2011 to March 14, 2012.[45] The campaign (Season 5) was televised in June 2012 on Animal Planet. It debuted on June 1, 2012 and was preceded by a one-hour documentary called Whale Wars: Battle Scars which highlighted the previous seasons and set the stage for the new season.
Season six[edit]
On September 20, 2012 Paul Watson began marshaling resources for another campaign named 'Zero Tolerance', which was launched in November 2012 and lasted into March 2013. Airing of the proceedings of operation 'Zero Tolerance' for the sixth season of Whale Wars began in December 2013.[46] The two-hour special was the only episode for the sixth season.[47]
Cast[edit]
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Name
Nationality
Role in the program
Notes
Paul Watson Canada Former Captain of the Steve Irwin and "Admiral" of the fleet[48] Founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. One source claims that he did not hold a valid captain's license as of November 2007.[49] He stepped down before the January 2013 whaling season due to legal troubles.
Peter Hammarstedt Sweden
United Kingdom Captain of the MY Bob Barker[48] Former First Mate of the Bob Barker.
Pedro Monteiro USA Second Mate Joined when Peter Hammarstedt moved up ranks.
Luke Van Horn USA Communications Officer
Chris Aultman USA Recon Helicopter Pilot Former U.S. Marine Corps avionics technician.
Garry Dukes Australia Replacement Helicopter Pilot Replaced Chris Aultman as pilot of the Sea Shepherds' helicopter in Season 5 when Aultman was unavailable for the campaign.
James Brook Australia Bosun
Matt Kimura USA Bosun on Bob Barker
Ken Gray Australia Replacement Helicopter Pilot Took over for Garry Dukes as replacement helicopter pilot for the latter half of Season 5.
Malcolm Holland Australia Quartermaster, later Sailing Master
Emily Hunter Canada Quartermaster Daughter of Greenpeace co-founder Robert Hunter.
Elissa Sursara AUS Quartermaster Celebrity conservationist and ecologist.
Eleanor Lister Jersey Quartermaster, Deckhand
Shannon Mann Canada[50] Quartermaster
Amber Paarman South Africa Quartermaster, Cook
Andrew Perry Australia Quartermaster, Leading Deckhand & Coxswain Ministerial Head of Office to Nick McKim,[51] Leader of the Tasmanian Greens.
Laura Dakin Bermuda Chief Cook Former personal chef for Anthony Kiedis of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Benjamin " Pottsy" Potts Australia Chief Cook & Helicopter Assistant, later bosun on the MY Bob Barker One of the two crew-members who boarded a Japanese whaling vessel Yūshin Maru № 2.
Giles Lane United Kingdom Helicopter assistant One of the two crew-members who boarded a Japanese whaling vessel Yushin Maru № 2.
Simon Avery United Kingdom Bosun's Mate & Coxswain
David Jennings USA Bosun's Mate
Arne Feuerhahn Germany Deckhand
Rolf Henning Larsen Norway Communications Officer
Laurens de Groot Netherlands Deckhand Former Dutch police officer. One of the crew of six on board the MY Ady Gil when it collided with the Japanese security vessel Shonan Maru #2.
Don Kehoe Jr. USA Deckhand Retired Long Beach California police officer.
Molly Kendall Australia Deckhand Married Andrew Perry at the end of Season 2 on Scott Island, Antarctica.
Stephen Roest United Kingdom Deckhand
Scott Bell Australia Doctor
Merryn Redenbach Australia Doctor
Charles Hutchings United Kingdom Chief engineer
Dan Villa USA Assistant engineer
Luke Westhead United Kingdom Assistant engineer
Wietse van der Werf Netherlands Ship's Carpenter
Veronika Kristof Hungary
Peter Brown USA Second Mate Involved with Sea Shepherd since 1982. Left halfway through Season 2, resulting in Peter Hammarsted, who was then Second Officer, to move up the First Officer, resulting in Pedro Monteiro, becoming Second Officer. Returned to the campaign in 2011 as Second Mate.
