Simon Reeve

Acting

Simon Reeve

Born

1972-06-21 (54)

Place of birth

Hammersmith, London, England

Known for

Acting

Credits

38 titles

Simon Reeve is a British author and television presenter, currently based in London. He makes travel documentaries in little-known areas of the world and has written books on international terrorism, modern history and his adventures. He has presented the BBC television series Tropic of Cancer, Equator and Tropic of Capricorn.

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Film credits

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The Graham Norton Show poster
7.2

Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The guests poke fun and share their opinions on the main news stories. Graham is often joined by a band or artist to play the show out.

The Graham Norton Show

2007

The One Show poster
4.4

A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One.

The One Show

2006

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg poster
2.8

The big names behind the big stories. Laura Kuenssberg talks to those making the news, inside and outside politics.

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

2022

This World poster
6.0

The series is mainly focused on social issues and current affairs stories around the world. International current affairs documentaries, replacing "Correspondent".

This World

2004

Wilderness with Simon Reeve poster
7.8

On his toughest journeys yet, Simon Reeve travels through some of the most remote landscapes on Earth in search of the people and the wildlife of the planet’s greatest wildernesses.

Wilderness with Simon Reeve

2024

The Great Comic Relief Bake Off poster
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Comic Relief takes over the Great British Bake Off tent. Different celebrity faces battle it out with their baking skills to claim one of the coveted Comic Relief Star Baker titles.

The Great Comic Relief Bake Off

2013

Arctic Live poster
NR

Gordon Buchanan, Kate Humble and Simon Reeve head north to follow the remarkable story of polar bears and the Arctic.

Arctic Live

2016

Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime poster
8.0

Michael Palin revisits his first four TV travel documentaries. He draws on his personal archive of audio recordings and diary notebooks, and reflects on how he became a seasoned global traveller. Featuring contributions from fans and friends, including David Attenborough, Joanna Lumley and Simon Reeve.

Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime

2020

Wildfires 2014: Inside the Inferno poster
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At the height of the worst wildfire season in a decade, Kate Humble and Simon Reeve travel to New South Wales, Australia to discover how the 70,000-strong Rural Firefighting Service contend with as many as 100 fires a day.

Wildfires 2014: Inside the Inferno

2014

Extraordinary Rituals poster
6.0

Explores the spectacular and emotional world of rituals.

Extraordinary Rituals

2018

Scandinavia with Simon Reeve poster
8.2

Simon Reeve journeys across a land of Arctic tundra, vast forests and stunning fjords, investigating the surprising secrets of some of the happiest and most equal societies on earth.

Scandinavia with Simon Reeve

2025

Turkey with Simon Reeve poster
5.0

Travel writer Simon Reeve embarks upon two long-distance journeys across Turkey, exploring this dramatic and beautiful country that now finds itself at the centre of world events.

Turkey with Simon Reeve

2017

Equator poster
6.0

Simon Reeve takes a 25,000 mile journey around the Equator

Equator

2006

Indian Ocean with Simon Reeve poster
7.3

Starting his journey in South Africa, Simon travels around the coast of the Indian Ocean, heading up the east coast of Africa, around India and back down the western coast of Indonesia to SW Australia. The extraordinary adventure takes Simon to 16 countries, as he braves the horrors of front-line conflict in Mogadishu in Somalia, perhaps the most dangerous place on the planet, and visits the beautiful Maldives, Mauritius and the Seychelles.

Indian Ocean with Simon Reeve

2012

Russia with Simon Reeve poster
6.6

One hundred years after the Russian Revolution, Simon Reeve embarks on a three-part journey across Russia.

Russia with Simon Reeve

2017

Tropic of Cancer poster
9.0

Tropic of Cancer is a BBC television documentary presented by Simon Reeve. It was first broadcast on BBC Two in 2010. It follows his previous series Equator and Tropic of Capricorn.

Tropic of Cancer

2010

Ireland with Simon Reeve poster
6.8

Simon Reeve sets out on an epic journey around the island of Ireland - a place steeped in history, culture and belief, but with a complex past. Part 1: South Simon begins his journey in the south of Ireland, paramotoring with an Irish explorer. On the west coast, he does spot of surfing before climbing Croagh Patrick in honour of Ireland's patron saint. This leg of his journey ends in Malin Head, Ireland's most northerly point.

Ireland with Simon Reeve

2015

Cuba with Simon Reeve poster
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Adventurer and journalist Simon Reeve heads to Cuba to find a communist country in the middle of a capitalist revolution. Two years ago Cuba announced the most sweeping and radical economic reforms the country has seen in decades.

Cuba with Simon Reeve

2012

Greece with Simon Reeve poster
6.4

Simon Reeve presents a series which sees him travel across the country.

