David Rance wrote:

On Sun, 13 Jul 2003, JennyC wrote:

It is such a joy to watch Gardeners World again since MD took over !!
A REAL gardener who knows what he's about and I love his baggy old
trousers :~))

Interesting how the attitude towards Monty has changed. When he started
doing gardening programmes on Channel 4 the general attitude was, "What
does *he* know about gardening?" and people were more than a little
scathing.

Not having watched GW since Monty took over can I ask whether he has
matured in the role of a gardening presenter or was he good in the first
place? (I did watch one or two of his Channel 4 programmes. I thought
they were good if a little simplistic - but perhaps that's what Channel
4 engaged him for.)


I think you'll find that the original reviews were mixed... I like him,
he's knowledgeable, and comes over well despite his 'amateur' status
compared to some of the 'qualified' presenter.. I don't actually think
this matters either way.. I've met both very high level 'amatuers' and
crappy 'professionals', if you know what I mean!;-)
//
Jim