Mysteries of the Deep

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.

I'm on episode 6 and so far I've really enjoyed this show. I'm a big fan of Jeremy Wade and although it's strange not seeing him reel in river monsters, he's a good host for this show. I do see what others are saying in that it can sometimes be a little confusing because it jumps around a little bit from topic to topic but overall, if this type of stuff intrigues you, I would give it a chance. Don't deprive yourself of it because of some bad reviews. Watch it and judge for yourself!

I happened upon this series purely by surfing channels and heard the unmistakable tones of Jeremy Wade narrating a story of an undersea archaeological discovery. "Great!" I thought. "I like Jeremy's stuff". But as it went on, my expectations began to sink. Jeremy Wade, for reasons best known to himself, has decided to risk his whole credibility by going down the gosh-gee-whiz-amazing-mysteries route that has been flogged to death by so many other presenters. What little valuable new information there may be in this series is wrapped up in a script that insults the intelligence of the viewers (well, most of them anyway). Why did you do it, Jeremy? What's next on your agenda - aliens?

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!

I've been a fan of Mr. Wade's programs from day one and he and I have exchanged a few emails about fly fishing, tying flies and Percy Fawcett.

This program is a huge disappointment. We occasionally see him standing or sitting on various rocks talking us through real life sea mysteries that have been discussed for years on other programs. Don't these people watch educational television? So far, every single subject has been raked over by other 'explorers' many times.

This, literally, looks like he's doing the program because he needs the cash, he just can't tear himself out from the front of the camera or his die hard women fans don't care what he talks about as long as there are plenty of 'up his nostrils' close ups.

Mr. Wade, it's time to retire or be a little more careful what jobs you accept. Sir Attenborough you are not.