I agree with everybody else - nowhere near enough gardening programs on as it is!
I sometimes find myself watching those commercial channels where they sell plants etc to get a 'gardening fix' and I *hate* adverts, so much so that I usually switch channels the second one comes on!
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
I am really, really disappointed! GW is too short already, each subject is just given a brief mention, even my daughter (16) said last night that although she doesnt like GW (fibber, she always watches it with me...but its not street cred when youre 16!)...she doesnt think its long enough or goes into each subject enough. So many projects could show us how to make, or set up, or listen to expert advice on, than currently given air space for. Please can we have an hour long programme with more discussion and advice...please?? I love Friday evenings with GW, it's a full stop to my working week...I can immerse myself in my passion for gardneing...bit indulgent maybe...but hey, I work hard enough to indulge once a week. But no more for 4 weeks!!! now thats really taking the biscuit! not even any special GWs to make up for it? please BBC think on for next year...one hour programme each week with little or no sporting interruptions please....pretty please....
This is typical of the BBC I have no interest in sport exept the WRC rally and they don't show any of it.
But when it comes to football, olympics or any of the over rated over paid sports everything is cancelled to accomodate them and force it down our throats. Not everybody is interested in sport BBC so stop pulling programes we like and start taking notice of the licence payers we are after all paying your wages so put GW on for an hour and leave it alone !!!
I am also really surprised. Two Freeview channels, BBC3 and 4, have nothing on until 7 o'clock. Channels are showing Hairy Biker and Michael Portillo repeats and other stuff that could go anywhere at any time, as well as the execrable antiques and house-swapping programmes. There sometimes seems to be an invisible but very strong wall between Beeb channels - isn't it just a matter of flicking a few switches to get a programme shown on a different one?
Joe, I believe BBC3 and BBC4 are broadcast as CBeebies and CCTV (or whatever is the kids' stuff) during the day, and they morph into grown-up broadcasting from 7pm. (Actually, there are many exceptionally good programmes on BBC4, so the Beeb can get it right when it so chooses).
Every year, GW is taken off air for Wimbledon. (As a fan, I enjoy the tennis - but even I find the saturation coverage a bit OTT). But Wimbledon fortnight doesn't explain the following two weeks' absence.
Four weeks takes us up to 20th July. The following week the Olympics start. So I presume we'll be granted ONE programme, thank you and goodbye for the rest of the summer, see you, if you're lucky, in the autumn. Bah, Humbug. I pay a licence fee too. I expect better - but shan't hold my breath - the triumph of hope over experience.
The BBC reckon that their mission is "To enrich people's lives with programmes and services that inform, educate and entertain." and that "Audiences are at the heart of everything we do."
Don't think they're really achieving that for many of us.
Thanks Kate1123, I think though as they have not produced the series its too late to act, what a shame! I feel we will have to garden alone without the help of Monty. I am glad my discussion has ignited some passion in people... lets turn over to ITV to see Alan do a little bit of gardening for now!
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I agree with everybody else - nowhere near enough gardening programs on as it is!
I sometimes find myself watching those commercial channels where they sell plants etc to get a 'gardening fix' and I *hate* adverts, so much so that I usually switch channels the second one comes on!
Love Your Garden back on Tuesday 8pm itv1
http://www.itv.com/alantitchmarsh/loveyourgarden/loveyourgardenreturns/
I am really, really disappointed! GW is too short already, each subject is just given a brief mention, even my daughter (16) said last night that although she doesnt like GW (fibber, she always watches it with me...but its not street cred when youre 16!)...she doesnt think its long enough or goes into each subject enough. So many projects could show us how to make, or set up, or listen to expert advice on, than currently given air space for. Please can we have an hour long programme with more discussion and advice...please?? I love Friday evenings with GW, it's a full stop to my working week...I can immerse myself in my passion for gardneing...bit indulgent maybe...but hey, I work hard enough to indulge once a week. But no more for 4 weeks!!! now thats really taking the biscuit! not even any special GWs to make up for it? please BBC think on for next year...one hour programme each week with little or no sporting interruptions please....pretty please....
This is typical of the BBC I have no interest in sport exept the WRC rally and they don't show any of it.
But when it comes to football, olympics or any of the over rated over paid sports everything is cancelled to accomodate them and force it down our throats. Not everybody is interested in sport BBC so stop pulling programes we like and start taking notice of the licence payers we are after all paying your wages so put GW on for an hour and leave it alone !!!
Such a shame, it is as others have said only 30 mins once a week.
I am also really surprised. Two Freeview channels, BBC3 and 4, have nothing on until 7 o'clock. Channels are showing Hairy Biker and Michael Portillo repeats and other stuff that could go anywhere at any time, as well as the execrable antiques and house-swapping programmes. There sometimes seems to be an invisible but very strong wall between Beeb channels - isn't it just a matter of flicking a few switches to get a programme shown on a different one?
Joe, I believe BBC3 and BBC4 are broadcast as CBeebies and CCTV (or whatever is the kids' stuff) during the day, and they morph into grown-up broadcasting from 7pm. (Actually, there are many exceptionally good programmes on BBC4, so the Beeb can get it right when it so chooses).
Every year, GW is taken off air for Wimbledon. (As a fan, I enjoy the tennis - but even I find the saturation coverage a bit OTT). But Wimbledon fortnight doesn't explain the following two weeks' absence.
Four weeks takes us up to 20th July. The following week the Olympics start. So I presume we'll be granted ONE programme, thank you and goodbye for the rest of the summer, see you, if you're lucky, in the autumn. Bah, Humbug. I pay a licence fee too. I expect better - but shan't hold my breath - the triumph of hope over experience.
The BBC reckon that their mission is "To enrich people's lives with programmes and services that inform, educate and entertain." and that "Audiences are at the heart of everything we do."
Don't think they're really achieving that for many of us.
If audiences are at the heart of everything they do, blueberry, then I reckon this is a cardiac arrest that requires an urgent transplant!
Thanks Kate1123, I think though as they have not produced the series its too late to act, what a shame! I feel we will have to garden alone without the help of Monty. I am glad my discussion has ignited some passion in people... lets turn over to ITV to see Alan do a little bit of gardening for now!