“I’m genuinely honoured to be asked to be an Ambassador for RMA – The Royal Marines Charity. I’ve seen first-hand its positive impact, not only as a focal point for Corps veterans but also in working with serving Royal Marines and indeed the wider Corps Family. I thoroughly look forward to getting stuck in, and helping promote an organisation that has very much become part of the fabric of the Royal Marines.”
Monty Halls career as an expedition leader, travel writer, broadcaster, and speaker has been very much shaped by his experiences having served in the Royal Marines for ten years between 1988 and 1999.
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. He 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, he has produced and presented three series for Channel Four. ‘WWII’s Great Escapes: The Freedom Trails’; and in 2018 the whole Halls family featured in a conservation mission to the Galapagos for ‘My Family and the Galapagos’, a second series airing in 2020.
His latest series was ‘Commando – Britain’s Ocean Warriors’, about the Royal Marines. It was broadcast on BBC2 in 2022, with an accompanying book released globally to coincide with the 40th Anniversary of the Falklands War and which delves deep into the ethos and culture of the Corps.
He has written 13 books and is a regular contributor to magazines and newspapers, many of which communicate his enthusiasm for the natural world.
In the two years prior to the COVID lockdown in 2020, Monty created and completed The Royal Marines Iron Challenge, one of the world’s most demanding Iron Man courses along the cliffs, bays, paths, and lanes of his native Devon, raising £50,000 for RMA – The Royal Marines Charity.
During the summer of 2023, Monty and his family are sailing around the coast of the South West of England, creating short films on the effects being faced through climate change, plastic pollution and other environmental issues.
As a speaker, he is in demand nationally and internationally, addressing topics such as leadership under duress, team culture and operating in stressful environments.