Tod Emko USA Communications Officer
Kim McCoy USA Quartermaster
Wilfred Verkleij Netherlands Communications Officer
Jane Taylor USA Navigation Officer Former U.S. Navy Lieutenant
Chuck Swift USA Captain of the MY Bob Barker (2010)
Pete Bethune New Zealand Former Captain of the MY Ady Gil (2010) Detained after boarding the Shonan Maru 2 to conduct a citizen's arrest on the Captain for the destruction of his vessel, the Ady Gil.
William Gagan USA Videographer
Dave Thomson Canada Deckhand
Alex Cornelissen Netherlands Captain of the MY Bob Barker Joined in 2002 and was Captain of the RV Farley Mowat, currently captain of the MY Bob Barker
Lockhart MacLean France Captain of the MV Brigitte Bardot Former first mate of the Steve Irwin
Unnamed Translator Japan Translator on board the Steve Irwin Identity has been concealed due to fears of retribution towards his/her family in Japan.
Mark Cullivan USA Helicopter Technician Former USAF UH-1N Helicopter Crew Chief
Mikey May New Zealand Quartermaster
Campbell Holland Australia Chief Engineer
Andrea Gordon USA Ship Manager
Rosie Kunneke South Africa Deckhand
Sam Sielen USA Photographer
Michael Beasley Australia Deckhand
Benjamin Jahnel Ecuador Quartermaster
Sara Keltie Australia Deckhand
Gary Stokes United Kingdom Photographer
Doug O'Neil Australia Communications Officer
Siddharth Chakravarty India captain of the MY Steve Irwin
Jonathan Renecle South Africa Captain of the Brigitte Bardot
Chad Halstead USA Delta RHIB driver
Critical reception[edit]
Whale Wars became a hit for the channel and has received mostly positive reviews. While discussing the high ratings, the president and general manager of Animal Planet said that the show was a "great example of where we wanted to go into competitive adult TV."[5] Review aggregation site MetaCritic has scored Whale Wars 71 out of 100 based on 6 reviews.[52] Neil Genzlinger of the New York Times wrote: "Whale Wars splashes across the increasingly exhausted genre of people-at-work reality series like icy seawater, jolting you awake with a frothy, briny burst of — well, you get the idea. This is one spunky show."[53]
The show has also been criticized for being biased, and the Sea Shepherd crew has been ridiculed. Nancy Dewolf Smith of The Wall Street Journal wrote: "What is shocking at first is how unprepared most of these people are for their self-appointed mission as planet savers. Although the word "deadly" is used often to underscore the risks the crew face, alone out in the wild Antarctic seas – their own incompetence can seem the most frightening."[54] The satirists of South Park spoofed the show and the Japanese whalers in the 11th episode of season 13, as "Whale Whores." When one of the South Park characters takes command of the ship, a fake news headline states: "Whale Wars Gets Better: Things Actually Happen!"[55][56][57][58] David Hinckley of the New York Daily News wrote: "Because the cameras obviously operate from the conservation ship – named the Sea Shepherd and, for this voyage, also called the Steve Irwin – we get all the drama on this side and virtually none on the other."[59] Marjorie Kaplan, president and general manager of Animal Planet, says that they have requested access to the Japanese ships for filming but have repeatedly been declined.[33]
Spin-offs[edit]
In March 2012, Animal Planet announced a five-part spin-off titled Whale Wars: Viking Shores which followed Sea Shepherd operations to stop traditional whaling in the Faroe Islands in a mission dubbed "Operation Ferocious Isles" by Sea Shepherd. The series premiered on April 27, 2012.[60] It was preceded by a single-episode documentary called Operation Bluefin which followed Sea Shepherd as they attempted to intervene in what they claimed was illegal poaching of Atlantic bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean Sea during the Libyan civil war in 2011.
