On 2009-10-24 10:03:54 +0100, Dave Hill said:

On 23 Oct, 23:11, Sacha wrote:
Did I mis-hear this? *It's being moved to 10.30 for the next 4 weeks.
*
Autumnwatch is moving to 8.30. *This is NOT a good omen for GW, it
seems to me. *I think Toby & co. are doing their real best and all know
their stuff. *But something isn't right in the direction the programme
is taking. *Oh dear.
It makes me feel that the linchpins of GW are struggling against the
odds of the big splashy visits that the producers think will pull in
viewers. *None of their gardening feels real any more. *It's such a
shame but I do hope this move to 10.30 (10.30!!) doesn't mark the
beginning of the end. *I fear it does.
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Sachawww.hillhousenursery.com
Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics.
South Devon

I think that this "Team" are the worst thing to happen to GW, the
sooner they are dispersed and that farce of a garden is got rid off
the better for the Prog.
The way they have thrown monney at the garden has made it so detached
from what the viewer can afford is a discrace
David Hill.

The trouble is that we just don't really know whose fault all this is.
The presenters are undoubtedly knowledgeable gardeners but having so
many of them makes the whole thing rather 'choppy' - there's no
concentration on anything for more than a minute, or so it feels. But
is this a directive from on high at the BBC about making gardening
'trendy', or is it the director's idea - or what? Last night's wander
off to two enormous gardens with several skilled gardeners made me
think of the irritation of the Chelsea coverage. Instead of
concentrating on the job in hand, they go all pc and take us off to see
people growing chilis in old welly boots or something. If they want a
programme on allotments or the great gardens of Britain, heaven knows
there are enough of those to make an entire series, interviewing owners
or Curators and Head Gardeners about their work and the development of
the gardens. It could be fascinating. But shoving such things into a
teaching programme like GW is just annoying, IMO. Those thousands of
tulips made even me get horticultural indigestion and I love tulips.
All I know is that just when we get hopeful about an improvement, it
seems to take two steps back again. I agree about throwing money at
the garden and feel this is part of the 'trendy' thing. Most people
who garden, do so either alone, or as a pair and on a low budget,
especially nowadays. If they're aiming the programme at those who
*can* afford to spend big bucks, my guess is that those aren't the
people who will watch GW anyway.

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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics.
South Devon