13 Facts About Monty Halls

Monty Halls is the founder and managing director of Seadog TV and Film Productions Ltd and Leaderbox.

At 29, having left the Royal Marines, Monty Halls studied Marine Biology at the University of Plymouth where he became involved with projects including the underwater filming of a rare species of crocodile in Belize in partnership with the Natural History Museum of London.

Monty Halls graduated with a First Class Honours Bachelor's degree in 1999.

Monty Halls has led a number of scuba diving expeditions and was an expedition leader for the marine conservation charity Coral Cay Conservation.

In 2002, Monty Halls led a group of adventurers and scientists to the sunken city of Mahabalipuram off Tamil Nadu, and discovered six temples, which are still being explored.

In 2008, Halls left his home in Bristol for Applecross on the west coast of Scotland for the first of the three BBC Great Escape series, Monty Halls' Great Escape, where he tried to recreate the life of crofters for six months.

In 2009 Monty Halls then left for the Outer Hebrides to live and work as a nature warden on North Uist for six months.

In 2016 Monty Halls formed Seadog TV and Film Productions and in 2017 produced and presented WWII's Great Escapes: The Freedom Trails, a four-part series in which Monty Halls re-traced the journeys made by escaped prisoners of war out of Nazi occupied Europe.

Monty Halls is a public and motivational speaker and has spoken at events such as The Adventure Travel Show, the Keswick Mountain Festival and the London 'Night of Adventure' event, hosted by fellow explorer and speaker Alastair Humphreys.

In 2016 Monty Halls founded Leaderbox, a universal leadership and team building tool designed to develop confidence, fosters teamwork, and generate key leadership skills in young people and professionals.

Monty Halls supports military charities, in particular he is a patron of Help for Heroes, a charity committed to improving the facilities for injured servicemen and women.

In 2015 Monty Halls became president of the Galapagos Conservation Trust after serving as Ambassador for many years.

In 2003, Monty Halls was awarded the Bish Medal by the "Scientific Exploration Society" for his services to exploration.