Holidays in the Danger Zone: Places That Don't Exist is a five-part travel documentary, part of the Holidays in the Danger Zone series, produced and broadcast by BBC This World. Written and presented by Simon Reeve, and produced by Will Daws and Iain Overton.[1] It was first broadcast in May 2005, on BBC Two.[2]
- Episode 1: Somaliland
- Episode 2: Trans-Dniester (Transnistria)
- Episode 3: Taiwan (Republic of China)
- Episode 4: South Ossetia and Abkhazia
- Episode 5: Nagorno-Karabakh
In the series, Reeve visits a number of small breakaway states and unrecognised nations including Somaliland, recognised as part of Somalia, Transnistria, recognised as part of Moldova where Reeve was detained for 'spying' by the Federal Security Service (FSB),[3] Nagorno-Karabakh, part of Azerbaijan.[1] Reeve also visited Adjara, Abkhazia, and South Ossetia, all recognised by the United Kingdom as parts of Georgia (despite a regional crisis in 2004, Adjara is now under the full control of Georgia), and the Republic of China known as Taiwan.[1]
The programme and its team were awarded a One World Broadcasting Trust Award in June 2005 for best popular feature.[4]
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See also
- Holidays in the Danger Zone
- Holidays in the Axis of Evil
- America Was Here
- The Violent Coast
- Rivers
- Meet the Stans
References
- ^ a b c "Places That Don't Exist". ShootAndScribble.com. Shoot and Scribble Productions.
- ^ "Places That Don't Exist". news.BBC.co.uk. BBC News Online. 4 May 2005.
- ^ Tryhorn, Chris (7 September 2004). "BBC journalists held by Russians". The Guardian. London.
- ^ "oneworld media awards 2005". OWBT.org. London, England: One World Broadcasting Trust. Archived from the original on 11 March 2007.
External links
- Places That Don't Exist – at the BBC Four website
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