Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan

Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan
Genre reality, documentary
Developed by Jenn Kuzmyk Ruch and Dominic Monaghan
Presented by Dominic Monaghan
No. of series 2
No. of episodes 18
Production
Executive producer(s) Dominic Monaghan
Dave Brady
Cinematography Frank Vilaca
Running time 60 minutes
Distributor BBC Worldwide
Broadcast
Original channel BBC America
Channel 5 (series 1)
Original run 22 January 2013 – present
External links
Official site

Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan is a wildlife documentary series commissioned by Channel 5 and BBC America and presented by actor Dominic Monaghan, who also serves as an executive producer for the show.[1][2] Each hour-long episode follows Monaghan, an avid outdoorsman, as he travels to a new exotic location in search of "some of the most dangerous and elusive creatures known to man."[1] The show's 8-episode first series premiered in the UK on 9 November 2012 and in the U.S. on 22 January 2013, and was nominated for Best Reality Series at the 3rd Annual Critics' Choice Television Awards. In June 2013, Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan was renewed for a second series, which premiered in the U.S. on 25 March 2014 on BBC America.[3] After Channel 5 elected not to acquire the second season, BBC Worldwide acquired the international rights to the show.[4] On February 10, 2015 it was announced that the third season had started filming, though a release date had not been set.[5]

The show was nominated for the Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program at the 66th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards.[6]

Episode list

Series 1 (2013)

No. Title Location Original U.S. air date
1"Giant Water Bug"Vietnam22 January 2013[7]
2"Giant Huntsman Spider"Laos29 January 2013[7]
3"Black Hairy Thick Tail Scorpion"Namibia5 February 2013[7]
4"Giant Centipede"Venezuela12 February 2013[7]
5"White Goliath Beetle"Cameroon19 February 2013[7]
6"Army Ants"Ecuador26 February 2013[7]
7"Giant Malaysian Honey Bees"Malaysia5 March 2013[7]
8"Guatemalan Beaded Lizard"Guatemala12 March 2013[7]

Series 2 (2014)

No. Title Location Original U.S. air date
1"Giant Spitting Cobra"Kenya25 March 2014[8]
2"Ghost Bat"Australia1 April 2014[8]
3"Lemur Leaf Frog"Costa Rica8 April 2014[8]
4"Gaboon Viper"Zambia15 April 2014[8]
5"The Titan Beetle"Brazil22 April 2014[8]
6"Box Jellyfish"Australia29 April 2014[8]
7"The Giant Wetapunga"New Zealand6 May 2014[8]
8"The Gila Monster"Arizona13 May 2014[8]
9"Giant Salamander"Japan20 May 2014[8]
10"The Slow Loris"Thailand27 May 2014[2][8]

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