Review of Wilderness with Simon Reeve

Travel programmes are ten-a-penny these days, but I always enjoy Simon Reeve's. He usaully heads off the beaten track, and explore the complex tension between the conservation of nature and the provision of human livelihoods. In this series, he goes to four places where humans have, as yet, left a lighter footprint on the planet than many others; but the pressures are still mounting. Although he does not travel unsupported, you do get a feeling that he still perceives his trips as adventures, and he radiates a natural-seeming enthusiasm in spite of telling often gloomy stories. And much of that excitement comes through to the viewer.