Australia with Simon Reeve
9:00 pm - 10:00 pm, Monday, December 22 on U&Yesterday (27)
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The adventurer meets members of one of the most notorious and feared motorcycle gangs in Gold Coast, before heading to the suburbs to meet a vet and his team rescuing and treating injured koalas. In Sydney, he chats to a billionaire who made his fortune in housing for new migrants from Asia and visits the country's first Muslim women's Australian rules football team. On the last leg of his journey, Simon takes to the air to witness devastating and deadly fires ripping through the Bush, before celebrating Australia Day at his final destination of Melbourne
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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.
Sam Bagnall
(Executive producer)
Dominic Ozanne
(Producer)
