On Mon, 9 Nov 2009 13:45:01 GMT, Janet Baraclough
wrote:


The Daily Express today has a big and very critical article outlining
how Gardeners' World has gone from bad to worse. Basically saying
everything about it is wrong, poor presenters, dumbing down, stupid
little garden on waste land (not attached to a house etc)
The BBC really needs to up its game and get real or continue to leak
viewers when it returns

The trouble is, TV programming has vastly changed since the says of
St Geoff ( gardening by and for gardeners). Today GW is aimed at a
much wider
target audience than gardeners. Just like Strictly Come Dancing. is
aimed at people who don't dance. It's entertainment geared to
non-participants.
A snack for grazing couch potatoes, rather than the G Hamilton
nourishing meal for hungry gardeners who've worked up an appetite.

Maybe if GW presenters wore fantastic frocks, or some sequiny
costume which barely passes as adequate underwear, they'd get more
viewers. I'm
only surprised they haven't introduced score cards and viewer voting.

Let's get Cheryl Kale and Simon Trowell on the panel

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