Greece with Simon Reeve
Simon Reeve travels across Greece, from the stunning islands to the mountainous north.
- 2016-2016
- 1 season
- Documentary
Simon Reeve travels across Greece, from the stunning islands to the mountainous north.
Season 1 Episode Guide
2 Episodes 2016
Episode 1
Aegean to Athens
59 mins
* Simon starts his tour of Greece on islands in the sparsely populated Aegean sea. Pollution plays a major part in the decline of traditional activities like sponge fishing, decimated by a recent disease, contributing to depopulation, while tourism became the major source of income. Near the Turkish border, is contrasts dramatically with the misery of the growing (illegal) immigrant influx to Europe from the Middle East and even further. Large Crete is deepest rooted in its history, the Minoan being oldest urban civilization, but also grimly arms-friendly with an undying grudge against 'Nazi' Germany since the bloody occupation. The he heads to overcrowded capital Athens, focusing on the contrast since the bank crisis between exploding poverty and remaining the affluence of the guilty, fraudulent elite.
Episode 2
Peloponnese Peninsula to the Mountains
59 mins
Simon Reeve travels from the Peloponnese peninsula to the rugged and mountainous north of the country. To learn more about Greece and the Greeks, he meets an extraordinary cast of characters, from a group of rebel monks to conservationists caring for an injured bear cub. Getting behind the picture postcard image of this beautiful country, he finds out how the Greeks are coming to terms with a seemingly endless crisis.