BIOGRAPHY

A former Royal Marine Officer and trained marine biologist, Monty has led teams through some of the most demanding environments on land and at sea. His adventures include discovering prehistoric settlements amid great white sharks, avoiding the bullets of poachers, and photographing a dangerous and rare crocodile underwater for the first time.

'The new Cousteau' first came to prominence when he led a group of adventurers and scientists to a sunken city off coast of India that could prove to be the cradle of civilisation as we know it today. He has gone onto circumnavigate the globe three times through his many adventures - including the search for £2,000,000 in gold bullion on a sunken P&O liner.

No stranger to television, Monty has documented his travels in Great Ocean Adventures, shown his knowledge of medieval warfare in The Perfect Weapon and reached the bottom of a sticky issue in All About Dung. Fleeing the city in Great Escape on BBC2, he charted his experiences living in a remote area on the west coast of Scotland. He observed wildlife, renovated a cattle-shed to make a basic home and participated in local life. Monty's book Beachcomber Cottage accompanied the series.

Using video footage and pictures from his dives Monty is able to provide an incredible journey though some of the world's most inaccessible environments. He describes how a good team is similar to an eco-system: the system needs to reach a state of equilibrium to survive.

Monty also took part in (and won) Channel 4's Superhuman - competing in twelve tests that pushed the participants to their mental and physical limits.

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