Mysteries of the Deep

Never did I ever think I would turn off a Jeremy Wade show but 10 minutes in on episode 1, I did just that. Do more Mighty Rivers, that expanded on the fishing elements and was really informative.

As a keen watcher of Jeremy in his river monsters series I had high hopes for this. Sadly he's just the front man really. You get Jeremy intoducing the "mystery" (he's always standing on a rock in what looks like Cornwall) then you get the usual regurgitated, endless done to death Discovery type mystery story. You wont be much the wiser for watching this series, and you wont see much of JW either. It's ok if your bored, but if your hoping to to learn anything you'll be better off watching something else.

He is so calm and knows how to present whatever he wants to present... alot of the bad ratings is only based on old viewers... dont forget that there are alot of young people watching these kind of information programs who does not know about these things... Apart from David Attenborough, Jeremy Wade is next on my list of favorite TV presenters... everything today is a copy... its all about how you do the job and if you get out to the new and younger crowd... and Jeremy does that perfectly... yes he is not as involved in this as he is in his other work like River Monsters etc. But it was also his dream to be able to teach about freshwater monsters and the environment. Mysteries of the deep is awesome!

This series makes me miss Jeremy's hands on investigating and offcourse fishing. It had to happen at some point offcourse! Will always have the memories and offcourse repeats!

I'm a big fan of Jeremy Wade although I've not watched all of his shows but this one caught my attention because of the mystery element to it. I love a good mystery and this series had several of my favorite tales as well as some new ones I had not heard of. Every episode was entertaining and several experts brought their own unique perspectives to each story adding to the mysteries. I also liked how they didn't stick to one single mystery per episode and instead chose to introduce a few related mysteries as well. And as usual, Mr Wade brings his usual magic to draw you in and listen closely. Jeremy Wade doing what he does best!