Best selling author, adventurer and TV Presenter Simon Reeve is recognised best for presenting award-winning BBC series' Tropic of Capricorn, Tropic of Cancer and Equator. Simon has travelled to more than 120 countries for his documentaries which have helped towards his writing on modern history, international terrorism and his adventures. Not only is he the New York Times' best selling author of One Day in September, The New Jackals and Tropic of Capricorn but he's also won the prestigious 2012 Ness Award from the Royal Geographical Society.
A hugely recognisable face across TV, some of Simon's other documentaries include Sacred Rivers, Caribbean, Indian Ocean, Russia, Pilgrimage and Australia which saw him win the British Travel Press Award for Broadcast Travel Programme. For his outstanding contribution to greater world understanding, he was awarded a One World Broadcasting Trust Award and a Special Contribution Award at the Travel Media Awards.
After spending 15 years making over 80 programmes Simon was described by the BBC as British Televisions most adventurous traveller and is known widely for his extraordinary foreign journeys. Simon has visited some of the most beautiful but also dangerous and remote regions of the world, including many mountains, oceans, deserts and jungles. His documentaries tackle adventure and travel with conservation, global environmental and wildlife issues.
Simon's adventures stretch beyond the imaginable from diving with manta rays, seals and sharks to dodging bullets on the frontlines, surviving malaria and hunting with the Bushmen of the Kalahari. Living a life full of excitement and action Simon has walked through minefields, been detained for spying by the KGB, tracked lions on foot and even been taught to fish by the President of Moldova. His amazing journeys have entertained tens of millions of viewers, shown on BBC2, BBC global channels and broadcasters in more than 60 countries.
Simon is an extremely popular speaker with hundreds of mind-blowing experiences to share which saw him embark on a near sell-out UK theatre tour in 2018. In such high demand, the tour was extended twice and his autobiography instantly became a best seller when it was released in 2018. Simon is an extremely engaging speaker who has audiences of any size captivated right from the start to the finish with his completely unique experiences.
How to hire Simon Reeve
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See what feedback Simon received when he appeared at corporate events:
“Simon was beyond amazing. Every single person my colleagues and I spoke to was ecstatic (and there’s nothing quite like realising your heroes are as wonderful in person as you hope they would be). It was all quite extraordinary.”
“Thank you so much for coming along to our annual meeting yesterday, for giving such an inspirational talk and for your kind and helpful approach. We’ve had fantastic feedback from our guests about the event and in particular your talk – you helped us to make the event a great success and we’re very grateful for your support”
“A fantastic evening, Simon was engaging and inspiring and held the audience’s attention throughout. A real peoples person, whose stories were delivered in a way that had you laughing one minute and in awe in the next. Personable and willing to commit to anything from prize giving to endless photo requests, Simon made the event a great success!”
“We have received such positive feedback from everyone, and found you extremely generous with your time and willingness to take scores of selfies! The challenge now is how do we top this next year.”
“Please can you pass on our sincerest thanks to Simon for being such a super sport yesterday, our delegates absolutely loved listening and talking to him and he gave so generously of his time. It was really just above and beyond, definitely our speaker of the conference!”
“Feedback received from the delegates was an ‘excellent’ rating for this session: the highest rated of all the conference sessions.”
“May I say an absolutely huge thank you for hosting our awards, we have had nothing but positive feedback from all our guests and staff. I stood at the back of the room whilst you spoke and you had the audience hanging off every word you said. Also, your professionalism and enthusiasm whilst presenting the awards kept the energy levels high in the room right until the very end. Thank you also for the time you took to speak to people, pre-and-post event, these small gestures help make the night special for all.”