A second documentary, Seal Wars, followed members of Sea Shepherd as they attempted to intervene against seal hunting activities on the beaches of Namibia. It aired on the evening of June 8, 2012 prior to the second episode in the fifth season of Whale Wars.
References[edit]
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2.^ Jump up to: a b "Paul Watson: Sea Shepherd eco-warrior fighting to stop whaling and seal hunts". London: Telegraph.co.uk. April 17, 2009. Retrieved July 15, 2009.
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44.Jump up ^ "'Whale Wars' Renewed for 5th Season". Reuters. December 27, 2011. Retrieved January 2, 2012.
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For the 2007 British comedy drama of the same name, see Who Gets the Dog? (ITV drama).
Who Gets the Dog? is a television show on Animal Planet. Three couples get a chance to be around the dog that has been chosen to stay with one of the couples. The show was hosted by Dorothea Coelho.
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Wild Deep
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Genre
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Narrated by
Dave Fennoy
Country of origin
United States
Original language(s)
English
No. of seasons
1
No. of episodes
6
Production
Running time
30 minutes
Production company(s)
Best Film Company
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Original channel
Animal Planet
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480i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Original run
January 22, 2013 – February 5, 2013
Wild Deep is an American documentary television series produced by Best Film Company.[1] The series premiered on Animal Planet on January 22, 2013.[1][2] The series showcases marine life at various regions in the world, such as Africa, Europe, Oceania, and the Americas.[1][3]
References[edit]
1.^ Jump up to: a b c "Animal Planet Unveils the Blueprint of Nature's Most Intriguing Marine Life in Wild Deep". Discovery Press Web. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
2.Jump up ^ "Shows A-Z – wild deep on animal planet". The Futon Critic. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
3.Jump up ^ "Wild Deep Episodes". TV Guide. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
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South Pacific (TV series)
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South Pacific
South Pacific title card
Series title card from UK broadcast
Genre
Nature documentary
Narrated by
Benedict Cumberbatch (BBC)
Mike Rowe (Discovery)
Composer(s)
David Mitcham
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Original language(s)
English
No. of episodes
6
Production
Executive producer(s)
Fiona Pitcher
Running time
50 minutes
Production company(s)
BBC Natural History Unit
Discovery Channel
Broadcast
Original channel
BBC Two
Picture format
SD: 576i
HD: 1080i / 1080p
Audio format
SD: Stereo
HD: DTS 5.1
Original run
10 May 2009 – 14 June 2009
Chronology
Preceded by
Wild China
Followed by
Madagascar
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South Pacific (Wild Pacific in the US) is a British nature documentary series from the BBC Natural History Unit, which began airing on BBC Two on 10 May 2009. The six-part series surveys the natural history of the islands of the South Pacific region, including many of the coral atolls and New Zealand. It was filmed entirely in high-definition. South Pacific was co-produced by the Discovery Channel and the series producer was Huw Cordey.[1] It is narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch. Filming took place over 18 months in a variety of remote locations around the Pacific including: Anuta (Solomon Islands), Banks Islands, French Frigate Shoals, Papua New Guinea, Palmyra, Kingman Reef, Tuvalu, Palau, Caroline Islands, Tuamotus and Tanna Island in Vanuatu.
On 6 May 2009, BBC Worldwide released a short clip of big wave surfer Dylan Longbottom surfing in slow motion, high-definition footage as a preview of the series, attracting extremely positive reactions on the video sharing website YouTube.[2]
The series was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on 15 June 2009. At the end of each fifty-minute episode, a ten-minute featurette takes a behind-the-scenes look at the challenges of filming the series.
The series was released by Discovery International in the USA under the title Wild Pacific, with narration provided by Mike Rowe.
