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Simon Reeve.
WINNER
- One World Broadcasting Trust Awards -
for an "outstanding contribution to greater world
understanding"
NEW BOOK AND TV SERIES:
TROPIC OF
CAPRICORN
In
his greatest challenge yet, Simon Reeve set out on a
unique journey to track the Tropic of Capricorn around
the globe. Motivated by a desire to learn more about
forgotten corners of the world, Simon headed east
through Africa, Australia and South America,
discovering breathtaking sights, strange rituals,
desperate poverty and exotic wildlife. For the
22,835-mile Tropic of Capricorn marks the southern
border of the tropics, and crosses some of the wildest
and most spectacular parts of our planet.
Daily
Telegraph: “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.”
Daily
Mail: “Five
Stars…a series that will go down as one of the
high points of the television
year…brilliant…hugely
enjoyable…eye-opening…amazing
sights…a fascinating, illuminating journey"
Radio
Times: "moving
stories and remarkable sights"
Daily Mirror: “fun,
fascinating and frightening”
The BBC2 series
Tropic of Capricorn
was shown on Sunday nights, 8pm.
Photos from the first leg of the trip are
here
Tropic
of Capricorn book - more
info
The
Independent -
interview
Sunday Telegraph -
interview
Watch the programmes at the BBC Capricorn
website
YouTube
clips
Simon's travel CV at
Wanderlust
Simon
Reeve is an author and broadcaster. In recent years
he's been travelling around little-known regions of the
world for a series of BBC and BBC World television
documentaries. On this site you can also find more
information on:
Equator
- 2006 - this BBC TV series took Simon on an epic
journey around the region of the world with both the
richest biodiversity, and perhaps the greatest
concentration of human suffering. Silver Award winner
at the 2007 Wanderlust Travel Awards.
Radio
Times: “an extraordinary
journey…revelatory…thrilling and
thought-provoking…hits us with jaw-dropping
facts…eye-opening…delivers a string of
revealing snapshots.”
Places That Don’t Exist
- 2005 - a TV series in which Simon travelled to a
group of unrecognised nations – countries so
obscure they don’t officially exist.
Daily Telegraph: "Exemplary...riveting…
eye-opening…superb"
Meet the Stans
- 2003 - a BBC TV series in which Simon visited the
Central Asian states of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
The
Guardian: “…a thrilling postcard from the
edge”
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Buy Simon's latest book from here via Amazon:
Simon has written or edited a number of non-fiction books investigating subjects such as terrorism, biological warfare and international organised crime. This site also includes more information on Simon's other books:
The New Jackals: Ramzi Yousef, Osama bin Laden and the future of terrorism - this book, which warned of a new age of apocalyptic terrorism, was the first in the world on bin Laden and al Qaeda. Originally published in 1998 it has been a New York Times and international bestseller.
Described as Essential or Recommended Reading by scores of newspapers, magazines, government officials and academics around the world.
The Washington Post: "A painfully relevant book"
One Day in September: the story of the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre and Israeli revenge operation 'Wrath of God' - published by Faber in the UK and Arcade in the US. The documentary film of the same name, narrated by the actor Michael Douglas, won an Oscar for best documentary movie. The story of the Munich massacre and subsequent Israeli revenge operation has been turned into a major new feature movie by Steven Spielberg.
The New Yorker: "Highly skilled and detailed...it’s a page-turner"
Daily Mail: "This astonishing record of the massacre at the Munich Olympics should be compulsory reading...I read in one sitting the gripping narrative"
Simon in the Congo filming the EQUATOR series
The start of the
Tropic of Capricorn series:
'Travel CV' interview with Wanderlust travel magazine (1 of
5):
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