Simon Reeve

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Simon Reeve (2009)

Simon Alan Reeve (born September 1972 in Hammersmith , London ) is a British author, documentary filmmaker and television presenter.

Simon Reeve lives in London and works on international terrorism, conflict resolution and travel documentation in little-known areas. He has authored several books including The New Jackals and A Day in September .

TV documentaries (selection)

Simon Reeve on the Nagorno-Karabakh border (2004)

Places That Don't Exist

Holidays in the Danger Zone: Places That Don't Exist is a five-part BBC series developed, planned and presented by Simon Reeve about regions with de facto regimes that have not yet been recognized internationally or only sporadically and by other countries because, from their point of view, these are illegitimate secessions from their national territory: Somaliland , Transnistria , Taiwan , South Ossetia and Nagorno-Karabakh .

Meet the stans

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

House of Saud

A documentary by BBC Two and the BBC World series filmed in Saudi Arabia presented and developed by Simon Reeve. The film's protagonists included Saudi princes, Islamic soldiers, but also young people and Osama Bin Laden's former best friend. House of Saud first aired in 2004.

Equator

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

Tropic of Capricorn

A BBC television documentary that aired in 2008. Reeve travels along the Tropic of Capricorn

Tropic of Cancer

A BBC television documentary that first aired on BBC Two in 2010. Reeve travels the Tropic of Cancer .

Indian Ocean

In this six-part BBC TV series, aired in 2012, Reeve travels along the edge of the Indian Ocean.

Works (selection)

  • One day in September. The story of the hostage drama at the Olympic Summer Games in Munich 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 hostage-taking as well as the subsequent massacre and shows explosive mistakes and negligence on the part of politics and the police.
    • The book was published after the film of the same name and, according to director Kevin Macdonald, supplements it with aspects for which there was no longer any room in the film. The film won an Oscar for best documentary in 2000.
  • The New Jackals. Ramzi Yousef, Osama Bin Laden, and the Future of Terrorism . Northeastern University Press, Boston, Mass. 2002, ISBN 1-555-53509-7 .
    • The book, published in 1998, warned of terrorist attacks on the scale of the attack on New York ( 9/11 ) and dealt with Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda . Reeve tried to use secret documents and reports to depict the existence, development and goals of al-Qaeda. The book was a New York Times best seller and sold internationally.
  • The millennium bomb. Countdown to £ 400 billion catastrophe . Vision Books, London 1996, ISBN 1-901250-00-8 .

Awards (selection)

Web links

Commons : Simon Reeve  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Index entry. In: FreeBMD. ONS, accessed October 1, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Tropic of Cancer. In: shootandscribble.com. Retrieved October 1, 2019 .
  3. ^ Indian Ocean with Simon Reeve. In: shootandscribble.com. Retrieved October 1, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Kevin Macdonald: My film is not biased against Palestinians. In: theguardian.com. May 27, 2000, accessed January 30, 2020 .
  5. ↑ a b Simon Reeve. In: shootandscribble.com. Retrieved October 1, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Reeve, Simon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Reeve, Simon Alan (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British author and television presenter
DATE OF BIRTH September 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Hammersmith , London , England , United Kingdom