Martyn Andrews

He develops and produces TV formats and documentaries, makes other freelance television and radio appearances for various media outlets and also writes for several travel websites, lifestyle publications and inflight magazines.

He reported live for 2 months from the 2014 Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Sochi for RT International news and CTVam broadcast in Canada and The Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow.

Appreciating Andrew's musical talents the BBC later asked him back as a guest soloist on the live TV event "Merseyglory", staged in front of 40,000 people at Everton's Goodison Park Stadium.

[4] Martyn then moved to New York City in 2004 to head up the award-winning TV documentary series "My Abyss", a dangerous diving show for Overseas Media Ltd in Manhattan - training and filming in dozens of exotic locations around the globe including Hawaii, Thailand, Bermuda and Australia.

[5] Andrews became known by audiences around the world in 2007 after he became the host of RT's most popular extreme travel series, Wayfarer, an adventure TV show that saw him report from minus 40 to plus 40, through 11 time zones in over 75 cities in Russia and the former Soviet Republics.

Over three series he lived with Eskimos in the Polar Circle, trained with Russian Cosmonauts and the Russian army, scuba dived in dangerous karst lakes, explored secret tunnels and bunkers of the Kremlin, base jumped from the Caucasus Mountains, was set on fire at Mosfilm studios, played with tigers in Siberia, played on Tchaikovsky's piano, paraglided over warzones and danced with locals in Outer Mongolia.

[6] His other TV shows broadcast on RT included the award-winning weekly culture show Moscow Out which Andrews exec produced, authored and presented from 2009 - 2011, Venice of the North: A Season in St Petersburg - a travel series on Russia's stunning former capital, Russian Around a historical travel series in 2011 on Russian culture filming in London, Paris, Florence and Rome, A Prime Recipe a food strand, The Golden Ring - A Tour in Time.

Martyn filming for Russia Today Wayfarer Travel Show , in 2009.
Martyn climbs Mount Elbruss Russia in 2011.