1. Andy Torbet was born on 11 June 1976 and is a Scottish underwater explorer, professional cave diver, skydiver, freediver and climber, Film Maker and TV Presenter; most notably the BBC's The One Show, Coast, Operation Iceberg, Operation Cloud Lab, Britain's Ancient Capital, The People Remember, and the Children's BBC series Beyond Bionic which he co-Produced and spawned its own computer game called Beyond Bionic-Extreme Encounters.
Andy Torbet became a host on the show Fully Charged in April 2020.
Andy Torbet's father was a forester on The Craigston Estate.
Andy Torbet attended the University of Sheffield, where he studied Zoology.
Andy Torbet spent 10 years in the British Armed Forces as a Paratrooper, Army Diver, and bomb disposal officer, including serving with the 16 Air Assault Brigade, 3 Commando Brigade, the British Army's underwater bomb disposal team and the maritime counter terrorist group.
Andy Torbet was involved in military operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Northern Ireland and Falkland Islands.
Andy Torbet took up diving at the age of 12, he has since dived on operations in the British Armed Forces, on commercial vessels, and explored cave systems and ship wrecks for his television and publishing work.
Andy Torbet has a number of technical diving qualifications, including cave, mixed gas, rebreather and free-diving as well as professional qualifications as a military and commercial diver and supervisor.
Andy Torbet is a qualified mountaineering and climbing Instructor and member of the Association of Mountaineering Instructors, with new routes and first ascents in the UK, Canada and Pakistan.
Andy Torbet performed a HAHO jump for the BBC's Cloud Lab.