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Chelsea Flower Show postponed to September

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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Yet some do it well - Alan Titchmarsh was a really good CFS presenter.  Mr Beardshaw has excellent TV and horticultural credentials.  There are others who would do well but, for some reason, the Beeb still thinks they need a "face" to present the daily bland of CFS.

    Maybe now Covid has got so many more people out in their gardens the Beeb'll wake up and smell the roses and give us a decent, well-informed presenter.  I don't think the viewers will be frightened by someone asking intelligent questions and not trying to appear dumb. 
    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)."
    Plato
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    It’s all very well wanting someone with horticultural knowledge etc ... but speaking live to camera whilst listening to the director talking to you through an arpiece is a skill few professional horticulturists have acquired. 
    I suppose that may be true, but surely the answer is the try harder? 

    It's like Opera, I'd rather watch a superb singer acting a bit poorly , than a poor singer acting superbly.

    I'd rather watch a slightly hammy knowledgeable presenter than a wonderful presenter who clearly knows sod all. 
    Devon.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Posts crossed @Hostafan1 and I agree - except for never wanting to watch any opera.  Hurts my ears.
    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)."
    Plato
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