Who is Jeremy Wade and is he still filming River Monsters?
TV show River Monsters sees angler Jeremy Wade look into some mysterious creatures that lurk in the depths of our waters.
The programme has been a mainstay on the network with people tuning in every week to see what he is coming face to face with.
Who is Jeremy Wade?
Jeremy Wade is best-known for presenting TV show River Monsters, where he looks to find answers investigating local stories of weird sightings around the world.
He grew up in Ipswich and took to fishing from an early age.
Fishing in the River Stour, he says it was inevitable that he grew an interest as his village had a river running through it.
Wade has a degree in Zoology and a postgraduate teaching certificate in Biological Sciences.
As a result of his travels he is fluent in Portuguese, Spanish and French.
His first trip abroad was to India and on his return he began to write some articles on his experiences there for a fishing magazine.
In 2005, he returned once again and it was on this trip that the idea for the TV show came to him after speaking with locals about tales of mysterious goings on in the waterways there.
Is Jeremy Wade still filming River Monsters?
The popular TV show ended in 2017 after its ninth series on Animal Planet.
Having premiered back in 2009, River Monsters had quite a spell of success but the reasons for pulling the show are still unknown.
Wade himself continued to produce similar programmes such as Mighty Rivers, Dark Waters, Mysteries of the Deep and Unknown Waters.
Was Jeremy Wade in a plane crash?
Prior to his starring role on River Monsters, Jeremy Wade was filming some aerial shots on a another project in 2002.
They were in a single-engine aircraft when something went wrong with the engine when they were making a descent to land.
He recounts how at the time he could just see the tops of the trees coming closer to them and the pilot tried to keep the plane level as they came down.
They hit a rubber tree which helped with their impact and ended up in a swamp where all five people on the plane walked away unscathed.
Wade said that it did subsequently cause a fear of flying in him but with the nature of his work, this was not something he could allow to grow, so he had to continue.
Is Jeremy Wade married and does he have any children?
Wade is quite private about his personal life but it seems he is not married and never has been.
He also does not have any children.
Rumours began circulating that the presenter and angler had got married in a secret wedding but this was found to be untrue.
Pictures that he had shared of him with women, in particular with one companion and her children, fuelled this but the claims were unfounded.
What is Jeremy Wade’s net worth?
It is believed that Wade has a net worth in the region of $2m.
All of which has been earned during his professional career.