Simon Reeve
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Simon Reeve (born in London) is a New York Times bestselling author, consultant and award-winning TV presenter. Based in London, he specialises in international terrorism, conflict resolution and making travel documentaries in little-known areas of the world. He has been studying terrorist groups since the early 1990s.
Reeve's book The New Jackals: Ramzi Yousef, Osama bin Laden and the future of terrorism was the first on al Qaeda, and predicted 9/11-type attacks by the group.
Reeve has written or contributed to a series of current-affairs books investigating subjects such as terrorism, biological warfare, international organised crime and nuclear smuggling.
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Television
Places That Don't Exist
Main article: Places That Don't Exist
A five part BBC2 series on breakaway states and unrecognised nations, devised, written and presented by Simon Reeve.
The series took Reeve to little-known parts of the world including Somaliland, Transniestria, Nagorno-Karabkh, Ajaria, South Ossetia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Somalia, Moldova, Taiwan, and the former Soviet republic of Georgia.
The series was broadcast on BBC2 in May 2005, and will be shown on BBC World from August 2005. Simon Reeve won a major award for this series from the One World Broadcasting Trust [1] (http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2005/06_june/14/danger.shtml)
Meet the Stans
A four part BBC2 and BBC World series on Central Asia, written and presented by Simon Reeve. The series took Reeve from the far north-west of Kazakhstan, by the Russian border, east to the Chinese border, south through Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the edge of Afghanistan, and west to Uzbekistan and the legendary Silk Road cities of Samarkand and Bukhara.
Broadcast on the BBC during Winter 2003, and internationally during 2004 and 2005.
House of Saud
A one-off BBC2 and BBC World documentary filmed inside Saudi Arabia, written and presented by Simon Reeve. Participants ranged from Saudi Princes and Islamic militants, to teenage girls and Osama bin Laden's former best friend. Broadcast Summer 2004.
Publications
The New Jackals: Ramzi Yousef, Osama bin Laden and the future of terrorism
- Published 1998 by Carlton in the UK and NUP in the U.S.; ISBN 1555535097
The first book on bin Laden and al Qaeda, this investigation warned al Qaeda would launch 9/11-type apocalyptic terrorist attacks.
Classified documents and evidence obtained by Reeve detailed the existence, development and aims of the most dangerous terrorist organisation in modern history. The resulting book was published in the US and UK in 1998 and 1999, with the conclusion an apocalyptic terrorist attack by al Qaeda was inevitable. It has been a New York Times and international bestseller.
One Day in September: the story of the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre
- Published 2000 by Faber & Faber; ISBN 1559706031
The definitive and dramatic account of the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre, when 11 Israeli athletes and officials were killed by Palestinian militants – or inept German police snipers. Hundreds of millions of people watched events unfold on live television, and the consequences reverberate around the Middle East to this day. The book covers the siege and massacre, the recriminations, and the launch of 'Wrath of God' - one of the most clinical revenge operations in modern history. The film of the same name won the Oscar for best feature documentary and was screened in cinemas around the world.
External links
- Simon and James Reeve's website (http://www.shootandscribble.com)
- Biography (http://www.pfd.co.uk/scripts/get.py/actors/?presenters%20REEVESI)
- Wanderlust magazine - Interview (http://www.wanderlust.co.uk/features/feat69a.html)
- USA Today - Interview (http://www.usatoday.com/community/chat/1114reeve.htm)