![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/simon-reeves-love-life-and-dark-fight-to-have-miracle-baby-after-devastating-diagnosis/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/0_Simon-Reeve-and-son-Jake.jpg&description=Television presenter and author Simon Reeve had almost given up on love before meeting his wife who he was instantly 'smitten' with - but the pair had a difficult journey to become parents Simon Reeve is known for his many adventures, many of which have involved some jaw-dropping moments from being detained by the KGB, to having a car bomb explode while he was having dinner in Colombia. The 51-year-old documentary maker started out making travel shows but moved into making documentaries about incredible stories from across the world. Closer to home, he's also shared his own story from humble beginnings in Acton, West London, to his troubled younger years including a tense relationship with his father and struggles with behavioural problems which saw him start fires, take a rambo knife to school and even set off explosives at Ealing Broadway Shopping Centre. Writing in a piece for the Daily Mail, he recalled the incident, saying: "I remember unscrewing the bottom of a CCTV camera at Ealing Broadway Shopping Centre, packing an explosive device inside and then watching it blow up before racing off, laughing. It was a stupid, destructive thrill." He started counselling at 14 and claims his final months of school were a "bit of a blur" and he left with no qualifications, unable to attend university. Reeve's mental health hit at an all-time low. He told The Mirror previously how it left him a "whisper" away from committing suicide at the age of 17. "I was a lost, hopeless teenager and I'd spiralled into a dark place and found myself on the edge of a bridge," he said. Thankfully, he found a way out from the darkness and decided to go to take a life-changing solo trip. He explained: "I was crawling my way out of that dark place and decided to go to Scotland, which was way out of my comfort zone. I decided to climb a mountain in Glencoe and it changed my life. I went there because my mate Dwight had a video of Highlander which we'd watched loads and I loved the landscape." A){kind=link}
Television presenter and author Simon Reeve had almost given up on love before meeting his wife who he was instantly ‘smitten’ with – but the pair had a difficult journey to become parents
Simon Reeve is known for his many adventures, many of which have involved some jaw-dropping moments from being detained by the KGB, to having a car bomb explode while he was having dinner in Colombia.
The 51-year-old documentary maker started out making travel shows but moved into making documentaries about incredible stories from across the world.
Closer to home, he’s also shared his own story from humble beginnings in Acton, West London, to his troubled younger years including a tense relationship with his father and struggles with behavioural problems which saw him start fires, take a rambo knife to school and even set off explosives at Ealing Broadway Shopping Centre.
Writing in a piece for the Daily Mail, he recalled the incident, saying: “I remember unscrewing the bottom of a CCTV camera at Ealing Broadway Shopping Centre, packing an explosive device inside and then watching it blow up before racing off, laughing. It was a stupid, destructive thrill.”