When Sharks Attack: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

From America's coastline to exotic beaches around the world, the number of reported shark attacks has increased in the last half century. Many of the attacks are popping up in new and surprising locations. Nat Geo WILD investigates these attacks to see what is affecting some of nature's most feared fish.

Series details

• Title: When Sharks Attack
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Genres: Nature
• Premiere date: 2013-07-08
• Final broadcast date listed: 2022-07-30
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: National Geographic
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 18277
• IMDb ID: tt3097686
• TVDB ID: 274572

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2013-07-08; final listed air date 2013-07-22.
• Season 2: premiered 2015-06-08; final listed air date 2015-06-22.
• Season 3: premiered 2016-06-10; final listed air date 2016-06-24; episode order: 3.
• Season 4: premiered 2018-05-28; final listed air date 2018-07-22; episode order: 3.
• Season 5: premiered 2019-07-14; final listed air date 2019-07-20.
• Season 6: premiered 2020-07-20; final listed air date 2020-07-27; episode order: 6.
• Season 7: premiered 2021-07-05; final listed air date 2021-07-10.
• Season 8: premiered 2022-07-11; final listed air date 2022-07-30.

Source and licence

Adapted from When Sharks Attack on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.