Caribbean with Simon Reeve

On the last leg of the journey, our companion again points out what he considers important, not what would fit smoothly into a normal, relaxing travelogue. As usual, the theme is the struggle of ordinary people to maintain their way of life in extraordinary circumstances. From there, you don’t know what might come next.

Nicaragua has the story of a small coastal community about to be ripped apart by a new super-canal; in Jamaica, tackling high-level corruption and street gangs simultaneously has slashed crime rates.

The eyebrow-raiser is the middle section in Honduras, a country deeply blighted by drug trafficking. Reeve’s visit to a prison full of gang members is both scarier and more hopeful than you’d expect.