Simon Reeve
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Simon is a television presenter and bestselling author, with a passion for travel, history, current affairs, wildlife and the environment.
As the presenter of the acclaimed adventure journalism TV series Tropic of Capricorn, Equator, Explore, Places That Don't Exist and Meet the Stans, Simon has travelled to more than 65 countries for the BBC.
During 2009, Simon has been travelling around the Tropic of Cancer, the northern border of the Tropics region, for a major 6x1 hour BBC2 series of the same name, due for transmission in early 2010.
The Tropic of Cancer series is Simon's third round-the-world trip exploring the Tropics, the region of the planet with both the richest natural biodiversity, and the greatest concentration of human suffering.
The 2006 series Equator (3x1hr) and Tropic of Capricorn (4x1hr, BBC2, 2008) were Simon's earlier television adventures exploring this fascinating region. Saving the most interesting tropical line to last, this new Tropic of Cancer series has a strong current affairs theme, with issues including poverty, the drugs trade, climate change, industrial pollution, and a forgotten war. But it is also a spectacular travelogue. Starting in Mexico, Simon circles the planet, following the Tropic of Cancer east to paradise beaches in the Caribbean, then crosses the Sahara, borders in North Africa closed to foreigners for decades, the deserts of Arabia, the jungles of Asia, and travels on to Hawaii, visiting 18 countries, meeting amazing people, witnessing bizarre and beautiful sights, and encountering spectacular and endangered wildlife.
The 2008 BBC TV series Tropic of Capricorn saw Simon travelling around the line marking the southern border of the tropics. On his epic journey, Simon passed through southern Africa, Madagascar, Australia and South America. The Daily Mail said: "Five Stars....Brilliant...a fascinating, illuminating journey...much more than a travelogue. As well as jaw-dropping beauty, we see poverty, smuggling, deforestation, endangered wildlife, widespread HIV, a forgotten genocide...It sounds bleak, but thanks to the informed, inquisitive and genial Reeve, it makes compelling television".
Simon's accompanying book, also called Tropic of Capricorn, is published by BBC Books. The Daily Telegraph said: "like all the best travellers, Reeve carries out his investigations with infectious relish, and in the realisation that trying to understand the country you're in is not just fascinating, but also hugely enjoyable".
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