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Talkback: Toby Buckland

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There has never been a female presenter. Carol Klein would have been ideal.
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  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    Don't know where BBC Birmingham did their 'lot of audience research'. Having never missed Gardener's World, I never heard any requests for viewer's opinions. Hope Chris Beardshaw and Carol weren't passed over. Never heard of Toby. On his visit to Gardener's World he seemed pleasant but time will tell if he has the personality to make the program his own.
    Please may we have the names of the plants shown on the screen?
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    I have been really enjoing Gardeners World not having a main presenter and the role being shared. I have also very much enjoyed the much higher presence of female presenters and I do especially adore watching Carol Kleine, I do hope that she still has a main role in the new programme. I look forward to watching Tony and wish him luck , I will watch with interest where he leads the programme in the future.
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    Oh I so wanted Chris Beardshaw, he would have so cheered up my Friday nights!! He would of been a lovely start to the weekend!
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    Congratulations to Toby Buckland for his new appointment as our new " Head Gardener". I look forward to watching him and all the team over the coming months as they inspire us to get out there !
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    very disappointed Carol was not given the main presenters job lets hope she continues to work at Berryfields where she is an inspiration rather than working from Glebe Cottage. i wish the new team all the best on a new era for gardeners world next time Carol!
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    You go for it Toby!! Don't take to heart everything you read on that forum. A small minority percentage don't actually speak for the gardening nation, no matter how elite they think they are. You are the NATIONS next GW presenter with a good team beside you. (Just have a word about cutting the fancy camera angles, eh?!?)
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    I can not believe that the BBC has hired Toby Buckland as the new head of Gardeners World. I have been a fan of the show all my life and have even gone on to study the subject area but this news has truly aggravated me. I think he is tedious and uninteresting to watch on screen and that woodland garden€™ he created look quite cheap and naff compared to the one Monty created for his shade garden. He has no spark to him, fine have him as a new member of the team but not head gardener. He becoming head garden has really made me think about whether to watching the new series. As a young gardener of 23 it is people of my age that the BBC needs to be keeping as we are the ones that will take the programme into the future and continue watching till our old age.
    And what is it with the BBC and women presenters why can they never head a show, the only jobs they tend to be given as the host is the national lottery or some show about sing pets and owners. I am truly, truly disappointed with the BBC decision and hope they reconsider before it's too late.
  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    Why does Gardeners' World need a main presenter?
    Carol and Joe have done an excellent job these past few months and have shown that this format works.
    Think of the money that could have been saved!
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    Carol Klein and Joe Swift and Alice have done an excellent job and gelled well as a team in recent months. I just hope this will not be lost in the new arrangements.
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    I find it incredibly disappointing that the BBC could not have employed Carol or an alternative female gardener. I have also enjoyed watching without a presenter but as usual the BBC goes with the same tired old format of a male presenter/lead - no one wants to change the overall feeling of the program but come on BBC would it kill you to out a female up front or try something new.
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