Gardener's World

Description: TV gardening show

Newest Review: ... which I mean 'nauseatnigly') twee shabby-chic sofa festooned 'potting shed' set (think of the godawful 'Springwatch' and 'Autumnwatch' wood cabins) in which the four current presenters occasionally gather to have cups of tea and chat about gardening, etc. I think Gardeners' World's really gone down the pan since I started regularly watching it earlier this year, to the extent that in recent ... more

... episodes, it's been functioning on a level that's effectively dumbed-down for eejits. Last week for example we had Alys Fowler - a female presenter who's so alarmingly similar to what a slighter, younger, of the very popular and successful Charlie Dim...more

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Gardener's World: Light on informational content, yet far too heavy on 'archit ... (765 words)
by - written on 06/10/09 (Very useful, 15 readings)
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Gardener's World airs, as it has done for time immemorial (unless there's international athletics or something else on) on BBC2 on a Friday night at 8.30pm. It's a TV programme about, as the name suggests, the 'world' of gardening. The show is fronted by a team of 4-5 presenters, and has made the careers of a number of 'celebrity gardeners' over the years - Alan Titchmarsh, Charlie Dimmock and Monty Don immediately spring to mind. The programme is filmed from a real garden 'location' where the various gardening bods demonstrate various....gardening techniques for the edification of the viewers. It's formatted in 'real time' so that each week, information is ... Read the complete review

A Sustainable World! (698 words)
by - written on 05/10/09 (Very useful, 29 readings)
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I have been a big fan of gardening and so of course it follows to watch Gardener's World. The show has had some pretty drastic changes and transformations since it first hit the screens in 1968 where it was presented by Ken Burras who until I Googled them, had no idea who they were. Other more well known hosts have been Percy Thrower, Geoff Hamilton and of course Alan Titchmarsh. Gardener's World follows a fairly standard format and currently that involves the presenter and host gardeners working on the garden at Greenacre in Birmingham. Previously they filmed at Oxford site and at Alan Titchmarsh's property in Hampshire. The show ... Read the complete review

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