Equator

Equator

BBC Two Ended Nature • Travel

1 Season · 3 Episodes · Premiered August 27, 2006 · Ended September 17, 2006

Simon Reeve travels to paradise beaches, dense rainforests and towering volcanoes on a 40,000 kilometre journey following the invisible line around the world. For most people, the equator is just an imaginary line around the globe but in this series Simon Reeve comes face-to-face with the reality. On a 40,000-kilometre journey, he reveals the equator as a unique region of our planet; home to both the world's greatest concentration of human poverty and natural biodiversity. Beneath the sweltering heat of the equatorial sun lie paradise beaches, strange foods and exotic wildlife, along with some of the world's most extreme terrains: dense rainforests, towering volcanoes and perilous rapids.

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Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

3 episodes
E01
Africa
Sun, Aug 27 2006 11:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Simon Reeve journeys 25,000 miles, trekking through rainforests, climbing active volcanoes and travelling through war zones on his way around the equator. He catches malaria in Gabon andstruggles on through the war-ravaged Democratic Republic of Congo, goes rafting on the source of the Nile and witnesses a bullfight in Kenya. His journey ends in the desert on the Somalian border where thousands of refugees have escaped the fighting in their homeland.
E02
Indonesia
Sun, Sep 3 2006 11:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Documentary series in which Simon Reeve takes a 25,000 mile journey as he treks through rainforests, climbs up volcanoes and travels through war zones on a trip around the Equator.He travels across Indonesia, where he encounters paradise islands undiscovered by tourists and an environment under threat. In Sumatra and Borneo he meets orangutans and gets adopted by head hunters.This part of his journey ends on the island of Sulawesi, where he takes to the water with the Bajo sea gypsies.
E03
Latin America
Sun, Sep 17 2006 11:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
The last stretch of his journey begins in the Galapagos Islands, where Simon comes face-to-face withsome of the most beautiful and unique wildlife on the planet. He then climbs to the top of an active volcano in Ecuador that threatens to blow at any time. He journeys across war torn Colombia, where an army escort puts them at risk from rebel attack. He meets an Indian tribe that have their own incredible monument to the Equator, and his journey ends in Brazil, where he travels through the Amazon rainforest before ending his trip with an attempt to surf the world's longest wave.
Simon Reeve
Simon Reeve as Presenter

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