Contents [hide]
1 Episodes 1.1 1. "Ocean of Islands"
1.2 2. "Castaways"
1.3 3. "Endless Blue"
1.4 4. "Ocean of Volcanoes"
1.5 5. "Strange Islands"
1.6 6. "Fragile Paradise"
2 Title music
3 Merchandise
4 References
5 External links
Episodes[edit]
1. "Ocean of Islands"[edit]
UK broadcast 10 May 2009, 2.49 million viewers (9.2% audience share)[3]
The opening episode presents an overview of the natural history of the region, introducing some of the themes that are explored in more detail in later programmes. The South Pacific covers a vast area, and less than 1% is land, ranging from the Hawaiian Islands north of the equator to New Zealand in the south. On Macquarie Island, the most southerly outpost before Antarctica, springtime sees the arrival of huge numbers of elephant seals. Aerial footage shows the entire world population of royal penguins, which nest here in a single colony. Cold ocean currents flow all the way to the Galápagos Islands, 8000 miles away, enabling sea lions and penguins to survive on the equator. Isolation has enabled the region's wildlife to evolve in unusual ways. On Metoma, robber crabs, the world's largest terrestrial invertebrates, are filmed massing at night to feed on coconuts. On Hawaii, the most isolated archipelago of all, the caterpillars have turned carnivorous. There is an incredible diversity of human cultures and customs too, despite colonisation taking place relatively recently. The men of Pentecost Island leap from timber scaffold towers with only a vine tied to their ankles to break their falls. On small islands such as Anuta, people have fostered strong communities and sustainable hunting, farming and fishing practices to make up for the limited availability of food. The story of Easter Island, where a whole civilization brought about their own downfall through over-exploitation of their resources, is a lesson from history.[4]
2. "Castaways"[edit]
The recently discovered Fijian crested iguana caused scientists to reconsider how terrestrial species colonise new islandsUK broadcast 17 May 2009, 2.58 million viewers (9.6% audience share)[3]
The second instalment looks at how plants, animals and humans colonised even the most remote islands. Most pioneers came from the west, with New Guinea acting as the launch pad. The saltwater crocodile is one species which managed to swim the 60-mile crossing to the next island group, the Solomons. The mass spawning of groupers on a Solomon Island reef releases millions of eggs, which drift on ocean currents to establish new populations. The activity allows grey reef sharks to snatch a few distracted groupers. Few animals made it to Fiji, Tonga and Samoa, 1000 miles further east. Fruit bats were the only mammals to cross the ocean divide, but smaller animals were carried here by cyclones and jet stream winds. In the absence of ground predators, invertebrates have reached monstrous proportions. Fijian crested iguanas are thought to have floated here on rafts of vegetation. Seabirds have made the crossing to French Polynesia, where their rich guano helped fertilise barbed seeds stuck to their feathers and turn barren coral atolls into fertile groves. One plant needs no such help. Coconuts can survive drifting for two months at sea and lay roots into bare sand. Before the arrival of humans, fewer than 500 species colonised Hawaii in 30 million years. Once established, they evolved into countless new varieties. The story of human colonisation is no less remarkable. The ancestors of modern Polynesians, most probably Lapitas of Southeast Asia, arrived in Fiji 3,500 years ago and Hawaii 2,000 years ago.[5]
3. "Endless Blue"[edit]
A sooty tern flies over a seabird colony on French Frigate ShoalsUK broadcast 24 May 2009, 1.42 million viewers (5.3% audience share)[3]
