I think the reason that folk on this forum 'complain' about GW but continue to watch is because it attempts to cater for a broad range of abilities and tastes. For example, I'm mainly interested in growing fruit and veg at the moment and would class myself as somewhere between beginner and intermediate (definitely more towards the beginner end of the scale ). Some weeks a number of segments will be right up my street, others there will be nothing of real interest to me. The more knowledge you have or narrower your interest, the more likely that each episode will provide nothing of value. However, without watching it, nobody will know if they're going to enjoy each offering or not.
With 'The Glums' you either like miserable folk shouting/screaming/whispering in a threatening manner or you don't. If Micky Flanagan occasionally popped into the pub and did 10 mins of his stand-up, I might tune in on the off-chance (and be critical of each episode in which he didn't appear )
I’m not a great fan of Eastenders but I semi follow Coronation Street. Now I am in no position at all to cast aspersions being a taste snob (first class) and a founding member of the self Righteous Brothers but I’m interested in that most irregular of verbs: I dislike You disapprove He/she denigrates.
It just amuses me the readiness with which some gardening folk flick away popular entertainment like soap operas and football.
During the pandemic I don’t have much of an issue with repeated segments on GW but, on the whole, I do think the producers could put together a programme that is more enlightening and entertaining. Until you’ve seen it you don’t know how good it will be and so I watch it every week and I am perhaps most interested, in a perverse way, in seeing the viewers’ weed-riddled, junk-filled gardens
" At Longmeadow, Monty revels in seasonal blossom and flowers, plants out his tomatoes and demystifies the myriad of different plant foods by showing us what we can feed our plants and when we should be doing it.
Arit Anderson visits the peatlands of Cumbria, where she begins her journey looking into the use of peat in the horticultural industry. We catch up with Sue Kent to find out about the progress she has made on her allotment and in her garden this spring.
In Wales, we meet a gardener who has amassed a collection of over 400 different rhododendrons. "
I continue to love GW, Monty's soothing voice, the touching home videos, the tips even on things I am not interested in, and discovering new plants or techniques. Love it all. I even thought Adam was better last week, more poised and not going on so much about the missus. I do love his garden though.
Of course they would. It's very easy to grumble these days and share our opinions with anyone who cares to read a forum . Back then the only ways to complain were to write to the BBC or the newspapers, or to the Points of View programme (remember that?).
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With 'The Glums' you either like miserable folk shouting/screaming/whispering in a threatening manner or you don't. If Micky Flanagan occasionally popped into the pub and did 10 mins of his stand-up, I might tune in on the off-chance (and be critical of each episode in which he didn't appear
I dislike
You disapprove
He/she denigrates.
It just amuses me the readiness with which some gardening folk flick away popular entertainment like soap operas and football.
During the pandemic I don’t have much of an issue with repeated segments on GW but, on the whole, I do think the producers could put together a programme that is more enlightening and entertaining. Until you’ve seen it you don’t know how good it will be and so I watch it every week and I am perhaps most interested, in a perverse way, in seeing the viewers’ weed-riddled, junk-filled gardens
" At Longmeadow, Monty revels in seasonal blossom and flowers, plants out his tomatoes and demystifies the myriad of different plant foods by showing us what we can feed our plants and when we should be doing it.
Arit Anderson visits the peatlands of Cumbria, where she begins her journey looking into the use of peat in the horticultural industry. We catch up with Sue Kent to find out about the progress she has made on her allotment and in her garden this spring.
In Wales, we meet a gardener who has amassed a collection of over 400 different rhododendrons. "
And me. But those were the days when I was a beginner gardener and everything was new, so I may be slightly biased.