Rivers With Jeremy Paxman
TV Show · Documentary

Britain’s most beautiful and historic rivers reveal their secrets and charms in this scenic travelogue hosted by renowned British broadcaster (and avid fisherman) Jeremy Paxman. As he journeys along the Tweed, Thames, Mersey, and Severn, Paxman unearths the ancient rivers’ history and traditions, explores their wildlife, and meets the people who define life along their banks.

2017 · 44m
Starring Jeremy Paxman

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1
    Tweed
    Flowing eastward for 97 miles, the Tweed roughly separates England from Scotland. As Paxman explores this beautiful border region, he follows the river to its source in a lowly bog, tags osprey chicks in a secret mountain location, visits the supposed grave of Merlin, and learns about the famous cloth that shares the river’s name.
    44m
  • EPISODE 2
    Severn
    The longest river in Britain, the Severn runs through the heartlands of England and Wales. Along its course, Paxman meets the last mud-horse fisherman on the Severn Sea, investigates the largest ship’s graveyard in the UK, and eventually arrives at the Severn’s source, in the poetic watershed of Wales.
    45m
  • EPISODE 3
    Mersey
    Once a vital part of Britain’s industrialization in Manchester and Liverpool, the Mersey bore the pollution levels to prove it. A successful clean-up campaign has now restored its ecology and made it a haven for wildlife. Paxman goes electrofishing for brown trout, scales the heights of the river’s tallest bridge, and encounters the mysterious “Mersey mermaids.”
    44m
  • EPISODE 4
    Thames
    An iconic part of the London landscape, the Thames is Britain’s most famous river. Paxman travels from its elusive source in Gloucestershire to its end in the Kent and Essex marshes, searching for what makes the river work. From Domesday millers to Victorian cockneys and modern engineers, he explores how people made their living on the Thames.
    45m

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Cast & Crew

  • Jeremy Paxman
    Host
  • D‌W
    David Wilson
    Producer
  • H‌B
    Harry Bell
    Producer

About

Rivers With Jeremy Paxman

Documentary

Britain’s most beautiful and historic rivers reveal their secrets and charms in this scenic travelogue hosted by renowned British broadcaster (and avid fisherman) Jeremy Paxman. As he journeys along the Tweed, Thames, Mersey, and Severn, Paxman unearths the ancient rivers’ history and traditions, explores their wildlife, and meets the people who define life along their banks.

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C4
Released
2017
Rated
TV-PG

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Africa, Middle East, and India

  • Armenia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Bahrain
  • Botswana
  • Brunei Darussalam
  • Cape Verde
  • Egypt
  • Eswatini
  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • India
  • Israel
  • Jordan
  • Lebanon
  • Mauritius
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Niger (English)
  • Oman
  • Qatar
  • Saudi Arabia
  • South Africa
  • Sri Lanka
  • Tajikistan
  • Turkmenistan
  • Uganda
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Zimbabwe

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  • Cambodia
  • Fiji
  • 香港 (廣東話–繁體)
  • Indonesia (English)
  • 日本
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
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  • Malaysia (English)
  • Micronesia, Federated States of
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