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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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