Extreme Fishing with Robson Green

Old Robson is back, and this time he's armed with rod and reel, and steps around the world on his fishing adventures. I think before watching you need to be aware of a few things. Firstly Robson is not known for his presenting skills, and as I'm sure many have noted, his presenting skills leave a lot to be desired. But in a way this is partly what makes this show great. There is no makeup no real script and not really any editing - this is a celeb we all know, who loves fishing! And because of this you do actually get to see a bit of the personal side of Robson Green, and you discover at heart, he is a great bloke, who's in his element, and often up to ...  Read the complete review

Shown on Channel 5 this programme combines a celebrity and fishing, surely this is as far as tv can ever evolve, we've now seen Robson Green the star of Soldier Soldier and many average ITV dramas fish, where can tv go from here? Ok so I may have been a tad harsh to begin with as I know very little about fishing, but I have seen a few fishing programmes before and I really found them relaxing, there used to be a guy with a beard on ITV on Thursday nights who would travel the world fishing and his joy and knowledge were infectious, even Vinnie Jones documentary on fishing in Mongolia was interesting for the locations as much as the big mans unconfined love of ...  Read the complete review

****What is it?**** As its name suggests Robson Green's Extreme Fishing is a fishing program starring Robson Green. Where previous fishing programs have focused on the UK, with a bit of international fishing (predominantly in mainland Europe) this series sends Robson further a field to North America, South America and the Caribbean amongst many other places. Each program Robson attempts to catch a different species of fish such as yellow finned tuna, blue marlin, sturgeon and the great white shark amongst many others. These fish are not your normal gold fish that can be bought down the local pet shop and they grow to over 3m in length and can weigh ...  Read the complete review