• 2009
Monty Halls' Great Escape

Summary Marine biologist and professional diver Monty Halls turns his back on city life to become a 21st century beachcomber on the west coast of Scotland. View more details

  • 2009

Monty Halls' Great Escape

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Monty Halls

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8.6

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Genres : Documentary

Release date : Feb 28, 2009

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Production companies : Tigress Productions

Summary Marine biologist and professional diver Monty Halls turns his back on city life to become a 21st century beachcomber on the west coast of Scotland. View more details

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Feb 28, 2009

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Production companies : Tigress Productions

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Monty Halls' Great Escape (2009)

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Episode 1 • Feb 28, 2009
Episode #1.1
Marine biologist and professional diver, Monty Halls, turns his back on city life to become a 21st century beachcomber on the West coast of Scotland. Inspired by his childhood love of otters, Monty and his dog, Reuben, move into a run down cattle shed overlooking an isolated beach, and with the help of a team of locals turns it into a comfortable home from home. The spring weather is the best anyone can remember and Monty is soon having fun with pigs, sheep and chickens bringing the croft to life, and a crystal clear sea inviting him to explore.
Episode 2 • Mar 07, 2009
Episode #1.2
Marine biologist and professional diver, Monty Halls, turns his back on city life to become a 21st century beachcomber on the West Coast of Scotland. Monty's daily chores are complicated by the hottest and driest West Coast spring for many years. Keeping his vegetables and animals alive means constant trips into the village to get water. And he's having no luck at sea either - the mackerel aren't biting and he's still eating out of tins. But things look up after a chance meeting in the pub leads to a spectacular encounter with a pod of dolphins.
Episode 3 • Mar 14, 2009
Episode #1.3
Marine biologist and professional diver, Monty Halls, turns his back on city life to become a 21st century beachcomber on the West Coast of Scotland. Monty goes in search of basking sharks with the help of a friend who has developed a novel way of finding them - he flies a makeshift paraglider and spots them from the air! Wen his girlfriend Antje comes to visit, it's the perfect opportunity to explore further afield and dive with a colony of seals off the Isle of Skye. She's less impressed though with how little Monty has done to make the cottage homely. And there's an unexpected visit, when the Chilean descendants of the last family to farm his croft pay a visit.
Episode 4 • Mar 21, 2009
Episode #1.4
Marine biologist and professional diver, Monty Halls, turns his back on city life to become a 21st century beachcomber on the West Coast of Scotland. It's the Highland Games season and Monty wants to take part in the local games at Applecross. But he wants to make a good impression so he pops along to the neighbouring Lochcarron Games to get some tips and check out the competition. He also confronts the dark side of his new lifestyle when he has to shoot and butcher one of the sheep he has been raising over the summer. And when the time comes to prove himself at the Applecross Games, he surprises everyone - not least himself - by winning one of the main events.
Episode 5 • Mar 28, 2009
Episode #1.5
Marine biologist and professional diver, Monty Halls, turns his back on city life to become a 21st century beachcomber on the West Coast of Scotland. With the end of summer in sight, Monty decides its high time he tried to be completely self sufficient, so he sets himself the task of only eating what he has caught, shot or grown himself. This provides a great of opportunity for him to do the things he hasn't had time for so far, like deer stalking and trout fishing. After a big thank you party for all the locals, Monty leaves Beachcomber Cottage for the last time, a very different man from the one who arrived six months earlier.
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