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Monty Don

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  • iam very sad to see toby and co go.loved the show .good luck to monty he was brill last time round
  • I am staggered by this retrograde step, Gardener's world has been very helpful to me in recent years but I cannot relate to Montague Don as I can to Toby Buckland. Please give him his own programme.
  • I am sorry that Toby and Co have been given the boot in favour of Monty Don - the most patronising gardener ever
  • Almost everybody: you do realise that since Toby took over presenting Gardeners' World that the programme has lost something like a third of its audience, don't you? That's 1 MILLION viewers. How can the BBC ignore that?

    You're all whinging that the BBC doesn't pay any attention to its audience, yet when it takes decisive action, you're all up in arms. The BBC can't win, can it? It is supposed to deliver 'value for money' (whatever that means), but as soon it responds to 'user demand' (and this decision is a clear attempt to do so) you all want things to return to the way they were!

    Toby Buckland fans are suddenly crawling out of the woodwork, but you were all strangely silent during his tenure on the programme.

    Anybody who has written a rude, ungenerous and rather cowardly attack on Monty should consider:

    a) whether they would have the courage to speak to anybody like that in person

    b) whether they would care to read anything so unkind about themselves

    c) whether they have posted similarly vitriolic messages on the internet about anything that actually matters, such as the erosion of public services or closing off the option of further education to anybody from a working class background
  • You say we were quiet when Toby was on the telly - thats coz we were busy listening to him. I will not listen to Monty as I think he is very boring.

    And you ask if we protest about public services as yes I do.It is not cowardly to speak out when you feel strongly.Were you at the student protests then? I am working class and i have the right to tell you I like Toby and not Monty.

    The BBC is wasting a lot of money on his garden and that is something to protest about.
  • Hello Arji.

    In answer to your question, yes I was at the student protests.

    Of course you have the right the say you prefer Toby to Monty. There is a difference between expressing a preference and being unpleasant and insulting. What proof do the people who claim that Monty has no gardening knowledge have? He has been gardening for decades, has a beautiful garden to show for it, and has shared his knowledge and enthusiasm with millions of people.

    I don't understand your claim that the BBC is wasting a lot of money on a garden that Monty built, developed and paid for himself. The BBC made a mistake in buying Greenacre. It didn't work - it looked like a garden centre, not a real garden, and they've wisely backed away from it.
  • I'm so very happy and pleased about Monty's return, I've always watched Gardeners World, loved Geoff Hamilton and Alan Titchmarsh but stopped watching as I didn't like Toby, I would have liked Alys still to be part of the Team.
  • My husband and I will miss Toby, his top tips every episode never failed to amaze us.
    Hope to see him back soon.
  • I think filmimg in the presenters's own garden could make the programme more true to life and more relevant to many gardeners' experience. I do not like the obsession with personality - a reflection perhaps of our celebrity-ridden society - and pleasing everyone is impossible. No such thing as the average gardener. Two different weekly programmes sounds a great idea - any chance?
  • Gardener's World is not as good as it used to be but I believe it is more to do with the content rather than the presenter. The plants are the stars - not the presenter. I think it is a backward step asking Monty Don to come back - surely there is a trained horticulturist who could do the job?
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