Places That Don't Exist

Description: Holidays in the Danger Zone: Places That Don't Exist is a five-part BBC Four series on breakaway states and ... more

Places That Don't Exist ... unrecognised nations, devised, written and presented by Simon Reeve. The series took Reeve to little-known parts of the world including Somaliland, recognised as part of Somalia; Transnistria of Moldova; Taiwan; Nagorno-Karabakh, of Armenia and Azerbaijan; Ajaria, Abkhazia, and South Ossetia, all recognized by the United Kingdom as parts of Georgia.

Newest Review: ... I found it all quite fascinating as I've always wanted to visit some of the places in particular those in the Caucusus. I found this program extremely interesting and I think that most people who like travelling would too. It is a 5 part series presented by Simon Reeves, who seems a very capable journalist who doesn't let his personality run the program which I think is important as the ... more

... subject matter is interesting on its own. Instead he is very good at narrating, keeping you interested and keeping a fine equilibrium between his personal thoughts, facts and interviewing people. I feel that the cinematography despite being in pure do...more

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Places That Don't Exist: A quality informative programme (236 words)
by - written on 06/07/09 (Very useful, 21 readings)
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Places that Don't Exist is a TV program that ran on the BBC and can still be viewed in parts on youtube. The program is about countries which are unrecognised and breakway states, their struggle for independency and little snippets of everything from day to day lives to politics. I found it all quite fascinating as I've always wanted to visit some of the places in particular those in the Caucusus. I found this program extremely interesting and I think that most people who like travelling would too. It is a 5 part series presented by Simon Reeves, who seems a very capable journalist who doesn't let his personality run the program which I think is important as ... Read the complete review

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