SIMON REEVE DIVING BACK IN
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Simon Reeve has been up the Andes, down the Amazon and across the Sahara. He’s tracked lions, been threatened by terrorists and survived malaria during his travels to 120 countries over 17 years of making programmes for TV.
So it’s a surprise to find him exploring the altogether less dangerous, more tranquil environment of the Lake District for his latest BBC2 series. The choice of location was in part born out of necessity, as the globetrotter’s wings have been severely clipped over the past 18 months.
“Restricted, controlled, held back, stopped from going away – flippin’ pandemic,” he says with mock exasperation.