Episode 2
Two-part documentary series. Simon visits Mandalay and travels to a conflict zone to meet a rebel army who have been fighting the Burmese military for decades.
The second of a two-part series, in which adventurer and broadcaster Simon Reeve travels deeper into beautiful and troubled Burma.
Simon journeys up the vast Irrawaddy River to the old royal capital of Mandalay, home to an exotic market for precious jade. In Burma's mountainous highlands, he experiences the country's vibrant ethnic heritage at an extraordinary and explosive fire-balloon festival, then visits an elephant sanctuary and finds out how a growing tourism industry is helping them survive after working for decades in the logging industry.
Burma is a melting pot of different ethnic groups, and having seen first-hand the suffering of the Rohingya people on the first leg of his journey, Simon now travels secretly into one of Burma's many other conflict zones to meet a huge rebel army who have been fighting the Burmese military for decades. Simon goes on combat patrol into the jungle with the rebels and learns why they have been fighting the longest-running civil war in the world.
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Simon meets the Shan State Army South
Duration: 02:19
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Simon secretly travels to meet the Shan State Army South.
Duration: 02:19
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Simon visits a jade market
Duration: 02:48
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Simon Reeve in Burma
Duration: 01:23
Music Played
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Jah Wobble鈥檚 Invaders of the Heart
Visions Of You
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Telek
Midal
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J贸hann J贸hannsson
The Great God Pan Is Dead
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Foals
Balloons
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King Creosote
Surface
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Guo Yue
The Little Bird Must Fly
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Simon Reeve |
Executive Producer | Sam Bagnall |
Executive Producer | Sarah Waldron |
Producer | Ruth Mayer |
Director | Ruth Mayer |