RIVER MONSTERS SERIES 6 (6 x 60 min plus 1 x 120)

1. MAN-EATING MONSTER

2. AMAZON APOCALYPSE

3. BONE CRUSHER

4. JUNGLE TERMINATOR

5. RIVER OF BLOOD

6. BODY SNATCHER

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MAN-EATING MONSTER

GUYANA – Lau-Lau (Piraiba)

All over the Amazon, biologist and freshwater detective, Jeremy Wade has heard stories of a monster that grows so large, it’s said to swallow men whole. Locals call it the lau-lau but after 20 years of searching, from to and , the evidence Jeremy needs - a single colossal specimen, stills eludes him. Now though, he’s discovered a secret, untouched location deep in ’s remote rainforests where he suspects they may be thriving. Imbedding himself in the wild jungle, this time it’s different: he’s not coming back until he catches it.

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AMAZON APOLCALYPSE

Brazil - , Rio Negro, Padauiri River

Redbelliy , black , amazon river , piracatinga, açu, armoured , black piranha, piraiba, .

It was hailed as the safest boat on the river, but when the Sobral Santos sank on a pitch-black night it’s said many of the passengers were eaten alive. The death toll ran into the hundreds, and dwarfs all of explorer Jeremy Wade’s previous investigations combined – so what was to blame? A river this vast hides many dangerous secrets, and Jeremy will have to travel hundreds of miles to retrace the doomed boat’s last voyage. On the way he faces adversaries, old and new, as he goes to extreme lengths to uncover what on Earth was behind the Amazon Apocalypse.

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BONE CRUSHER

Brazil - Anaconda

When a corpse is found with highly unusual injuries, extreme angler Jeremy Wade instinctively knows that he’s on the trail of a new monster. Digging deeper, he soon uncovers the dead body is only the tip of the iceberg – there’s also been a spate of unexplained disappearances and people have seen a huge unknown creature patrolling the water. Could all three things be connected? To solve this mystery Jeremy confronts one of his biggest fears and encounters a river monster that he’s never dealt with before.

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JUNGLE TERMINATOR

Brazil, Colombia & Peru – Electric Eel

Biologist and freshwater detective Jeremy Wade continues his year of Amazon exploration, investigating three mysterious deaths in three separate countries – Peru, Colombia and Brazil. The bodies have been recovered with bizarre injuries, the likes of which Jeremy has never seen before. In a bid to get to the truth, Jeremy embarks on his most remote mission yet, crossing dangerous borders and passing through the territories of warring tribes to live with the Matis - a mysterious, secretive tribe, deep in the Brazilian Amazon. Can they get him closer to the terrifying creature he’s come so far to find?

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RIVER OF BLOOD

Argentina - Uruguay River, Parana River, Esteros Del Ibera

Golden Dorado, Boga, Piranha, Suribi, Bagre Catfish

The Amazon’s predator-filled waters don’t stop at the edge of the rainforest – they infiltrate out into a desolate and dangerous hinterland of rivers and marshes, where angler and explorer Jeremy Wade hears reports of a brutal underwater mutilation that severed a young man’s prospects. This is an often-lawless, forgotten place home to some lethal and bloodthirsty creatures. Others baulk at the prospect of hunting down new river monsters out here, but on a mission that will bring him face to face with one of ’s greatest freshwater fighting fish Jeremy is determined to hunt down the slasher stalking ’s River of Blood.

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BODY SNATCHER

GUYANA – Rupununi River, Rewa River

Arapaima, Red-tailed catfish, black piranha

From the extreme north of South America, freshwater detective Jeremy Wade hears rumors of a body-snatching spirit said to drag men deep into the river, never to be seen again. A predatory freshwater mermaid, locals call her the Water Mama . She may be a beast of mythology, but the carnage she leaves in her wake is all too real. People are disappearing without trace, one by one from these waters and Jeremy is convinced there is a flesh and blood River Monster lurking behind the legend of the Killer Mermaids.

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