Simon Reeve (British TV presenter)

Simon Alan Reeve
Portrait photograph of Simon Reeve; a white male. A BBC publicity photo, taken on location during his travels for the 'Tropic of Cancer with Simon Reeve' television series. Showing his head to his chest to just below shoulder level, Reeve, looking straight at the camera, has an engaging but neutral look on his face. Mouth closed, eyes blue-green topped with thick dark brown eyebrows, head covered in slightly unkempt dark brown hair, his face and top lip covered in very short ginger coloured stubble. He wears a green T-shirt, with an Arabic style head scarf loosely wrapped around his neck.
Simon Reeve in 2009, source BBC.
Born (1972-07-21) 21 July 1972 (age 52)
Hammersmith, London, England
Occupation(s)Author, documentary filmmaker, television presenter
Known forFirst and only author to document 1993 World Trade Center bombing,
Terrorism and political travel documentary film maker
Televisionsee below
SpouseAnya Reeve (née Courts)
Children1
Awardssee below
Websitewww.simonreeve.co.uk

Simon Alan Reeve[1] (born 21 July 1972) is an English author, journalist, adventurer, documentary filmmaker and television presenter.

He makes global travel and environmental documentaries, and has written books on international terrorism,[2] modern history, and his adventures. Amongst his many television programmes and series for the BBC, Reeve has presented Holidays in the Danger Zone: Places That Don't Exist,[2] Tropic of Cancer with Simon Reeve, Equator and Tropic of Capricorn.

Reeve is the author of The New Jackals (1998), One Day in September (2005) and Tropic of Capricorn (2007). He has received a One World Broadcasting Trust Award[3] and the 2012 Ness Award from the Royal Geographical Society (RGS).[4]

Reeve divides his home time between London and Devon.[5][6]

  1. ^ "Index entry – Reeve, Simon Alan". www.FreeBMD.org.uk. ONS. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b Wilkinson, Carl (1 May 2005). "On the road to nowhere". www.TheGuardian.com. The Guardian – Guardian News & Media Limited. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  3. ^ "oneworld media awards 2005". www.OWBT.org. London, England: One World Broadcasting Trust. Archived from the original on 5 March 2008. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  4. ^ "2012 medals and awards". www.RGS.org. Royal Geographical Society. 2 February 2014. Archived from the original on 15 November 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  5. ^ "BBC Two announce two new travel series with Simon Reeve". TVZoneUK.com. 9 October 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference MyLondon was invoked but never defined (see the help page).