Greece with Simon Reeve

2016

Mediterranean with Simon Reeve poster
8.0

Simon Reeve embarks on an extraordinary four-part journey around the Mediterranean, uncovering the wild extremes that lie behind the tourist veneer.

Mediterranean with Simon Reeve

2018

The Americas with Simon Reeve poster
7.5

In this limited series Simon Reeve begins his most ambitious journey yet, travelling the entire length of the Americas

The Americas with Simon Reeve

2019

Simon Reeve's South America poster
8.1

An astonishing adventure through some of the most beautiful, fascinating places on earth. From giant cities to remote communities, Simon meets the people of a changing continent.

Simon Reeve's South America

2022

Explore poster
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Simon Reeve, author and TV traveller, leads a team of reporters in journeys of discovery to some of the most exotic and extreme locations on earth. Explore blends travel with current affairs to get under the skin of some fascinating countries. Don’t just visit…Explore!

Explore

2009

Caribbean with Simon Reeve poster
9.0

Simon Reeve travels around the Caribbean Sea in this stunning series. With insight, humour and warmth Simon discovers an extraordinary, extreme region, as well as some of the pressing issues facing wildlife and people living there.

Caribbean with Simon Reeve

2015

Tropic of Capricorn poster
6.0

Tropic of Capricorn is a BBC television documentary series. It was aired on BBC Two in 2008 and showed presenter Simon Reeve travelling along the Tropic of Capricorn.

Tropic of Capricorn

2008

Burma with Simon Reeve poster
8.0

Simon Reeve travels to beautiful and troubled Burma, also called Myanmar, to explore the country after the forced delocation of ethnic Rohingya Muslims from their homes.

Burma with Simon Reeve

2018

Australia with Simon Reeve poster
6.8

Simon Reeve sets off on an extraordinary adventure across Australia. This mad adventure, involving specially adapted off-road vehicles and a chopper, is part of an ongoing effort to stop the damaging spread of up to a million feral camels across the country.

Australia with Simon Reeve

2013

Cornwall with Simon Reeve poster
7.0

Simon Reeve travels through glorious Cornwall as the county emerges from lockdown and investigates what the future holds for one of Britain’s favourite tourist destinations.

Cornwall with Simon Reeve

2020

The Lakes with Simon Reeve poster
8.0

Simon Reeve travels through the glorious Lake District and breathtaking Cumbria, revealing the secrets of this iconic part of Britain.

The Lakes with Simon Reeve

2021

Holidays in the Danger Zone poster
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Holidays in the Danger Zone is a series of travel documentaries which see the presenters visit countries which are far off the beaten track. ⁕Holidays in the Axis of Evil. Presented by Ben Anderson. Includes visits to North Korea, Iraq, Iran, Syria, Libya and Cuba - the countries named by George W. Bush, the US president, as members of an "Axis of Evil". ⁕America Was Here takes Anderson to countries where the US either intervened in conflicts or fought wars at some point in recent history. They include Cambodia, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama and Vietnam. ⁕The Violent Coast includes visits to the western tip of Africa, as Anderson travels through Côte d'Ivoire, Benin, Nigeria, Liberia and Sierra Leone. ⁕Rivers. Anderson travels along five of the world's most dangerous rivers - the Amazon, Ganges, Congo, Euphrates and Jordan Rivers. ⁕Meet the Stans ⁕Places that Don't Exist

Holidays in the Danger Zone

2003

Sacred Rivers with Simon Reeve poster
7.3

Sacred Rivers With Simon Reeve follows Simon Reeve as he finds out stories from different parts of the world that cannot be understood without the vast influence of local rivers.

Sacred Rivers with Simon Reeve

2014

Incredible Journeys with Simon Reeve poster
8.5

During a career spanning more than fifteen years, Simon has visited over a hundred countries on six different continents, experiencing epic landscapes and uncovering moving and dramatic human stories. Now, he catches up with some of the memorable characters he’s met along the way, as well as revealing behind the scenes moments and exploring some of the huge changes he’s witnessed while travelling around the world.

Incredible Journeys with Simon Reeve

2021

Pilgrimage with Simon Reeve poster
5.5

For centuries, pilgrimage was one of the greatest adventures on Earth, involving epic journeys across the country and around the world, and new BBC Two series Pilgrimage With Simon Reeve sees Simon retrace the exciting adventures of our ancestors.

Pilgrimage with Simon Reeve

2013

Meet the Stans poster
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Meet the Stans was a 2003 travel documentary, part of the Holidays in the Danger Zone series, produced and broadcast by the BBC, and written and presented by Simon Reeve. The series featured Reeve travelling through Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. It was broadcast from 3–6 November 2003, on BBC Two.

Meet the Stans