Simon Reeve (born 6 September 1961) is an Australian television presenter and journalist, best known for his association with the

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. Reeve was previously the sport presenter on ''

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''and the host of ''

Million Dollar Minute ''Million Dollar Minute'' is an Australian quiz show which aired on the Seven Network. It premiered on 16 September 2013. The show was originally hosted by Grant Denyer, and later by Simon Reeve, and aired at 5:30 pm on weeknights. The show was ...

'' and ''

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''.

Career

Reeve commenced his career at Channel 7 in

Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...

, Western Australia in 1979, working as a sports producer and reporter. In 1982, he moved to

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to take up a position with Vis News. Reeve returned to Australia in 1984 and joined

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n current affairs program '' State Affair'' and also worked on sports program ''What a Week''. At that time he won a

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for a human interest report and was involved in the commentary team for TVW's host broadcast of the

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defence in 1987. Reeve moved to the eastern states in 1987 as a journalist for ''

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''. Reeve left ''Beyond 2000'' and joined sports program ''Seasons'' in 1993, ''Wildlife'' in 1994, and spent three years as a reporter on ''Good Medicine''. In 1999, Reeve moved to

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with his family. While there he established Kwando Productions, and co-produced the television series ''Mad Mike and Mark'', broadcast internationally on

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. Reeve returned to Australia in 2001, and hosted quiz show ''QuizMaster'' in 2002, before working for ''

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'' and ''

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''. Reeve was a regular fill-in news and sport presenter for

Natalie Barr Natalie Anne Barr (born 19 March 1968) is an Australian journalist, news presenter and television presenter. Barr is currently co-host of the Seven Network's breakfast television program ''Sunrise (Australian TV program), Sunrise'' alongside D ...

and

Mark Beretta Mark Beretta (born 16 June 1966) is an Australian journalist, best known as a sports reporter on Seven Network program ''Sunrise''. In July 2008, Beretta began presenting ''Seven Early News'' sport alongside Natalie Barr at 5.30 am, which le ...

on ''

''. Reeve filled in for Barr whilst she was on maternity leave in 2005. Amongst his duties on ''Sunrise'', Simon presented the news live from the APEC Newsroom in the week leading up to

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in September 2007. He also presented the first ever '' Seven Early News'' bulletin on 14 July 2008, as Natalie Barr is the regular presenter although she was hosting ''Sunrise'' at the time. Reeve has also, along with Liz Chetkovich, held the position of commentator for Seven's gymnastics coverage for both the Athens and Beijing Olympic Games. In 2005, Reeve began hosting the children's program, ''

''. In 2006, Reeve was a contestant in reality singing show '' It Takes Two'', and commenced hosting the documentary series, ''The Force: Behind the Line''. In January 2014, Reeve replaced

Grant Denyer Grant Craig Denyer (born 12 September 1977) is an Australian television and radio presenter and motor racing driver, who has worked for several television networks, including Seven Network and Network 10, mostly serving as a presenter. In 2018 ...

as host of ''

''.Grant Denyer quits Million Dollar Minute. Simon Reeve to host
''TV Tonight'', 29 November 2013 In October 2014, Reeve resigned from ''

'' after nine years with the show to concentrate on ''Million Dollar Minute'' and ''It's Academic''. However, in August 2015, Simon returned to ''

'' following the axing of ''

.'' His last appearance on ''Weekend Sunrise'' was in March 2020. Reeve was made redundant by Seven in June 2020. In September he launched legal action against the network, claiming Seven did not pay him annual leave or redundancy pay and other employee entitlements. At the centre of the lawsuit is a disagreement over whether he was considered an employee or a contractor by the network. In October 2020, Seven filed a counterclaim, seeking compensation for payments made to Reeve's company should Reeve win. Reeve reached a settlement with Seven in March 2021. Seven's counterclaim was also dismissed in light of the settlement.

Personal life

Reeve is the son of Earl Reeve who was a news presenter in Perth for

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. Reeve's partner is Linda and together they have two children. Reeve is a strong supporter of

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football club,

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and occasionally writes for their website.

References

External links

Seven News profile

It Takes Two profile
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