The third programme begins in the tropics, where a white sperm whale calf stays close to its mother. The 19th century story of the Essex, with its whalemen stranded in their lifeboats after a sperm whale attack is used to illustrate the difficulty of surviving in the open ocean. The currents which circle the South Pacific support huge shoals and an incredible variety of life, but much of the centre is an ocean desert. Nutrients are trapped at depth by the thermocline, making the windless surface clear but barren. Life can be tough for large predators. Some, including short-finned pilot whales, can dive to great depths to hunt squid. Others, like rare oceanic whitetip sharks, track the whales hoping for scraps or a chance to seize a young calf. The waters around the Galápagos teem with life thanks to the cool, nutrient-rich Antarctic current. Underwater footage shows penguins, manta rays and sea lions feeding. The sea lions work together to divide shoals into smaller bait balls, and blow bubbles into the reef to scare fish out. Seabirds are great ocean wanderers, but all must return to land to breed. On French Frigate Shoals, frigatebirds take sooty tern chicks from their nests, whilst offshore a dozen tiger sharks snatch any unfortunate black-footed albatross chicks that get their maiden flight wrong. Dusky dolphins and bull sperm whales are filmed in the waters off New Zealand, where an exhausted whale beached in a shallow bay is guided back out to sea by rescue boats.[6]
4. "Ocean of Volcanoes"[edit]
Like all South Pacific islands, the mountainous Society Islands are volcanic in originUK broadcast 31 May 2009, 2.29 million viewers (9.9% audience share)[3]
The fourth instalment opens with rare footage of Kavachi, an undersea volcano, erupting. The South Pacific islands are typically volcanic in origin, and those of Hawaii are among the youngest. Kilauea’s rivers of lava flow directly into the sea, where they cool rapidly and release steam explosively. Pioneering species such as ōhia lehua colonise new land, putting roots down through the cracks into subterranean lava tubes where strange troglobites eke out their existence. In the Galápagos Islands, penguins take advantage of the cool shade of lava tubes to raise their chicks, but predatory Sally Lightfoot crabs lie in wait in the shadows. On the Solomons, megapodes bury their eggs in the warm ash of an active volcano, a natural incubator. Aerial photography of Mauna Kea, the Society Islands, Bora Bora and Rangiroa shows how erosion changes the character of volcanic islands over time. Eventually they sink back into the sea, leaving behind coral atolls and sheltered lagoons. Channels between ocean and lagoon attract feeding manta rays. The region’s coral reefs are the richest in the world-–the pristine Kingman Reef, a sunken volcano, has over 200 kinds of coral alone. Underwater footage includes giant clams spawning, grey reef sharks hunting needlefish by night and a timelapse sequence of a Triton’s trumpet engulfing a crown-of-thorns starfish. Reef fish are also agents of erosion-–the bumphead parrotfish chews through coral and excretes it as sand. The final scene shows huge swarms of jellyfish in the marine lakes of Palau, the jewel of Micronesia.[7] This episode is titled "Rising Lands" on Region 1 DVD.
5. "Strange Islands"[edit]
The giant stone Moai of Easter Island are a solemn reminder of a fallen civilizationUK broadcast 7 June 2009, 2.15 million viewers (8.7% audience share)[3]
The fifth programme looks at the unusual animal life of the South Pacific. Species have evolved new behaviour to take advantage of ecological niches. On New Guinea, kangaroos such as the dingiso have become arboreal, taking the place of monkeys. The lack of predators on the ground has resulted in more flightless birds than anywhere else on Earth, including the kagu from New Caledonia. The Solomon Islands are home to the monkey-tailed skink, the largest of its kind. Unlike any of its relatives, it has a prehensile tail, forms social bonds and has turned vegetarian. The differing bill shapes of Hawaii’s honeycreepers are used to illustrate how one colonising species can evolve into many specialists. In New Zealand, Fiordland crested penguins raise their chicks in the forests and short-tailed bats behave more like mice, hunting wetas on the ground. The fate of some New Zealand animals illustrates the fragility of island life. The kakapo, once a successful and abundant herbivore, was defenceless against Māori hunters and introduced predators. There are now 70 million Australian possums in New Zealand’s forests, where they out-compete native wildlife. Controlling introduced species is a huge problem across the South Pacific. Wild tuataras can still be found on Stephens Island, but the flightless wren was not so lucky – the last of its kind were killed by pet cats before it was declared a new species. The collapse of the Rapanui civilization on Easter Island shows that human beings are not immune to this precarious existence.[8]
