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Simon Alan Reeve (born 21 July 1972) is a
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author, journalist, adventurer, documentary filmmaker and television presenter. Reeve divides his home time between London and Devon. He makes global travel and environmental documentaries, and has written books on international terrorism, modern history, and his adventures. Amongst his many television programmes and series for the
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, Reeve has presented '' Holidays in the Danger Zone:
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''. Reeve is the ''
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'' best-selling author of ''
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'' (1998), ''One Day in September'' (2005) and ''Tropic of Capricorn'' (2007). He has received a One World Broadcasting Trust Award and the 2012
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from the
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(RGS).


Early life

Reeve was born and raised in Acton,
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, by his parents, Alan Reeve, who was a teacher, and Cindy Reeve, who was an occupational therapist and worked in restaurants. He has a younger brother called James. He attended the
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. Reeve had a ‘tense and sometimes violent relationship’ with his father when he was growing up. He said that in his house ‘there was endless shouting, lots of crashing and banging, and a few times it was so violent we or our neighbours called the police to come and break us up’. From the age of 14, he required
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due to behavioural problems, such as starting fires, vandalism, and setting off an explosive at the
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. He ended up carrying a knife by the time he was 12 or 13. He described his final months at school being "a bit of a blur". He left school with one GCSE, living on benefits, and with mental health problems. At the age of 17, Reeve stated he was even a "whisker away" from
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. He found himself standing on the edge of a bridge, unable to "face existence", but something made him climb back. After leaving school, he took a series of jobs, including working in a supermarket, a jewellery shop and a charity shop. Eventually, aged 18, he ended up as a post boy at the British newspaper ''
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''.


Career

After starting at ''
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'' as a post boy, he then worked at the cuttings library, before helping a team of investigative journalists, and by night he was working on investigations into nuclear and weapons smuggling, and terrorism. One of his formative roles at 18 was to follow a weapons dealer from
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. At the age of 21, citing his "fearlessness of youth", Reeve was investigating the
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. He authored a book '' The New Jackals: Ramzi Yousef, Osama bin Laden and the Future of Terrorism''; eventually published in 1998, it was the first book on
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,
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, and
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; this became a ''
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'' bestseller.
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documents obtained by the author, with uninhibited access from the likes of the FBI and the
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, detailed the existence, development, and aims of al-Qaeda, yet his book warning of an apocalyptic act by terrorists went unnoticed. After the attacks of
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in the United States of America, Reeve became a media expert on terrorism on the basis of his book. The BBC initially wanted him to make a programme involving infiltrating al-Qaeda. He eventually began making travel documentaries. Tom Hall, travel editor for
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publications, has described Reeve's travel documentaries as "the best travel television programmes of the past five years". In January 2013, Reeve appeared in a charity special of ''
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''. 6 September 2018 saw the release of Reeve's autobiography called ''Step by Step: The Life in My Journeys''; covering his humble beginnings to successful author and television presenter. After catching
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on a journey around the
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, Reeve became an ambassador for the Malaria Awareness Campaign. Along with
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and other conservation specialists, Reeve is a member of the Council of Ambassadors for WWF, one of the world's leading environmental organisations. In 2020, Reeve was commissioned to present his first UK based travel show ''Cornwall With Simon Reeve'', which was ordered by BBC Two alongside ''Incredible Journeys With Simon Reeve''. The latter show is due to be a 'look back' programme similar to '' Joanna Lumley's Unseen Adventures'' or '' Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime'' (a show which featured both Reeve and Lumley talking about the ex-Monty Python actor's travels). In 2020 it was announced that Reeve would serve as Executive Producer for ''The Balkans'' (2020), an internet television series distributed by
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Television

*2003 – '' Holidays in the Danger Zone:
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'' *2004 – ''House of Saud'' (also broadcast as: ''Saudi: The Family in Crisis'') *2005 – '' Holidays in the Danger Zone:
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'' *2006 – ''
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'' (Silver Award winner, 2007 Wanderlust Travel Awards) *2008 – ''
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'' *2009 – ''Explore'' *2010 – ''
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'' *2012 – ''Indian Ocean'' *2012 – ''Cuba with Simon Reeve'' *2013 – ''Australia with Simon Reeve'' *2013 – ''
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with Simon Reeve'' *2014 – ''Tea Trail/Coffee Trail with Simon Reeve'' *2014 – ''Sacred Rivers with Simon Reeve'' *2015 – ''Caribbean with Simon Reeve'' *2015 – ''Ireland with Simon Reeve'' *2016 – ''Greece with Simon Reeve'' *2017 – ''Turkey with Simon Reeve'' *2017 – ''Colombia with Simon Reeve'' *2017 – ''Russia with Simon Reeve'' *2018 – ''Burma with Simon Reeve'' *2018 – ''Mediterranean with Simon Reeve'' *2019 – ''North Americas with Simon Reeve'' *2020 – ''The Balkans'' *2020 – ''Cornwall with Simon Reeve'' *2021 – ''Incredible Journeys with Simon Reeve'' *2021 – ''The Lakes with Simon Reeve'' *2022 – ''Simon Reeve's South America''


Bibliography

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Awards and accolades

*2005 – One World Broadcasting Trust (OWBT) Popular Features Award (with Will Daws) *2007 – Wanderlust Travel Awards Silver Award *2012 –
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(RGS)
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Personal life

Reeve is married to Anya Reeve (née Courts), a television camerawoman and campaigner who has stood as a
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candidate. The couple have a son called Jake.


References


External links

* – official site
Simon Reeve
on
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