Mediterranean with Simon Reeve

Simon Reeve is an incredibly annoying combination of naive observations (good grief, organised crime in an EU country!) and hyperbolic reactions. I made it through the first episode, but that was as much as I could take. At times, he really seems to struggle to say anything meaningful or appropriate.

He's so hilariously bad, that I almost wondered if this was an undeclared mockumentary.

There's a truly ridiculous bit in the first episode, when he is interviewing a member of the "Cacciatori". Simon Reeve: "Are you military? Are you police?" Il Cacciatore: "We do both things [...]" Simon Reeve: "You're a well-equipped, surveillance, fighting, investigative unit. Satisfying?" Il Cacciatore: "Yes, really satisfying." (It's the ridiculousness of the "Satisfying?" that cracked me up; and perhaps you have to see and hear him say the word to truly appreciate the ridiculousness.)

To put up with the annoying presenter, this series would have to provide a lot of information or entertainment and the first episode certainly provided neither. A real dud.