Monty Halls
Broadcaster, Speaker, Naturalist, former Royal Marine, Marine Biologist, Travel writer and Leadership specialist
Monty is best known for his three hugely popular BBC series ‘Great Escapes’, where he lived on the west coasts of Scotland and Ireland with his dog Reuben. Monty went on to present the multi-award winning BBC NHU blue chip series ‘Great Barrier Reef, The Fisherman’s Apprentice, again for the BBC as well as series for Discovery and Channel 5.
Since starting his own production company, Monty has produced and presented three series for Channel Four. “WWII’s Great Escapes: The Freedom Trails” broadcast to critical acclaim in late 2017 and in 2018 the whole Halls family featured in a poignant conservation mission to the Galapagos for “My Family and the Galapagos”. A second series of ‘My Family’ aired in 2020.
Monty is also the founder of “Leaderbox”, an accessible, multi-purpose team and leadership training system drawn from the world of the military, business, elite sport, and education. Launched in 2018, it is being adopted widely throughout the UK.
Monty has written twelve books, and is a regular contributor to magazines and newspapers, many of them communicating his enthusiasm for the natural world.
In 2020, during lockdown, Monty created and completed one of the world’s most demanding Iron Man courses (with an elevation gain of three times sea level to the summit of Ben Nevis) along the cliffs, bays, paths, and lanes of his native Devon. The event ran in late July, and raised £50,000 to support veterans’ charities.
His latest series about the Royal Marines, was broadcast on BBC2 in 2022 and his accompanying book released to co-incide with the 40th Anniversary of the Falklands War. His book delves deep into the ethos and culture of one of the world’s most successful military organisations.
This summer, in 2023, Monty and his family are setting sailing around the coast of the South West of England, filming short films on the effects of climate change, plastic pollution and other environmental issues our country is facing.
As a speaker he is in demand nationally and internationally, speaking on topics such as leadership under duress, team culture, and operating in stressful environments.
