Synopsis
Simon Reeve travels through the remote and little-visited north east of South America, from Venezuela to French Guiana.
- Programme: Simon Reeve's South America
- Episode: 1
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2022
- Geography | Development
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