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Monty Halls' Great Irish Escape

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Dick Colthurst

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Monty Halls' Great Irish Escape: Episode 2

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Episode 2

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Monty Halls tries to track down basking sharks off the west coast of Ireland.

Documentary series. Monty Halls searches the waters off the west coast of Ireland for basking sharks, little-understood monsters of the deep that can grow up to 30 feet long.

Monty Halls is back to his roots as a marine biologist studying whales and dolphins off the spectacular west coast of Ireland. 

This time his mission is to track down basking sharks, true monsters of the deep which can grow up to 30 feet long. They appear off our shores every summer but we know remarkably little about these gentle giants and Monty is on constant lookout for their telltale fins. He is determined to tag as many as he can in the hope that scientists can eventually discover their migration routes.

Back on shore, his attempts at self-sufficiency are sabotaged by otters, who've learnt to raid lobster creels, and his faithful dog Reuben, who accidentally savages him on a winkle-picking expedition.

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Monty Halls observes the animals that migrate through the waters off Connemara

Monty Halls spends a summer in the west of Ireland, observing the animals that migrate through the waters off Connemara

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