Posted by Terry Fields on March 5, 2010, 4:00 pm
A new season starts....
...where was the introduction?
...where were the trailers for coming programmes, as in 'this season
we're going to....Toby will be doing this...Carol will be doing
that...Joe tries his hand at...??
Oh, and after 20 minutes, Alys turns up.
We had eight minutes of Toby and the Tomatoes: Toby cutting open seed
packets...Toby writing every label...Toby planting the seeds...
A short appearance by Carol hinted at something interesting, but that
soon faded back to Toby.
Twenty-three minutes in and there was a mention of the snowdrops being
late; why not mention that after the opening '46 frosts here' rather
than the plant that had suffered? The snowdrop article could have
kicked off the programme very well.
This was a very poor start. If this goes on, I won't be watching.
TF
Posted by Jim on March 5, 2010, 5:10 pm
Terry Fields wrote:
> A new season starts...
>
> Oh, and after 20 minutes, Alys turns up.
Erm... what time did you want her to turn up?
>
> We had eight minutes of Toby and the Tomatoes: Toby cutting open seed
> packets...Toby writing every label...Toby planting the seeds...
Toby explaining how to grow tomatoes...
Toby telling us about a new totally blight-resistant tomato...
>
> A short appearance by Carol hinted at something interesting, but that
> soon faded back to Toby.
Perhaps you fell asleep then? - she did a concise and interesting round
up of the ranunculaceae.
>
> Twenty-three minutes in and there was a mention of the snowdrops being
> late; why not mention that after the opening '46 frosts here' rather
> than the plant that had suffered? The snowdrop article could have
> kicked off the programme very well.
Are you for REAL???
>
> This was a very poor start.
IYHO
If this goes on, I won't be watching.
>
There's just no pleasing some people :(
Half an hour packed with practical gardening information was what I saw
Jim
NE England
Posted by Martin on March 5, 2010, 5:32 pm
wrote:
>A new season starts....
>...where was the introduction?
>...where were the trailers for coming programmes, as in 'this season
>we're going to....Toby will be doing this...Carol will be doing
>that...Joe tries his hand at...??
Gone forever hopefully.
>Oh, and after 20 minutes, Alys turns up.
>We had eight minutes of Toby and the Tomatoes: Toby cutting open seed
>packets...Toby writing every label...Toby planting the seeds...
>A short appearance by Carol hinted at something interesting, but that
>soon faded back to Toby.
>Twenty-three minutes in and there was a mention of the snowdrops being
>late; why not mention that after the opening '46 frosts here' rather
>than the plant that had suffered? The snowdrop article could have
>kicked off the programme very well.
>This was a very poor start. If this goes on, I won't be watching.
OTOH we thought it reflected what people said they wanted when the BBC asked
their opinion last year.
--
Martin
Posted by Bob Hobden on March 5, 2010, 5:55 pm
"Terry Fields" wrote...
> A new season starts....
> ...where was the introduction?
> ...where were the trailers for coming programmes, as in 'this season
> we're going to....Toby will be doing this...Carol will be doing
> that...Joe tries his hand at...??
> Oh, and after 20 minutes, Alys turns up.
> We had eight minutes of Toby and the Tomatoes: Toby cutting open seed
> packets...Toby writing every label...Toby planting the seeds...
> A short appearance by Carol hinted at something interesting, but that
> soon faded back to Toby.
> Twenty-three minutes in and there was a mention of the snowdrops being
> late; why not mention that after the opening '46 frosts here' rather
> than the plant that had suffered? The snowdrop article could have
> kicked off the programme very well.
> This was a very poor start. If this goes on, I won't be watching.
I think you must have seen a different program to me, much better than
before, some practical tips some interesting but small bits on plants
(snowdrops and buttercups). Promising start, now the presenters need to
relax and let the plants do the talking.
--
Regards
Bob Hobden
W.of London. UK
Posted by Martin on March 5, 2010, 6:10 pm
>"Terry Fields" wrote...
>>
>> A new season starts....
>>
>> ...where was the introduction?
>>
>> ...where were the trailers for coming programmes, as in 'this season
>> we're going to....Toby will be doing this...Carol will be doing
>> that...Joe tries his hand at...??
>>
>> Oh, and after 20 minutes, Alys turns up.
>>
>> We had eight minutes of Toby and the Tomatoes: Toby cutting open seed
>> packets...Toby writing every label...Toby planting the seeds...
>>
>> A short appearance by Carol hinted at something interesting, but that
>> soon faded back to Toby.
>>
>> Twenty-three minutes in and there was a mention of the snowdrops being
>> late; why not mention that after the opening '46 frosts here' rather
>> than the plant that had suffered? The snowdrop article could have
>> kicked off the programme very well.
>>
>> This was a very poor start. If this goes on, I won't be watching.
>>
>I think you must have seen a different program to me, much better than
>before, some practical tips some interesting but small bits on plants
>(snowdrops and buttercups). Promising start, now the presenters need to
>relax and let the plants do the talking.
Terry is one of the three million who liked the previous version of GW.
--
Martin
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>
> Oh, and after 20 minutes, Alys turns up.