Martyn Andrews
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Martyn Andrews is a British television presenter, broadcast journalist
, trained actor
and singer.
Born in Liverpool and having trained at Southport College, Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts and the No Sweat Journalism College both in London, Martyn has hosted a variety of lifestyle TV shows on several major networks including the BBC, RT Russia Today
and Euronews
. He has lived and worked on projects in the UK, Germany, Israel, Egypt, Australia, America and Russia.
As one of the original faces of the global TV channel RT International, he co-presented in the network's first ever hour on the 10th of December 2005. He writes and hosts the channel's main travel
, entertainment
and cookery programming.
Martyn is also a trained professional actor and singer having appeared on television
and in major musicals
in the UK and Europe such as Starlight Express
, Hello Dolly, Rock Hard, Whistle Down The Wind
and Copacabana
.
Martyn has hosted, created and produced a range of other TV shows on several major networks around the globe. Other international television projects have included the award winning programmes "My Abyss" a diving
documentary
filming in dozens of exotic marine locations, the Egyptian adventure series "Pyramid Quest", the live UK chat show "Lounge Living", and travel shows "The Golden Ring - A Tour in Time" and two series of "Venice of the North: A Season in St Petersburg". He also hosted live TV coverage at the 2009 Moscow Eurovision Song Contest
and "Russian Around" a special off spin series filming in London, Paris, Rome and Florence.
He currently hosts and writes the popular culture programme "Moscow Out" - a weekly entertainment programme and "A Prime Recipe" a weekly cookery show on RT and Euronews (to a potential 430 millions homes worldwide). A large selection of Martyn's programmes are also broadcast on RTD Russia Today's new documentary channel, YouTube, RTCY in Cyprus, Airiang in South Korea, the high speed Sapsan train network and onboard many Aeroflot longhaul flight routes.
Martyn is most known for his travel and adventure programme “Wayfarer” - broadcast and dubbed in 100 countries. The show took him from minus 40 to plus 40 to 4 continents - through the 11 times zones of Russia
and the CIS countries. Programme highlights included the Polar Circle
, Outer Mongolia
, the Black Sea
, Caspian Sea
, Lake Baikal
and climbing the tallest mountain in Europe Elbruss.
He is also a food critic, a guest travel speaker, television panel guest and is often used by a range of networks, print and world wide media as a travel and culture expert and has visited over 550 cities and towns around the world. Known for his jetsetting lifestyle, he currently lives between London, Moscow and Cyprus.
In 2010 Celebrity magazine "OK" highlighted Martyn's career in a travel article called "the one to watch". In late 2011, UK lifestyle magazine "Beige" featured him in a story titled "The Rising Tsar".
Broadcast journalism
Broadcast journalism is the field of news and journals which are "broadcast", that is, published by electrical methods, instead of the older methods, such as printed newspapers and posters. Broadcast methods include radio , television , and, especially recently, the Internet generally...
, trained actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
and singer.
Born in Liverpool and having trained at Southport College, Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts and the No Sweat Journalism College both in London, Martyn has hosted a variety of lifestyle TV shows on several major networks including the BBC, RT Russia Today
Russia Today
Russia Today may refer to:* Russia Today, an English language 24-hour television news channel from Russia. It was launched in 2005 and is not related to an online news service of the similar name operated by EIN News...
and Euronews
EuroNews
Euronews is an international multilingual news television channel.It covers world news from what it claims to be a 'European' perspective.Criticisms are that the perspective is in fact that of the European Commission - a major and growing funder of Euronews....
. He has lived and worked on projects in the UK, Germany, Israel, Egypt, Australia, America and Russia.
As one of the original faces of the global TV channel RT International, he co-presented in the network's first ever hour on the 10th of December 2005. He writes and hosts the channel's main travel
Travel
Travel is the movement of people or objects between relatively distant geographical locations. 'Travel' can also include relatively short stays between successive movements.-Etymology:...
, entertainment
Entertainment
Entertainment consists of any activity which provides a diversion or permits people to amuse themselves in their leisure time. Entertainment is generally passive, such as watching opera or a movie. Active forms of amusement, such as sports, are more often considered to be recreation...
and cookery programming.
