Saltwater Heroes

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Saltwater Heroes
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Title card of Saltwater Heroes.
Written by Colette Beaudry[1]
Directed by Adam Geiger[1]
Presented by Andrew Ettingshausen
Country of origin Australia
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 4
Production
Executive producer(s) Sue Clothier[1]
Producer(s) Karina Holden[1]
Running time 48 minutes[1]
Production company(s) Northern Pictures
Distributor Discovery Australia[1]
Release
Original network Discovery Channel
Original release 5 August 2015 (2015-08-05) –
present
External links
Website

Saltwater Heroes is an Australian reality television series produced by Northern Pictures for the Discovery Channel. The series is hosted by Andrew "ET" Ettingshausen[2] and portrays the real life events of crews aboard commercial fishing vessels and what life is like for commercial fisherman across Australia.[3][4]

Background

The program received funding from Screen Australia in late 2014 for a four part series.[1] The series is produced by Northern Pictures for Discovery Australia and Discovery International.[5]

During filming, Ettingshausen suffered a problem with his diving regulator while underwater diving during filming in Queensland. Ettingshausen was unable to breathe air, and required assistance from other people diving near him, including sharing an oxygen regulator.[6]

Broadcast

The series premiered in Australia and New Zealand on Discovery Channel on 5 August 2015.[6][7]

Internationally, the series premiered on the English language feed of Discovery Channel in Asia on 24 August 2015.[8]

Episodes

No. Title[9] Original air date Australian viewers[Note]
1 "Northern Territory" 5 August 2015 (2015-08-05) 32,000[10]
ET faces saltwater crocodiles, fish with teeth and sweltering heat in the Top End.
2 "Tasmania" 12 August 2015 (2015-08-12) 12,000[11]
Deep down south, ET is in search of blue eye trevella and harvests Long-spined sea urchins from a kelp forest.
3 "Queensland" 19 August 2015 (2015-08-19) 36,000[12]
A sea slug diving operation goes horribly wrong near The Great Barrier Reef, and ET takes on the infamous Queensland mud crab.
4 "South Australia" 26 August 2015 (2015-08-26) 27,000[13]
In the seafood capital of Australia, ET is taken out of his comfort zone confronting the blue swimmer crab and goes oyster farming.
  • Note Indicates premiere live broadcast rating according to overnight (live) rating from OzTam through Foxtel.

References

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External links

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