Gardeners' World goes back to its roots with Monty

 Monty Don is returning to the helm of Gardeners' World, almost three
years after a stroke forced him to leave the show.


The 55-year-old will replace Toby Buckland, who was informed by BBC
bosses yesterday that his contract will not be renewed. Buckland was
said to be "devastated" by the decision.

Alys Fowler, another Gardeners' World regular, is also leaving the
programme, the BBC announced. Carol Klein and Joe Swift will return
for the new series alongside Rachel de Thame.

From todays Telegraph


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What a shame, no more of Alice in wander land. But why bring in Rachel
de Thame, she is almost as bad.
Lets hope we get a good Prog as a result, it has been getting better
slowly.

 

It's improved hugely, in our opinion.  It's a great relief not to have
that rubbishy "who can make a hanging basket fastest" format any
longer.  The show is to be cut by half an hour, apparently.  As long as
it goes on improving with people being taught something andmore
emphasis on hands doing the gardening work than on faces, hats, scarves
or any other paraphernalia, it will win back its original core
audience, as well as attracting a new one that wants to learn.
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon

 

And what I like most is that he'll be presenting the programme from
his own real garden, not some made up TV set-piece place. I like
Monty's "get your hands dirty" style though I hope the programme won't
over-concentrate on veg. Don't know why they're bringing Rachel de
Thame in; I'd prefer to keep Alys. But I suppose she and Toby were too
closely associated with the failed "new programme style" and though
the last series was a great improvement on the one before, I guess a
lot of people couldn't get the silly competitions and tea in the
potting shed out of their minds.

 On Wed, 08 Dec 2010 01:46:25 -0800, Dave Hill wrote:


Should've gone to Specsavers.