Sacred Rivers with Simon Reeve - The Nile - 4:00 pm Sunday, March 22 on U&Yesterday

About this Broadcast

The Nile
Season 1, Episode 1

The adventurer returns with a series that takes him around the world to areas that cannot be fully appreciated without considering the vast influence of their rivers, and he's going to explain how those sacred rivers don't just simply flow through countries - they define them. Simon begins at the source of the world's longest river, the Nile, and follows it out to sea, taking him from the Ethiopian highlands, through the desert of Sudan and then Egypt, right to the Mediterranean Sea. He also explains how the Nile has forged some of our earliest civilisations and influenced religions. However, the stability of the region looks uncertain, given that populations along its banks are growing, and Nile countries are demanding greater shares of the sacred waters

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Education/Science/Factual Topics General

Cast & Crew

Simon Reeve (Presenter)

Chris Mitchell (Director)

Mike Smith (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 Mitchell (Director)

Mike Smith (Executive producer)

Before / After

This World
3:00 pm

Canal Boat Diaries
5:00 pm