6. "Fragile Paradise"[edit]
UK broadcast 14 June 2009, 1.99 million viewers (9.4% audience share)[3]
The final episode focuses on the environmental problems facing the South Pacific. Climate change threatens many islands, because they are low-lying and could be engulfed by rising seas. On Tuvalu, seawater bubbles up through the ground at high tides, making evacuation a realistic possibility. Oceans absorb half of all atmospheric CO2, but this turns them acidic, preventing sea creatures from building calciferous shells. The most immediate threat is overfishing. Reef damage by boats and tourism affects fish populations, but coral gardeners in Fiji have a solution. They harvest and grow corals artificially, then transplant them back to damaged reefs. Different fishing methods are compared, from sustainable pole and line fishing practised by Solomon Islanders to long-line fishing, which has endangered albatross populations across the region. Commercial fishing vessels lay huge purse seine nets, large enough to catch 150 tonnes at a time. Cameras follow the action inside the net as a haul of yellowfin and skipjack tuna are brought to the surface. Greenpeace's flagship Esperanza patrols the high seas, unprotected pockets of ocean where fishing is unregulated. Less than 1% of the Pacific is protected, and yet up to 90% of its large predatory fish may have been lost already. A Fijian community reef is proof that protection could yet work. Tourism benefits from divers prepared to pay for close encounters with bull and tiger sharks, and fishermen benefit from increased stocks. An international conservation effort also helped save humpback whales, as numbers have recovered since the whaling ban.[9]
Title music[edit]
The music in the title sequence is a ukelele medley of "Over the Rainbow" performed by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole. The original song was sung by Judy Garland in the movie The Wizard of Oz.
Wild Pacific US DVD cover
Merchandise[edit]
DVD and Blu-ray Disc were released to accompany the TV series:
A Region 2, 2-disc DVD set (BBCDVD2940) and a Blu-ray Disc set (BBCBD0047) featuring all six full-length episodes was released on 15 June 2009.
A Region 1, 2-disc DVD set (B002BEXDXY) and a Blu-ray Disc set (B002BEXDXO) featuring all six full-length episodes was released on 14 July 2009. This version is known as Wild Pacific.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "BBC Showcase 2009 - Natural History". BBC Worldwide. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
2.Jump up ^ "HD: Super Slo-mo Surfer! - South Pacific - BBC Two". BBC Worldwide via Youtube. Retrieved 8 May 2009.
3.^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "Weekly Top 30 Programmes". BARB. Retrieved 19 October 2009. (data available for South Pacific broadcast weeks by searching archive)
4.Jump up ^ Produced by Huw Cordey (2009-05-10). "Ocean of Islands". South Pacific. BBC. BBC Two.
5.Jump up ^ Produced and directed by Mark Brownlow (2009-05-17). "Castaways". South Pacific. BBC. BBC Two.
6.Jump up ^ Produced and directed by Mark Brownlow (2009-05-24). "Endless Blue". South Pacific. BBC. BBC Two.
7.Jump up ^ Produced and directed by Chiara Bellati (2009-05-31). "Ocean of Volcanoes". South Pacific. BBC. BBC Two.
8.Jump up ^ Produced and directed by Jonathan Clay (2009-06-07). "Strange Islands". South Pacific. BBC. BBC Two.
9.Jump up ^ Produced and directed by Jonathan Clay (2009-06-14). "Fragile Paradise". South Pacific. BBC. BBC Two.
External links[edit]
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Wild Recon
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Wild Recon (Tuesdays at 9:00 pm Eastern/8:00 pm Central) is hosted by animal expert Donald Schultz. The show hosts many deadly animals such as: death adder, saltwater crocodile, lion and many other countless species that can take lives in an instance. Near the beginning of the show Donald states where he is, the main animals he's looking for, and then says "This is not a stunt; this is my job" and jumps out of the helicopter. Schultz's mission is to extract venom and other rare attributes of some of the world's deadliest, most intriguing animals. These samples are used to catalog information of lesser known species as well as research possible antidotes and medicinal uses. The first episode aired on Tuesday, January 5, 2010 at 9 pm Eastern time on Animal Planet.
