Simon Reeve travels to paradise beaches, dense rain forests and towering volcanoes on a 40,000 kilometer journey following the invisible line around the world. For most people, the equator is just an imaginary line around the globe but in this series Simon Reeve comes face-to-face with the reality. On a 40,000-kilometre journey, he reveals the equator as a unique region of our planet; home to both the world's greatest concentration of human poverty and natural biodiversity. Beneath the sweltering heat of the equatorial sun lie paradise beaches, strange foods and exotic wildlife, along with some of the world's most extreme terrains: dense rain forests, towering volcanoes and perilous rapids.

Starring:

Simon Reeve

Genre:

Documentary, Nature, Travel