Tropic of Capricorn (2008)

Name: Tropic of Capricorn
Genre: Documentary
Rating: 8.1
Cast: Simon Reeve

Documentary

Tropic of Capricorn is a BBC television documentary series. It was aired on BBC Two in 2008 and showed presenter Simon Reeve travelling along the Tropic of Capricorn.

IMDb rating: 8.1 (186 votes)
Episode average: 8.8 +0.7 vs IMDb
Seasons: 1
Language: EN
Type: Mini-series

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Cast

Simon Reeve Self

Seasons

Season 1 (2008)

8.75 avg 4 episodes 8.6 → 8.8

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Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Namibia to Botswana	8.6	18
2	South Africa to Madagascar	8.8	15
3	Australia	8.8	14
4	Chile to Brazil	8.8	13