In Tropic of Capricorn, Simon Reeve set out on another lateral circumnavigation of the globe, presumably having deferred the Tropic of Cancer as too much of a health hazard right now. The northern line of latitude runs through some of the more dangerous and volatile regions on the planet, whereas the southern one takes you through Madagascar, French Polynesia, Australia and South America. That said, Capricorn isn’t without its hazards. In Namibia, for example, Reeve went into the bush with an improbably handsome French naturalist and found himself surrounded on all sides by hungry cheetahs, a tricky moment in itself, but even more anxiety-inducing if your pockets are full of freshly slaughtered springbok. And in Windhoek, he very nearly drank himself into a coma trying to keep pace with the Chinese businessman who are busy staging a quiet recolonisation of Africa.

In Tropic of Capricorn, Simon Reeve set out on another lateral circumnavigation of the globe, presumably having deferred the Tropic of Cancer as too much of a health hazard right now. The northern line of latitude runs through some of the more dangerous and volatile regions on the planet, whereas the southern one takes you through Madagasacar, French Polynesia, Australia and South America. That said, Capricorn isn’t without its hazards. In Namibia, for example, Reeve went into the bush with an improbably handsome French naturalist and found himself surrounded on all sides by hungry cheetahs, a tricky moment in itself, but even more anxiety-inducing if your pockets are full of freshly slaughtered springbok. And in Windhoek, he very nearly drank himself into a coma trying to keep pace with the Chinese businessman who are busy staging a quiet recolonisation of Africa.

Travel documentary. Simon Reeve travels the Tropic of Capricorn, the line of latitude that cuts across South Africa, South America and Australia. Simon is distraught when he witnesses the Zimbabwean refugee crisis. He watches giant rats clear land mines in Mozambique and eats soup made from the penis of the Xebu (a type of ox). He visits a shanty town where thousands of impoverished Madagascans are digging for sapphires.