Hostafan, we've all checked that you're not a Nigel/Monty fan by now, no need to go on about it! If you don't like GW anymore, perhaps you should stop watching it and save your nerves!
Every year we have the same discussion, MD, good or bad; Nigel charming or an unnecessary distraction.
The only thing we all agree on is that we should have more programmes on gardening. I suspect that these programmes cost more to make than cookery programmes, and, certainly get lower viewing figurs so it jusy aint going to happen.
My own personal opinion is that MD. is a really interesting man, who speaks and writes beautifully [ read his Ivington diaries ] and who cares passionately about gardening. You may not agree with me, but then of course you would be wrong!
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
I find Nigel pure comedy - and I'm not a dog lover. I think his loyalty and occasional knowing looks are great. For me, gardening is about the whole environment - the bees, the birdsong, the whirr of a neighbour's lawnmower, and if I had a loyal pet who joined me out there, they too would be part of my gardening experience. In fact, we had a tame pheasant called Fozzy who used to come over and see what I was up to, and who would eat bread from our hands. Maybe if the show were an hour long then those people who feel that something is missing from the show would be catered for. I don't know, but it does occur to me that since most people in the UK have a garden, just as most people eat, then it is strange that so many hours of airtime are devoted to teaching us how to cook, and so few are devoted to gardening.
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Hostafan, we've all checked that you're not a Nigel/Monty fan by now, no need to go on about it! If you don't like GW anymore, perhaps you should stop watching it and save your nerves!
Every year we have the same discussion, MD, good or bad; Nigel charming or an unnecessary distraction.
The only thing we all agree on is that we should have more programmes on gardening. I suspect that these programmes cost more to make than cookery programmes, and, certainly get lower viewing figurs so it jusy aint going to happen.
My own personal opinion is that MD. is a really interesting man, who speaks and writes beautifully [ read his Ivington diaries ] and who cares passionately about gardening. You may not agree with me, but then of course you would be wrong!
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Pd - you made me chuckle
Who remembers Percy Thrower?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I'm never quite sure why people are so damned upset by thirty seconds of a dog...
What we really need isn't another gardening programme, it's a whole gardening channel.
In the sticks near Peterborough
You can please some of the people some of the time, but not all of the people of the time!
Glad to say I'm pleased
More Nigel please! 
I second the POSITIVE comments made by several people, long live freedom to express a personal opinion-AMEN
'I may not agree with you, but I will defend to the death your right to make an ass of yourself.' - Oscar Wilde
I find Nigel pure comedy - and I'm not a dog lover. I think his loyalty and occasional knowing looks are great. For me, gardening is about the whole environment - the bees, the birdsong, the whirr of a neighbour's lawnmower, and if I had a loyal pet who joined me out there, they too would be part of my gardening experience. In fact, we had a tame pheasant called Fozzy who used to come over and see what I was up to, and who would eat bread from our hands. Maybe if the show were an hour long then those people who feel that something is missing from the show would be catered for. I don't know, but it does occur to me that since most people in the UK have a garden, just as most people eat, then it is strange that so many hours of airtime are devoted to teaching us how to cook, and so few are devoted to gardening.