ADVENTURER Simon Reeve has proved popular in Weymouth.

His date at at Weymouth Pavilion on Saturday, October 27 on his first theatre tour has sold out.

With his travels in the Mediterranean currently showing on BBC2, world-famous journalist Simon will recount tales from more than 15 years of travelling to the most remote and extreme corners of the planet in An Audience with Simon Reeve.

From being chased by pirates, hounded by the Mafia and bombed by Columbian barons, Simon Reeve has travelled through more than120 countries and his BBC documentaries have sold to more than 60 countries around the world.

This 1.5 hour theatre show includes exclusive multi-media footage and a 20 minute question and answer session.

Simon has travelled to more than 120 countries making multiple award-winning TV series for the BBC. They include Caribbean, Sacred Rivers, Indian Ocean, Tropic of Cancer, Equator, Tropic of Capricorn, Pilgrimage, Ireland, Australia (Winner of the British Travel Press Award for Broadcast Travel Programme), Greece, Big Life Fix, and his two new series Turkey (2017) and Russia (2017).

He has received a One World Broadcasting Trust Award for 'an outstanding contribution to greater world understanding' the prestigious Ness Award from the Royal Geographical Society, and the Special Contribution Award at the Travel Media Awards.The BBC describes Simon as ͞British television’s most adventurous traveller and after a decade spent making more than 70 programmes Simon has become a familiar face on British TV, well known for his extraordinary foreign journeys.

Most of Simon’s documentaries combine travel and adventure with global environmental, wildlife, and conservation issues, and have taken him across jungles, deserts, mountains and oceans, and to some of the most beautiful, dangerous and remote regions of the world.

Simon’s dodged bullets on frontlines, hunted with the Bushmen of the Kalahari, dived with manta rays, seals and sharks, survived malaria, walked through minefields, tracked lions on foot, been taught to fish by the President of Moldova, adopted by former head-hunters, and detained for spying by the KGB. Simon’s adventures have been broadcast in dozens of countries, enthralling millions.