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1 Episodes
2 Special episode
3 Incidents
4 External links
Episodes[edit]
A list of episodes of the first season of Wild Recon, as well as the area(s) Donald Schultz traveled to.
1.Alien Invasion--- Australia
2.Rampage---------- Sri Lanka
3.Bounty Hunter---- Belize
4.Border War------- South Africa
5.Bitten----------- Australia
6.Desert Venom----- Jordan
7.Lost Worlds------ Tanzania, South Africa, Mozambique
8.Hidden Cures----- Costa Rica
9.Moving Target---- Swaziland
10.Ocean Killers---- Bahamas, California, Florida
Special episode[edit]
"Venom in Vegas"
In this episode of Wild Recon, Donald Schultz lives in a clear box full of snakes for ten days. Schultz starts with 50 snakes, and is continuously introduced to more at a pace of 5 per day. Schultz is acquainted with species such as black mambas, rattlesnakes, and puff adders. Appropriate precautions were taken so that in the event that Schultz was bitten, medics would be on the scene instantly. During the ten days he is rooming with snakes, Donald extracts samples to learn more about the species. He claims his mission is to show people that humans can live along with snakes, regardless of whether they are venomous or not.
Incidents[edit]
On the episode "Bitten" Donald is injected by a type of tree snake and his arm begins to swell, but he makes it on, and gets DNA samples from the elusive platypus.
External links[edit]
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Wild Rescues is an American documentary television program about rescuing animals and people. It was shown on the channel Animal Planet.
Episode in 1997: included family saved by their hamster when hamster alerted 7 year-old to fire in her bedroom
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Wild Russia is a six-episode series of documentaries about the wilderness in Russia (original title in German: Wildes Russland) made by the German NDR Naturfilm/Studio Hamburg Doclights (executive producer: Jörn Röver) for NDR/WDR/S4C/Animal Planet and National Geographic in 2009.[1] The German version of NDR Blu-ray (also DVD) was narrated by Christian Brückner, and its English version was narrated by Clifford Wells. The National Geographic version was narrated by Paterson Joseph. It was re-edited and aired by Animal Planet in the United States,[2] narrated by Jason Hildebrandt.[3]
The cinematography of Wild Russia is breathtakingly beautiful and grandiose, and is similar in scope and quality to the best nature documentaries the BBC has to offer. The original version (which has both a German and an English soundtrack) and the National Geographic version are so different in content and layout that each can be viewed as a unique, separate show.
Episodes[edit]
The series (series producer: Henry M. Mix) consisted of 6 episodes.[4] The National Geographic version was aired in the following order:
Siberia, director Tobias Mennle
Kamchatka, director Christian Baumeister
Arctic, director Uwe Anders
Caucasus titled The Great Divide, director Tom Synnatzschke
Primorye titled The Secret Forest, director Henry M. Mix
Urals titled Primeval Valleys, director Oliver Goetzl
The Animal Planet version was aired in the following order:
Kamchatka
Primorye
Siberia
Caucasus
Arctic
Urals
The German NDR version was aired and arranged on DVD and Blu-ray discs in the following order:
Caucasus titled The Caucasus (Der Kaukasus)
Urals titled The Urals (Der Ural)
Siberia (Sibirien)
Arctic titled The Arctic (Die Arktis)
Primorye titled The Far East (Der Ferne Osten)
Kamchatka (Kamtschatka)
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Entry at IMDB
2.Jump up ^ http://animal.discovery.com/videos/wild-russia-videos/
3.Jump up ^ http://animal.discovery.com/videos/wild-russia-videos/
4.Jump up ^ Wild Russia TV Show in National Geographic TV
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