Jeremy Wade

Jeremy John Wade (born 23 March 1956) is a British television presenter, an author of books on angling, and a biologist. He is known for his television series River Monsters, Mighty Rivers, and Dark Waters.

Early life Jeremy Wade was born in Ipswich and brought up in Nayland where his father was a vicar. He attended Dean Close School and has a degree in zoology from Bristol University and a postgraduate teaching certificate in biological sciences from the University of Kent. He previously worked as a secondary school biology teacher in Kent.

Career At a young age, Jeremy Wade became interested in fishing; he began as a child when he was living in East Anglia, on the banks of Suffolk's River Stour. "The village where I grew up had a river flowing through it. So it was inevitable, I think, that I should be drawn to it in the same way that people born in sight of Alpine peaks become climbers. My first attempts to catch fish, age seven or eight, were unsuccessful, but then I had some guidance from a school friend and after my first catch I never looked back. My parents were happy for me to stay out all day and a big part of my fishing was wanting to find new places, a process that has continued to this day."

In 1982, Wade made his first overseas trip, to India's mountain rivers. Recalling this journey, Wade stated that trip was very hard going. "I took just £200 ($265.62 USD) to last me three months but I managed to catch some fish such as Himalayan mahseer up to 18 pounds". Upon his return to England, Wade wrote a couple of articles about his experiences in India for a fishing magazine. "Despite the discomfort of travelling at such a basic level, there was a real feeling of achievement and I immediately started saving money to go somewhere else. I wasn't sure where at that point but I knew there must be other exotic fish out there, although probably not as well documented as Mahseer, but possibly even more spectacular." He had previously covered the fish in the River Monsters episode "Vampires of the Deep".

When the River Monsters episode "Deep Sea Demons" aired in 2016, Wade officially became known as one of the very few people in history to witness a live, healthy oarfish.

In 2016, while filming on a remote island near Australia, Wade and his crew stumbled upon a man who had become stranded on the island after losing his boat while digging for oysters. The man, identified as Tremaine, had been stranded on the island for two days before Wade and his crew found him. Part of this incident was aired during the River Monsters episode "Death Down Under" (48th episode of the series), but after Wade's crew rehydrated the man, one crew member took the man for medical care while Wade and the rest of the crew continued their investigation.

In 2018, Wade was recruited to host the Animal Planet documentary series Mighty Rivers, in which he investigates the disappearance of freshwater giants from the world's most iconic rivers. In 2019, Wade would go on to the Animal Planet documentary series Dark Waters, which explored unexplained sightings of mythical beasts across the world. In 2020, he began a new TV series, Mysteries of the Deep, where he explores underwater mysteries, ranging from the Loch Ness Monster to the Bermuda Triangle.

Personal life

At various times during his journeys abroad, he has caught malaria, been threatened at gunpoint, and survived a plane crash. He is fluent in Portuguese, which he studied during the many years he spent fishing in Brazil, and also speaks French, Spanish, and some Mandarin.

Filmography + Film appearances of Jeremy Wade 1986 Allah RakhaActing debut, extra 2007 Jungle Hooks 2009–2017 River Monsters 2011 River Monsters: The Lost Reels 2014 Blood Lake: Attack of the Killer Lampreys Lamprey Expert 2018 Celebrating World Fish Migration Day 2018 Short film, host 2018 Mighty Rivers 2019 Dark Waters 2020 Expedition Unknown Season 8, Episode 116 2020–2022 Mysteries of the Deep 2021 Unknown Waters with Jeremy Wade

Publications Boote P and Wade J (1994) Somewhere Down the Crazy River Coronet. – classic angling book. Wade, Jeremy (2011) River Monsters: True Stories of the Ones that Didn't Get Away Da Capo Press. . Wade, Jeremy (2019) How to Think Like a Fish: And Other Lessons from a Lifetime in Angling. .