Summary
At a time when the BBC is under pressure on all fronts - from Rupert Murdoch's empire to outraged indie music fans - it's certainly brave of them to launch a major new adaptation of Tropic of Cancer, Henry Miller's controversial novel about having sex with prostitutes in Paris, which was the subject of a famous obscenity trial. And on a Sunday evening too!
Ah. Right. This new series isn't named after that tropic of Cancer; it's your actual 22,835 mile long northern border of the tropical region of the globe. Well, now I feel silly. The clue should have been in the starring role of Simon Reeve, a fearfully nice adventurer and writer chap who has previously completed televised tours of the equator and tropic of Capricorn.See the full content of this document
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Television: It's a Jungle Out There
Although Tropic Of Cancer is the third in the sequence, it's hardly the case that Reeve is just doing the leftover places. The tropic of Cancer is, he assures us, the toughest, longest and most dangerous challenge he's undertaken so ...
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