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  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    David K wrote (see)

    It will never happen, but I would like to know how much money the BBC (license fee payers) have spent on Longacres.

    I don't see much evidence of huge investments at Glebe Cottage.

    They paid out a fair bit with the antics of a certain pop show host, lets not knock Monty, 1500.00 doesn't seem a lot in the grand scheme of things.

    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,109
    David K wrote (see)

    "Respect as in, not normally being given to passing opinions without consideration & some knowledge of what I'm talking about."

     

     

     

    And hopefully you accord others the same respect and consideration - you have no idea of my knowledge, experience or the fields in which I have some degree of expertise. Dove


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • sotongeoffsotongeoff Posts: 9,802

    Everything on TV etc is paid for by us the consumer in some shape or form-be it by licence fee  or advertising-ultimately we pay as I said before- if we are going to analyse every cost we will be here all day

    And we don't use all services -like the health service

    Really cant see what this fuss is about-should I will write to the BBC about the I-pad that Jo used?- did he pay for that himself?-don't know -don't care -really cant be arsedimage

     

  • As my friend said that was more of a cottage than a greenhouse - I'd love one.  But just when is this recorded? Given the Siberian temperatures that most of the country is experiencing.  MD's glorious sunshine in Herefordashire was when? 'Things to do this weekend' are not largely outside for huge swathes of the country this weekende. I would appreciate this portion of the programme to actually relect what most of the countries gardeners are actually able to do.  Previous programmes did actually have the forecast of the weekends weather and jobs were based around that.

  • Good point, daffy, though conditions vary around the country. Few of us will have done much outside this weekend. A weather forecast linked with a jobs-to-do segment sounds a really good idea.

  • sotongeoffsotongeoff Posts: 9,802

    Recorded around 10 days in advance of transmission-it is a tricky one to get right at this time of year -as others have said 12 months ago the conditions were entirely diffent

    GQT is recorded about a month ahead- yet they give out topical tips

    There is a "what do now" on this site -not to be taken as gospel

    What would you suggest?

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  • Alan Titchmarsh used to record his programmes on wed to fri before tranmission so that it was current.  But yes its tricky, but not impossible.  If MD is doing his programme weekly then why not record it or a orotion of it immediately before transmission.

    With reference to THE greenhouse.  I would hazard a guess that under the Freedom of Information Acts - if someone cares to ask the BBC the cost and who actually paid for this it would be forthcoming .............eventually.  Its still got to be reasonably cheap TV to make as there is only a small 'cast' at Longmeadow and is spliced together with other bits recorded as and when.

  • Ryan LloydRyan Lloyd Posts: 395

    I totally forgot and missed the first episode, is there anywhere I can watch it? I know it was a few weeks ago now, but I really want to see it as everybody said it was good image

  • sotongeoffsotongeoff Posts: 9,802
    Ryan Lloyd wrote (see)

    I totally forgot and missed the first episode, is there anywhere I can watch it? I know it was a few weeks ago now, but I really want to see it as everybody said it was good image

    BBC i-player-all 3 episodes are thereimage

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01r7246/Gardeners_World_2013_Episode_1/

     

  • Ryan LloydRyan Lloyd Posts: 395

    Great thanks sotongeoff! image

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