Simon Reeve explores Ireland's culture, beliefs and history in new BBC show

Simon Reeve’s new BBC series has him staying closer to home than his usual locations, says Keeley Bolger

TV ADVENTURER Simon Reeve’s travel relics are macabre. As well as a sword from the Dayak tribe in Borneo, which was used to behead people, Reeve has added a “really heavy bolt” to his collection.

“It was thrown in my direction during a minor riot that happened after the July 12 ’marching season’ in Belfast,” he says. “Luckily, it missed me, but it would have ripped a giant hole, or at the least knocked me out. It could have done some nasty damage. It’s a nasty thing to be chucking around. Naughty, naughty, naughty, I would say.”