Episode 1
Simon Reeve embarks on the first leg of an extraordinary four-part journey around the Mediterranean, travelling from Malta across the sea to southern Italy and on to Albania.
Simon Reeve embarks on the first leg of his epic four-part journey around the Mediterranean. At the centre of this great sea, and surrounded by crystal clear waters, is Simon's first stop, the beautiful island of Malta. Driven by a surge of tourists, modern-day Malta is booming. But beneath the picture-postcard image lies a country accused of being a haven for money laundering and organised crime, where journalists can be murdered by car bombs.
When Simon takes a ferry to his next destination, Calabria in southern Italy, he discovers a region in the grip of Europe's most powerful mafia, the 'Ndrangheta. With rare access to police and customs investigators, Simon follows an armed convoy carrying a ton of seized cocaine, joins a stakeout of a high-level suspect, and crawls through a huge underground warren of tunnels and bunkers built by fugitive mafia bosses.
Travelling east along the southern tip of mainland Italy, Simon visits a turtle conservation centre, where he meets Raoul, a loggerhead turtle rescued after swallowing huge quantities of plastic - a massive and increasing threat to Mediterranean wildlife. Simon helps release him back into the sea.
Taking the overnight ferry from the heel of Italy, Simon arrives in one of the least-known but most beautiful corners of the Mediterranean, Albania. Under communist rule, Albania was isolated and shut off from most of the world. In a country now hoping for EU membership, Simon discovers an ancient culture of vendetta, where if an adult commits a crime, a child can be killed in revenge. Simon ends the first leg of his journey at a spectacular wildlife reserve where bird life is now recovering following the country's groundbreaking ban on hunting.
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Turtle
Duration: 01:45
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Drug Convoy
Duration: 01:50
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Andrew Rayel, Andrew Rayel
Goodbye (feat. Alexandra Badoi, Alexandra Badoi)
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Simon Reeve |
Director | Eric McFarland |
Series Producer | Christopher Mitchell |
Executive Producer | Sam Bagnall |
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- Sun 7 Oct 2018 20:00
- Sat 13 Oct 2018 17:30大象传媒 Two Northern Ireland
- Sat 13 Oct 2018 18:00大象传媒 Two England & HD only
- Wed 17 Oct 2018 01:05
- Sun 7 Jul 2019 18:00
- Sun 26 Apr 2020 19:00大象传媒 Two except Scotland
- Tue 28 Apr 2020 02:15大象传媒 Two except Scotland
- Mon 7 Aug 2023 19:00大象传媒 Two except Scotland
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