Sri Lanka to Bangladesh
This stage of Simon Reeve's journey takes him from Sri Lanka to Bangladesh. He starts in Sri Lanka, where Chinese money has helped end a 30-year war.
This stage of Simon Reeve's journey around the spectacular Indian Ocean takes him from Sri Lanka to Bangladesh.
The island of Sri Lanka, with its strategic location and tropical spices, was a target for invaders and colonisers for centuries. Now the Chinese are building a huge new port in the south, and Chinese money has helped the Sri Lankan government bring a 30-year war to an end. Simon also visits the north of the island - scene of vicious battles between fighters from the Tamil minority and the Sri Lankan army.
Heading north, Simon investigates one of the Indian Ocean's fastest growing industries - providing prawns for the West. Off the coast of India, thousands of prawn trawlers drag their nets along the sea bed devastating the marine environment. In Bangladesh, huge prawn farms flood the fertile land with salt water, which also causes concern for the environment. It is all to provide cheap prawns for Western supermarkets.
This leg of the journey ends with one of the most amazing sights of the whole Indian Ocean: the ship-breaking beaches of Chittagong, where dozens of huge tankers and container ships are beached before being broken up for scrap by vast armies of low-paid Bangladeshi workers living in terrible conditions.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Simon Reeve |
Executive Producer | Sam Bagnall |
Producer | Olly Bootle |
Director | Olly Bootle |
Broadcasts
- Sun 27 May 2012 20:00
- Sun 27 May 2012 20:30成人快手 Two Northern Ireland
- Tue 29 May 2012 22:30成人快手 HD
- Wed 8 Aug 2012 00:15
- Mon 10 Sep 2012 23:30成人快手 HD
- Sun 18 Nov 2012 17:30
- Sun 18 Nov 2012 19:00成人快手 Two Wales
- Sun 25 Nov 2012 17:30成人快手 Two Scotland
- Mon 22 Jul 2013 19:00成人快手 Two except Scotland & Wales
- Mon 22 Jul 2013 23:20成人快手 Two Wales
- Tue 10 May 2016 15:45成人快手 Two except Wales
- Tue 10 May 2016 16:00成人快手 Two Wales
- Fri 3 Feb 2017 15:25
- Tue 3 Apr 2018 15:15
- Fri 31 Jan 2020 14:15
- Mon 11 Apr 2022 16:15成人快手 Two except Scotland
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