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British television presenter and author

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. He is regarded as one of the most accomplished anglers of all time, having traveled the world and caught a multitude of different species of fresh and saltwater fish.

Personal life

Jeremy Wade was born in Ipswich and brought up in Nayland where his father was a vicar.^[2] 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 has worked as a secondary school biology teacher in Kent.^[3]

At various times during his journeys abroad, Wade has caught malaria, been threatened at gunpoint, and survived a plane crash.^[4] He is fluent in Portuguese, which he studied during