Warner Bros. Discovery’s pop culture phenomenon, Shark Week, is back from Sunday 27 November at 7.30pm AEDT on Discovery.
This year fans can expect a whole week of Shark programming, along with never-seen footage of walking sharks, awe-inspiring breaches and more shocking predations captured on-camera by dedicated science and research field teams.
As the preeminent destination for shark programming, Discovery’s Shark Week takes audiences to new locations this year – from the Exuma Islands in the Bahamas to Papua New Guinea. Working with dozens of the world’s most respected marine biologists and science institutions, the week’s programming slate spotlights innovative shark technology to further research about these elusive creatures and their mating and migration patterns, while also sharing findings of a new, undescribed species.
The 2022 edition of Shark Week will also feature unmissable documentaries filmed in Australia and New Zealand including Raging Bulls which features shark attack survivor Paul de Gelder; Mechashark Love Down Under, where Kiwi shark expert Kina Scollay, and his elite team, attempt to do something that’s never been done: locate a Great White shark mating ground. Finally, Kiwi scientist Dr. Riley Elliott tracks two of the ocean’s most legendary apex predators – great whites and makos – as they head on a collision course during their yearly migration off the coast of New Zealand in Clash of Killers: Great White vs Mako.
Stream or watch Shark Week from Sunday 27 November at 7:30pm AEDT on Discovery.
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SHARK WEEK 2022 PREMIERES:
Great White Battleground
Sunday 27 November at 7.30pm AEDT
Michelle Jewel believes the great white sharks of South Africa perform their signature aerial attacks for reasons beyond just hunting prey. Now, she’s headed to the great white battleground on a cutting-edge mission to decipher the secret language of white shark breaching.
Raging Bulls – FILMED IN AUSTRALIA
Sunday 27 November at 8.30pm AEDT
Bull sharks are one of Australia’s “Big 3” deadly shark species. Recently, there’s been a shift in their behavior concerning the human population. Paul de Gelder joins Johan Gustafson to uncover why these sharks are becoming more aggressive hunters.
Great White Open Ocean
Sunday 27 November at 9.30pm AEDT
In 2020, shark diving expert Jimi Partington nearly died in the jaws of a great white. A year later, he looks to overcome his PTSD and get back in the water with the ocean’s biggest mega-sharks. But what starts off as a positive experience, quickly becomes a battle for life and death.
Air Jaws: Top Gun
Monday 28 November at 7.30pm AEDT
High-flying sharks are back, but with a new team competing to be the next “top guns” of Air Jaws. Dickie Chivell and Andy Casagrande use the latest high-tech cameras in hopes of capturing the largest breaching great white ever seen.
Rise of the Monster Hammerheads
Monday 28 November at 8.30pm AEDT
Reports of two legendary, very large great hammerheads – Big Moe in the Florida Keys and Sunken in Andros, Bahamas – have Dr. Tristan Guttridge and Andy Casagrande wondering if there is a clan of monster hammerheads who share the same DNA.
Jaws vs The Blob
Monday 28 November at 9.30pm AEDT
A new ocean phenomenon known as The Blob sends juvenile great white sharks straight into a feeding frenzy for monster 20ft adults off the coast of Guadalupe Island. A team of shark experts dives deep to discover if the young sharks survive or become a snack.
Dawn of the Monster Mako
Monday 28 November at 10.25pm AEDT
A 14-foot giant mako shark is spotted in the waters off the Azores. Veteran underwater cinematographer Joe Romeiro and his wife, marine biologist and filmmaker Lauren Romeiro, search the teeming depths around the ancient island archipelago to capture the beast on film.
Island of Walking Sharks
Tuesday 29 November at 7.30pm AEDT
Animal Planet’s International wildlife conservationist and biologist Forrest Galante travels to the mysterious island of Papua New Guinea to definitively prove that sharks are evolving to walk on land.
Mechashark: Love Down Under
Tuesday 29 November at 8.30pm AEDT (FILMED IN NEW ZEALAND)
Shark expert Kina Scollay and his elite team return with a unique one-man-submersible, the Mechashark, to a top-secret location off New Zealand attempting to do something that’s never been done: locate a Great White shark mating ground.
Pig vs Shark
Tuesday 29 November at 9.30pm AEDT
The famous swimming pigs of the Bahamas may be in peril. Some believe that the local tiger shark population have acquired a taste for pork and may be feasting on these famous oink-sters.
