Simon Reeve (UK television presenter)

Simon Reeve (born 1972 ) is a British author and television presenter.

He lives in London and deals with international terrorism, conflict resolution and travel documentaries in little-known areas. Simon Reeve has written two books, The New Jackals and One Day in September.

TV

Places That Do not Exist

Holidays in the Danger Zone: Places That Do not Exist is a five-part, developed by Simon Reeve, planned and presented the BBC series about regions with de facto regimes that are currently not or only sporadically recognized internationally and from other countries be claimed, as it is from their perspective is illegitimate secessions from their territories: Somaliland, Transnistria, Taiwan, South Ossetia and Nagorno Karabakh.

Meet the Stans

Meet the Stans is a four-part BBC series on Central Asia, in turn, developed by Reeve and presented. His journey took him from the north- western Kazakhstan, along the Russian border with Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to Afghanistan, the western Uzbekistan and the legendary Silk Road cities of Samarkand and Bukhara.

House of Saud

A documentary by BBC2 and the BBC World series, which was filmed in Saudi Arabia, presented and developed by Simon Reeve. Protagonists of the film were among other Saudi princes, Islamic military, but also young people and the former best friend of Osama bin Laden. "House of Saud " was first broadcast in 2004.

Equator

A documentary by BBC television from 2006: Reeve travels along the equator (except Somalia).

Tropic of Capricorn

A documentary by BBC television, was broadcast from 2008. Reeve travels along the Tropic of Capricorn

Tropic of Cancer

A documentary by BBC television, which was first broadcast on BBC2 in 2010. Reeve travels along the Tropic of Cancer ..

Works (selection)

• One Day in September. The story of the hostage crisis at the Summer Olympic Games in Munich in 1972 ("One day in September "). Heyne, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-453-50012-1. A background report on the kidnapping of eleven Israeli athletes during the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich by Palestinian terrorists. The book deals with the taking of hostages and the subsequent massacre and shows explosive errors and problems of politics and police. The same film won the Academy Award for Documentary and has been shown worldwide. The original version was published under the title " One Day in September " ( One Day in September ).

• The book published in 1998, warned of terrorist attacks dimensions of the attack on New York (9/ 11) and dealt with Osama bin Laden and al - Qaeda. Reeve tried on the basis of confidential documents and reports the existence, development and goals of al - Qaeda represent. The book was a New York Times bestseller and sold internationally.