Martyn is also a trained professional actor and singer having appeared on television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
and in major musicals
Musical theatre
Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an...
in the UK and Europe such as Starlight Express
Starlight Express
Starlight Express is a rock musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber , Richard Stilgoe and Arlene Phillips , with later revisions by Don Black and David Yazbek . The story follows a child's dream in which his toy train set comes to life; famously the actors perform wearing roller skates...
, Hello Dolly, Rock Hard, Whistle Down The Wind
Whistle Down the Wind (musical)
Whistle Down the Wind is a musical based on the 1961 film Whistle Down the Wind with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Jim Steinman, known for his work with Meat Loaf and Bonnie Tyler.-Stage Premiere:...
and Copacabana
Copacabana (musical)
Copacabana is a TV-musical, stage musical, and nightclub show written by Barry Manilow, based on the song of the same name. The show toured the United States and, as of 2006, became available to license to performing companies and schools for the first time....
.
Martyn has hosted, created and produced a range of other TV shows on several major networks around the globe. Other international television projects have included the award winning programmes "My Abyss" a diving
Diving
Diving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, sometimes while performing acrobatics. Diving is an internationally-recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games. In addition, unstructured and non-competitive diving is a recreational pastime.Diving is one...
documentary
Documentary
A documentary is a creative work of non-fiction, including:* Documentary film, including television* Radio documentary* Documentary photographyRelated terms include:...
filming in dozens of exotic marine locations, the Egyptian adventure series "Pyramid Quest", the live UK chat show "Lounge Living", and travel shows "The Golden Ring - A Tour in Time" and two series of "Venice of the North: A Season in St Petersburg". He also hosted live TV coverage at the 2009 Moscow Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...
and "Russian Around" a special off spin series filming in London, Paris, Rome and Florence.
He currently hosts and writes the popular culture programme "Moscow Out" - a weekly entertainment programme and "A Prime Recipe" a weekly cookery show on RT and Euronews (to a potential 430 millions homes worldwide). A large selection of Martyn's programmes are also broadcast on RTD Russia Today's new documentary channel, YouTube, RTCY in Cyprus, Airiang in South Korea, the high speed Sapsan train network and onboard many Aeroflot longhaul flight routes.
Martyn is most known for his travel and adventure programme “Wayfarer” - broadcast and dubbed in 100 countries. The show took him from minus 40 to plus 40 to 4 continents - through the 11 times zones of Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
and the CIS countries. Programme highlights included the Polar Circle
Polar circle
A polar circle is either the Arctic Circle or the Antarctic Circle. On Earth, the Arctic Circle is located at a latitude of N, and the Antarctic Circle is located at a latitude of S....
, Outer Mongolia
Outer Mongolia
Outer Mongolia was a territory of the Qing Dynasty = the Manchu Empire. Its area was roughly equivalent to that of the modern state of Mongolia, which is sometimes informally called "Outer Mongolia" today...
, the Black Sea
Black Sea
The Black Sea is bounded by Europe, Anatolia and the Caucasus and is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterranean and the Aegean seas and various straits. The Bosphorus strait connects it to the Sea of Marmara, and the strait of the Dardanelles connects that sea to the Aegean...
, Caspian Sea
Caspian Sea
The Caspian Sea is the largest enclosed body of water on Earth by area, variously classed as the world's largest lake or a full-fledged sea. The sea has a surface area of and a volume of...
, Lake Baikal
Lake Baikal
Lake Baikal is the world's oldest at 30 million years old and deepest lake with an average depth of 744.4 metres.Located in the south of the Russian region of Siberia, between Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest and the Buryat Republic to the southeast, it is the most voluminous freshwater lake in the...
and climbing the tallest mountain in Europe Elbruss.
He is also a food critic, a guest travel speaker, television panel guest and is often used by a range of networks, print and world wide media as a travel and culture expert and has visited over 550 cities and towns around the world. Known for his jetsetting lifestyle, he currently lives between London, Moscow and Cyprus.
In 2010 Celebrity magazine "OK" highlighted Martyn's career in a travel article called "the one to watch". In late 2011, UK lifestyle magazine "Beige" featured him in a story titled "The Rising Tsar".