Deadliest Catch
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| Genre | Reality television (Documentary Style) |
| Running time | 45 Minutes |
| Creator(s) | Thom Beers |
| Starring | Mike Rowe (Narrator) |
| Country of origin | USA |
| Original channel | Discovery Channel |
| Original run | April 12, 2005–June 13, 2006 |
| No. of episodes | 22 (2 seasons) |
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Deadliest Catch is a documentary-style television series that documents the events onboard six fishing ships in the Bering Sea during the Alaskan king crab and Opilio crab fishing seasons. The show is named "Deadliest Catch" because the crew of these ships are at a high risk of death or injury due to the conditions of the sea during the seasons they fish. The show was created after the success of a three-part miniseries about Alaskan crab fishing called America's Deadliest Season (also created by Thom Beers). Deadliest Catch premiered on the Discovery Channel on April 12, 2005. The first season had ten episodes with the last airing on June 14, 2005. Season two was filmed one year later and began airing on March 28, 2006. The opening theme for the TV airings for both seasons is "Wanted Dead or Alive" by Bon Jovi although this song is not used on the official DVD release of the first season. In North America, the series is narrated by Mike Rowe, the host of Discovery Channel's Dirty Jobs. Bill Petrie narrates the show in Europe.
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[edit] Format
The series follows six fishing ships and their crews throughout the dangerous crab fishing seasons. The show emphasizes the danger to the crew on the decks of these ships. Each episode has a focus on a story or situation that occurs on one or more ships, on the background story and particular activities of one or two crew members, in particular the Greenhorns (inexperienced crew members) on several ships.
[edit] Vessels
The show is filmed onboard various fishing vessels, some of which change between seasons:
- Aleutian Ballad (3 episodes in Season 2)
- Captain: Jerry Tilley
- Big Valley (Season 1)
- Captain: Gary Edwards, 46, of Kodiak
- The Big Valley sunk January 16th, 2005. 5 of the 6 crew were killed, 3 never found. Cache Steel (sp) was the only survivor.
- Captain Gary Edwards demonstrated the emergency equipment and survival suits on the show.
- The Big Valley sunk January 16th, 2005. 5 of the 6 crew were killed, 3 never found. Cache Steel (sp) was the only survivor.
- Captain: Gary Edwards, 46, of Kodiak
- Billikin (Season 1)
- Captain: Jeff Weeks
- Cornelia Marie (Season 2)
- Captain: Phil Harris
- Fierce Allegiance - The largest ship in the series. (Season 1)
- Captain: Tony LaRussa
- Lady Alaska (Season 1)
- Captain: Pete Liske
- Lucky Lady - The smallest ship in the series. (Season 1)
- Captain: Vince Shavender
- Maverick (Seasons 1 & 2)
- Captain: Rick Quashnick
- Northwestern (Seasons 1 & 2)
- Captain: Sig Hansen
- Retriever (Season 1)
- Captain: Jim Stone
- Rollo (Season 2)
- Captain: Stein Eric Nyhammer
- Saga (Season 1)
- Captain: Roger Strong
- Sea Star (Season 1)
- Captain: Larry Hendricks
- Time Bandit (Season 2)
- Captain: John Hillstrand & Andy Hillstrand
- Western Viking (Season 1)
- Captain: Coleman Anderson
