Ground Force Reviews

Ground Force was one of the 1st DIY shows to appear on TV along with the likes of Changing Rooms. It was a cult programme and had a massive following. In 1999 it was the second most watched BBC show after Eastenders. The idea of this show was to secretly transform a garden in 2 days whilst the owner was away. The team included host Alan ...  Read the complete review

I love "Ground Force" - so many ideas to store in my mind for future use, when I have my own house with a garden. Maybe I'll want a mock pier, over a seashell base ... or a riverlet meandering through a lush green landscape. Or maybe I'll decide to build a patio along a wall and paint a mural to whisk me away to a Mediterranean paradise. ...  Read the complete review

WHAT IS IT ABOUT: A team of gardeners, headed up by Alan Titchmarsh, have two days to remake the garden of an unsuspecting individual who is unaware of the work taking place. The show ran from 1997 to 2005 on the BBC, and is currently repeated on UKTV Gardens. WAS IT ANY GOOD: It's a bizarre concept that holds this show ...  Read the complete review

I have recently taken up a love for gardening and so I have been sitting in front of the tv watching the re-runs of Ground force on UKTV gardens! I have to say they have given me a lot of inspiration, however I just know that my project will not end up looking anything like theirs does! The programme is a reality tv show ...  Read the complete review

I have recently done a few reviews for lawnmowers and it has to be said I have a big garden It does not however have a particularly spectacular look. There is a huge lawn, some nice flowers, an abundance of shrubbery to attract the butterflies, a number of trees, elm, oak, ash, yew and the inevitable sycamore or two. I even have a little orchard ...  Read the complete review

Wow every time I watch ground force, i just have to take a cold shower, that Chalie Dimcock is some tasty, wot I wouldn';t give for 10 minutes wiv here (If u know wot I mean)! Did chalie ever wear a bra? Or was it that she never bothered during the rain...Oh well i'm not complaining! I love her Ginger hair aswell, it ...  Read the complete review

This is one program i really like to watch and do so nearly every time it is on tv. The four of them get on so well it's great (alan, tommy, will and last but certainly not least charlie), all four work really hard in the couple of days they have to turn gardens from nothing but weeds and rubbish and ones the the people have started ...  Read the complete review

Ground Force, despite Charlie Dimmock flaunting her chest, has no appeal to me. Yet I must have watched about 20 or 30 episodes in my time. Explain the logic there? So I have built up quite a good knowledge of the programme and the aims behind it. Concept. -------- Hosted and presented by Alan Titchmarsh, a team of garden ...  Read the complete review

One question on my mind whilst watching unemployment TV is how many Quincys did they make. Everytime i have switched on there he is, I wonder if Jack Klugman is still living off the royalties of just that run. Another tired flogged product is the make over show where a gang of soon to be celebrities pile into some suburban home and transform ...  Read the complete review

Whilst I appreciate that this show was probably not designed to have a trendy, youthful appeal I have to say that Ground Force is one of my least favourite shows. It’s not because I think gardening is boring – it’s simply that the format and content of the show is uninteresting - and in addition the presenters all need a good ...  Read the complete review

Despite being on the same channel as "Changing Rooms" and a similar time frame, this programme is of a far higher quality - and although Alan does grumble a bit sometimes, there is always a wealth of information on each show. I love "Ground Force" - so many ideas to store in my mind for future use, when I have my own ...  Read the complete review

. . . . Charlie and Will – what did you think I meant? And already you’re wondering if this is going to be a sensible, useful review, or if Aspen’s going to take the piddle out of Ground Farce. The answer, hopefully, is a bit of both. But we can’t do Ground Farce in completely serious mode. Oops! Already, ...  Read the complete review

The new season of Ground Force opened on 18th April 2001 with the showing of a trip to India to turn what can only be described as an area of scorched earth sporting a solitary Neem tree, into a garden of delight for orphaned children, only this time they had three days to do it in instead of the usual two. The usual crew of Charlie ...  Read the complete review

So Ground Force probably the longest running gardening programme belonging to the BBC. Alan Titchmarsh,Charlie Dimmock and Tommy Walsh make an incredible team working in all weathers to satisfy the people of Britain they also get paid a lot. They travel up and down the country pleasing unsuspecting wives and husbands with and average budget of ...  Read the complete review

This show has inspired me to consider doing some gardening, consider I said not actually doing the deed. The prospect of spending time in the garden playing with soil, in the cold, wet or boiling heat is not my idea of fun. Alan Titchmarsh, Tommy and Charlie are great, they really enjoy working and in many cases come up with ...  Read the complete review

Sorry if I offend Charlie lovers, but purlease - this show was actually ok when it started off - it comes from the same stable as Changing Rooms(except with gardem of course!) and good old faithfully Alan Tichmarch, Tommy, and....Charlie. I noticed long ago that the woman does not wear a bra. Okay, fair enough she can do what she wants but it is ...  Read the complete review

Groundforce is a bit like Changing rooms but in the garden. The basic idea is that a member of the public who is away from home for a couple of days is surprised by their partner, who has written to the BBC and asked the Groundforce team to give their garden a makeover, with a budget of around £1500. The team sent in to do the ...  Read the complete review

I thought this was a really "nice" programme with a cosy image - until last week that is when Alan and Tommy nearly came to blows! Alan got the hump when Tommy started sanding his decking (oo-er!) and bits of sawdust landed right where Alan was working. They started having a bit of a row, the first time it's happened on this show. It ...  Read the complete review

This program is an all round entertainment program. Not only do they revamp some unsuspecting persons garden whilst they are out of the way but they give alot of useful information about gardening and maintaining the decorative side to the garden. They also make it a very funny program which is fun for all of the family to watch. ...  Read the complete review

I have only recently started watching gardening programs because I am about to move to a new house with a lovely medium sized planted garden which is going to need upkeep. However I have been really surprised at how *enjoyable* I find these type of programs. I am really watching to learn, but groundforce has entertainment value too. The ...  Read the complete review