I like gardening programs also sport. Olympics’, Tennis, football but only world and European cup. I know GW is moved for the Tennis But hay come on BBC why not have a dedicated sports channel so the gardening programs don't get moved or increase the gardening programs with the views to have its own channel I’ve see some stats on the revenue on bird seed sales alone so gardening must be a multi billion industry with gardening adverts pulling in the revenue shortly it would pay for its self
Natural history programs and nature programs are air on sky (with the likes of Sir David Attenborough and filmed by the BBC) I think it’s time the BBC started to keep up with the rest of the media
i love them both.. GW and Beechgrove.. and i am fed up with teh lack of GW this year as cancelled for sports and tennis and so on. why cant it be shown later time or another day.. and it really shoul dbe on for an hour at least.. over the whole week it totals 1 hour with the both.. so strange for a gardening loving nation..
and before we know it it will be finishing for the winter..
all of you just echoing what i've been saying to my OH for years, please, please, please BBC its time to dedicate a channel to sport and leave the rest of the scheduling and programming alone (not sure what I think my OH is going to do about it though!). I like some sport, don't get me wrong, in particular Wimbledon, but I appreciate that some people don't so why should they have their scheduling disrupted and their programms whipped off air. And why oh why is GW not on for an hour each week, the half hour is just not long enough. Do they TV bigwigs ever really learn what people are saying and what they want to watch? Unfortunately I think not.
I am new to gardening even if something is repeated I think helps as you cannot remember everything from a show. It helps you keep fit you stay outside even in the winter. I agree let sport have it's own channel
Good idea Break23, about the subtitles, I will certainly do that.
Whilst flicking through the channels last night I noticed that ITV3 are repeating Alan Titchmarsh's Love Your Garden - the first series was brill as it visited peoples gardens and I can remember a beautiful cottage garden. This was before they changed the format to how the programme is now and I do not watch anymore. If anyone has ON DEMAND tv then you can catch up with the whole series of Love Your Garden which is what I shall be doing now the nights are drawing in and nothing else to watch on TV.
As a foremost gardening nation it is part of BBC's public service remit to provide ample high quality gardening programmes and advice to all gardeners, large and small, young and old and experienced or newbie. BBC bosses should no more consider the cancellation of GW than they would miss the Wimbledon final or a test match (oops they lost that one years ago).
As someone who learnt at the collective knees of Percy, Arthur, Geoff and Alan ( all old and best friends) I do find it hard to warm to MD. Dogs and background music are a distraction and with some of the clips I often fail to see what the "learning points" were to help me be a better gardener. A programme which was once mandatory viewing in this household is sadly no longer thus.
Come on BBC, you need a root and branch review of your gardening coverage... a range of programmes to suit all needs from the makeover to the latest innovations and help for those who have gardened for years and "know it all" already.
At present the gardening community feels let down for a number of reasons. The solutions are in your hands... the only one for me is to switch off.
dont find much wrong with the prog its just this manure football that keeps coming up i hate it and i mean hate, Right now im allright,cupocoffeeithink,
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It seems that we are all singing from the same sheet - less sport, more gardening and a wider range too! It would be great to have hour long episodes.
I like gardening programs also sport. Olympics’, Tennis, football but only world and European cup. I know GW is moved for the Tennis But hay come on BBC why not have a dedicated sports channel so the gardening programs don't get moved or increase the gardening programs with the views to have its own channel I’ve see some stats on the revenue on bird seed sales alone so gardening must be a multi billion industry with gardening adverts pulling in the revenue shortly it would pay for its self
Natural history programs and nature programs are air on sky (with the likes of Sir David Attenborough and filmed by the BBC) I think it’s time the BBC started to keep up with the rest of the media
James
i love them both.. GW and Beechgrove.. and i am fed up with teh lack of GW this year as cancelled for sports and tennis and so on. why cant it be shown later time or another day.. and it really shoul dbe on for an hour at least.. over the whole week it totals 1 hour with the both.. so strange for a gardening loving nation..
and before we know it it will be finishing for the winter..
all of you just echoing what i've been saying to my OH for years, please, please, please BBC its time to dedicate a channel to sport and leave the rest of the scheduling and programming alone (not sure what I think my OH is going to do about it though!). I like some sport, don't get me wrong, in particular Wimbledon, but I appreciate that some people don't so why should they have their scheduling disrupted and their programms whipped off air. And why oh why is GW not on for an hour each week, the half hour is just not long enough. Do they TV bigwigs ever really learn what people are saying and what they want to watch? Unfortunately I think not.
I am new to gardening even if something is repeated I think helps as you cannot remember everything from a show. It helps you keep fit you stay outside even in the winter. I agree let sport have it's own channel
Whilst flicking through the channels last night I noticed that ITV3 are repeating Alan Titchmarsh's Love Your Garden - the first series was brill as it visited peoples gardens and I can remember a beautiful cottage garden. This was before they changed the format to how the programme is now and I do not watch anymore. If anyone has ON DEMAND tv then you can catch up with the whole series of Love Your Garden which is what I shall be doing now the nights are drawing in and nothing else to watch on TV.
Sorry BBC for mentioning ITV3 on your forum
Thank you Lavender I will have a look for it
James
As a foremost gardening nation it is part of BBC's public service remit to provide ample high quality gardening programmes and advice to all gardeners, large and small, young and old and experienced or newbie. BBC bosses should no more consider the cancellation of GW than they would miss the Wimbledon final or a test match (oops they lost that one years ago).
As someone who learnt at the collective knees of Percy, Arthur, Geoff and Alan ( all old and best friends) I do find it hard to warm to MD. Dogs and background music are a distraction and with some of the clips I often fail to see what the "learning points" were to help me be a better gardener. A programme which was once mandatory viewing in this household is sadly no longer thus.
Come on BBC, you need a root and branch
review of your gardening coverage... a range of programmes to suit all needs from the makeover to the latest innovations and help for those who have gardened for years and "know it all" already.
At present the gardening community feels let down for a number of reasons. The solutions are in your hands... the only one for me is to switch off.
Why don't you all send your comments/requests to the BBC directly? If enough people complain they might have a think about it!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/commissioning/tv/pitching-ideas/ideas-from-the-public.shtml