Family visiting and if it isn't sport they talk over anything on TV so I have set Beechgrove and GW to record on both TVs, just in case, so I have a backup if needs be.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Just watched episode 2 of Beechgrove. Thought I was watching Masterchef at one point. Hopefully there isn't going to be too much stuff on not directly related to gardening. No problem with them talking about foraging and what it can be used for, but the full recipe and cooking instruction was a bit much in my view. Sprawling cats instead of comatose dogs didn't help either.
I enjoyed it for the most part, although l fast forwarded through the foraging and soup making part. I liked the new presenter (Rosa ?) and thought she fitted in well with the team. She seemed more at ease than the lady in the first programme. As @Purplerain has said, there was a bit of a "teacher's left the classroom" feel to it. I also liked the drone shots of the garden (don't recall seeing them before), as it gave me a good idea of the layout. Were the opening titles new this week ?
I would have preferred it without the cookery too. They could have mentioned nettle soup and put the recipe on the website/newsletter - no need to take up valuable time demonstrating it.
It looks to me like they're trying to appeal to a wider/more general audience. Maybe that comes with the channel change - aiming for a different demographic?
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
It looks to me like they're trying to appeal to a wider/more general audience. Maybe that comes with the channel change - aiming for a different demographic?
I fear you may be right. Programmes these days seem to be made for an audience with the attention span of a gnat with ADHD.
Sadly, I really dislike the presenter in the wheelchair, I don't believe I am disablist, just can't stand his boring presentation style. BBC political correctness?
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
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I liked the new presenter (Rosa ?) and thought she fitted in well with the team. She seemed more at ease than the lady in the first programme. As @Purplerain has said, there was a bit of a "teacher's left the classroom" feel to it. I also liked the drone shots of the garden (don't recall seeing them before), as it gave me a good idea of the layout. Were the opening titles new this week ?
BBC political correctness?
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border