The Haunting of Shark Tower
Tuesday 29 November at 10.25pm AEDT
News of a harrowing shark encounter at North Carolina’s Frying Pan Tower has underwater cinematographer Andy Casagrande and Shark Expert Kori Garza on a dangerous quest to discover whether great white sharks are moving into the state’s waters.
Monster Mako Under the Rig
Wednesday 30 November at 7.30pm AEDT
A team of researchers have discovered a mysterious group of mako sharks of the Gulf of Mexico who migrate around Florida and up to Rhode Island. They call these makos ‘mavericks’. Now, the teams are trying to discover what sets them apart from other makos.
Jaws vs Kraken
Wednesday 30 November at 8.30pm AEDT
Something shocking is happening in the abyss around Guadalupe Island. Photos of great whites with strange scars believed to be from giant squids have surfaced. Dr. Tristan Guttridge leads a mission to get a glimpse into the battles between the two beasts.
Clash of Killers: Great White vs Mako
Wednesday 30 November at 9.30pm AEDT (FILMED IN NEW ZEALAND)
Scientist Dr. Riley Elliott is tracking two of the ocean’s most legendary apex predators – great whites and makos – as they head on a collision course during their yearly migration off the coast of New Zealand.
Great White Serial Killer: Fatal Christmas
Wednesday 30 November at 10.25pm AEDT
After a surfer dies off Morro Bay, California on Christmas Eve, shark attack investigators Ralph Collier and Brandon McMillan use forensic evidence and eyewitness accounts to ID the suspected killer: an 18-foot great white.
Impractical Jokers: Shark Week Spectacular
Thursday 1 December at 7.30pm AEDT
The Impractical Jokers are the kings of hijinx and fearlessness in the face of public humiliation but see what happens when they set out to dispel the myth that sharks are man-eating beasts the only way they know how – with extreme, mortifying challenges and dares.
Jackass Shark Week
Thursday 1 December at 8.30pm AEDT
Johnny Knoxville sends Steve-O, Chris Pontius, and new Jackass cast members on a Shark Week mission for the ages. They’ll dial up a series of shark stunts that test their bravery and threshold of pain as they put common shark myths to the test with the help of Dr. Craig O’Connell.
Jackass Shark Week 2.0
Thursday 1 December at 9.30pm AEDT
Johnny Knoxville, Chris Pontius, Wee Man, Jasper, Dark Shark, Zach Holmes and Poopies are back to finish what they started. After Knoxville sent the guys on a terrifying Shark Week mission last year, Knoxville is joining the boys as they head out to get their friend Poopies over his fear of sharks.
Mission Shark Dome
Friday 2 December at 7.30pm AEDT
A team of shark experts re-imagine ancient diving bell technology to create a research platform they call Shark Dome. Dr. Austin Gallagher and Andre Musgrove enter the Shark Dome to allow them to free dive at depth and get closer to great white sharks than ever before.
Shark House
Friday 2 December at 8.30pm AEDT
When never-before-seen footage surfaces of a pack of orcas killing a great white, Dickie Chivell springs into action, building an underwater habitat called “Shark House”. His mission is to live on the seafloor for seven days, looking for the last remaining great white sharks in South African waters.
Tracy Morgan Presents: Sharks! with Tracy Morgan
Friday 2 December at 9.30pm AEDT
Tracy Morgan teams up with shark experts throughout the country to identify the craziest and most ferocious sharks in the ocean. From rare species to stealth predators, Tracy shows off his favorite sharks and their incredible capabilities and adaptations.
Sharks in Paradise
Saturday 3 December at 7.30pm AEDT
Shark conservationist Kinga Philipps and scientist Tristan Guttridge embark on an expedition through the remote Islands of Tahiti to investigate whether local legends and mysteries about massive sharks are true.
Monsters of the Cape
Saturday 3 December at 8.30pm AEDT
Shark Week Veterans, Dr. Craig O’Connell and Mark Rackley, dive into the great white infested waters off of Cape Cod looking to test cutting-edge shark deterrents to help keep the waters of the Cape safe for both beach-goers and sharks, before it’s too late.
Shark Women: Ghosted by Great Whites
Saturday 3 December at 9.30pm AEDT
Alison Towner has risked her life many times, tagging and studying great white migration patterns in South Africa for the past decade. Now she’s assembling the next generation of shark explorers for a spectacular adventure. Together, her all-female crew will pull all the stops – cage dive, free dive, drones, decoys, breeches and more – to track her missing white sharks.