Clarke Gayford's new season of Fish of the Day starts tonight on Three and sees the intrepid First Man have an encounter with an Asian Tiger, be charmed by Mrs Asia, and possibly find a Hawaiian delicacy perfect for his nuptials to PM Jacinda Ardern.
This season Gayford visits Niue, Tahiti, Hawaii, Malaysia and of course around New Zealand. Each visit, he tells Spy, was unique.
The new season took a twist after an encounter a tiger on a far riverbank, deep in the world's oldest jungle in Endau-Rompin National Park, in Malaysia.
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"I didn't think our pre-brief about them was going to turn into a moment where the guides made us gather together as they saw and then we all heard it chuffing (growling) on the far bank. It then followed us along the river's edge but thankfully didn't choose to swim across. We had guides stationed on lookout front and back and they were pretty keen for us to leave as dusk approached," Gayford says.