I have recorded almost every GW this series so I can watch it during the winter. It's not as though the winter break is a surprise, they do it every year, so, DID YOU record the past programmes too? No? Oh well,,,,,
There are old Geoff Hamilton GW programmes from 1991 on Youtube, which are quite interesting. I was annoyed about the latest Gardeners World programme though as I missed it and now they have all gone. They could at least give you a few weeks to catch up before whipping them all off.
I have recorded almost every GW this series so I can watch it during the winter. It's not as though the winter break is a surprise, they do it every year, so, DID YOU record the past programmes too? No? Oh well,,,,,
That's a very good point.
Personally, I have recorded a few GWs this year, and the Chelsea programs. But, having done so, I decided that I didn't really want to keep them.
In the old days of VHS, I sometimes used to record GW, and often recorded Chelsea. But I never replayed most of those tapes, and eventually got rid of them. For me, old programs are physical and mental clutter.
If anyone feels a desperate need for a fix, they can easily buy Geoff Hamilton's Box Set, only about £10 from Amazon. I have both of Montys DVD sets, and may watch them again - sometime in the distant future - before the format becomes obsolete.
Programmes do not stay on i-player indefinitely -most are there for 7 days at most 30 days
This is a perennial question-why are there not more gardening programmes?-it is no good moaning about it if you wish to make your views known Dove has posted a link or contact you local BBC/ITV station-experience tells me nothing much will change- but until you try...........................
I recorded GW for years and would watch them again in winter but when MD took over at Berryfields I found the content insufficiently informative or interestuing to bother watching a second time. It's the same now. Nice way to pass a half hour but nothing new or exciting and often stuff which is not applicable to me or my garden. It's too specific to monty's garden which is fine in its way but not for a glagship gardening programme aimed at the whole country with its variety of garden sizes, local climates, soil conditions and so on.
I suspect the i-player facility has been pulled for one of two reasons -1. the powers that Beeb think on-one is watching or interested ingardening over winter. 2. They've sold it to a satellite channel for re-broadcast and need the exclusivity for advertiser revenue.
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I have recorded almost every GW this series so I can watch it during the winter. It's not as though the winter break is a surprise, they do it every year, so, DID YOU record the past programmes too? No? Oh well,,,,,
There are old Geoff Hamilton GW programmes from 1991 on Youtube, which are quite interesting. I was annoyed about the latest Gardeners World programme though as I missed it and now they have all gone. They could at least give you a few weeks to catch up before whipping them all off.
That's a very good point.
Personally, I have recorded a few GWs this year, and the Chelsea programs. But, having done so, I decided that I didn't really want to keep them.
In the old days of VHS, I sometimes used to record GW, and often recorded Chelsea. But I never replayed most of those tapes, and eventually got rid of them. For me, old programs are physical and mental clutter.
If anyone feels a desperate need for a fix, they can easily buy Geoff Hamilton's Box Set, only about £10 from Amazon. I have both of Montys DVD sets, and may watch them again - sometime in the distant future - before the format becomes obsolete.
Programmes do not stay on i-player indefinitely -most are there for 7 days at most 30 days
This is a perennial question-why are there not more gardening programmes?-it is no good moaning about it if you wish to make your views known Dove has posted a link or contact you local BBC/ITV station-experience tells me nothing much will change- but until you try...........................
Who needs GW or MD?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVAaPnVhPZs&feature=related
I recorded GW for years and would watch them again in winter but when MD took over at Berryfields I found the content insufficiently informative or interestuing to bother watching a second time. It's the same now. Nice way to pass a half hour but nothing new or exciting and often stuff which is not applicable to me or my garden. It's too specific to monty's garden which is fine in its way but not for a glagship gardening programme aimed at the whole country with its variety of garden sizes, local climates, soil conditions and so on.
I suspect the i-player facility has been pulled for one of two reasons -1. the powers that Beeb think on-one is watching or interested ingardening over winter. 2. They've sold it to a satellite channel for re-broadcast and need the exclusivity for advertiser revenue.