Simon Reeve's South America
6:40 pm - 7:40 pm, Sunday, January 25 on U&Dave ja vu (74)
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Season 1, Episode 2
Simon starts his travels through Brazil in one of the remotest regions of the Amazon with the Waiapi people, who cling on to their traditional way of life, which is under threat from logging and mining interests. In Manaus, the city at the heart of the Amazon, he visits a neglected indigenous neighbourhood and meets a nurse who was the only source of healthcare during the pandemic. Simon ends this leg of his journey on the west coast in the city of Rio de Janeiro, where the government has built a hi-tech control room to monitor all parts of the city for potential disasters such as floods
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Cast & Crew
Simon Reeve
(Presenter)
Chris Brainwood
(Series editor)
Chris Mitchell
(Series producer)
Sam Bagnall
(Executive producer)
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Did You Know..
Simon Reeve
(Presenter)
Born:
July 21, 1972
in
London
Best Known For:
His BBC travel documentaries.
Early-life:
Simon was born in London on July 21, 1972. He had a number of jobs after leaving school, including working in a supermarket and a charity shop. In 2001, he began making travel documentaries for the BBC.
Career:
Reeve's travel documentaries for the BBC include Meet the Stans, Equator, Tropic of Capricorn, Explore, Indian Ocean, Australia with Simon Reeve, Sacred Rivers with Simon Reeve, Ireland with Simon Reeve and Greece with Simon Reeve. While working as an investigative reporter, he wrote books about Osama bin Laden and the Munich massacre that took place during the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Quote:
"I'd massacre worlds to protect my son, but I want him to take risks."
Trivia:
After catching malaria, Reeve became an ambassador for the Malaria Awareness Campaign.
Chris Brainwood
(Series editor)
Chris Mitchell
(Series producer)
Sam Bagnall
(Executive producer)
