River Monsters preview: Amazon Titanic

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The first episode of the new series of River Monsters looks at the sinking of the Sobral Santos II.

Hundreds died when the ship capsized close to the shores of the Amazon in September 1981. Reports claimed that many of the stricken passengers were reportedly dragged to their deaths by powerful, unseen attackers and so Jeremy Wade attempts to identify the culprits that played a part in the river’s worst-ever boating disaster, nicknamed the Amazon Titanic.

He looks at possible culprits as he searches for what hungry creatures could possibly have come up from the depths on that dark night to drag away the terrified passengers more than thirty years ago?

But has the freshwater detective left it too late and has the trail has long since gone cold after more than 30 years?

River Monsters: Amazon Titanic is scheduled for broadcast tonight (6th January) on ITV at 7:30pm.