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Grow Your Own Veg - yesterday
talking point?
Yes, Carol Klein is apparently a very experienced and knowledgeable plantswoman and grower. No doubt she and her family would be very pleasant neighbours. However, a good TV presenter she not - at least in this context. A good presenter needs far more than the ability to sound enthusiastic and 'not talk down to their audience'. They need to entertain, inform and maintain viewer interest. In this series, she fails in every respect. The BBC have been unsuccessful with Grow Your Own Veg because they have attempted to appeal to too wide an audience. Of course this has, to an extent, compromised Carol in the way she can lead the programmes. Many other gardening presenters, I suspect, would not have taken it on. Keith "shazzbat" wrote in message ... "June Hughes" wrote in message ... In message ews.net, Sue writes Carol K is a brilliant gardening presenter, whether she's talking about veg, or planting perennials for a flower garden. She never claimed to be a beginner at growing vegetables - if people had been paying attention they'd have seen she'd had lots of experience 'growning her own' many years ago, but as J says, for the last two decades has concentrated on her nursery business, shows etc. I have seen a couple of the programmes and tend to agree with you. She doesn't talk down to you, which means people who have very little knowledge of gardening are more likely to listen to her. I agree also. There is a difficult area between dumbing down to the point where gardeners would be turning off, and "dumbing up" to the point where novices/first timers would be lost. As an attempt at treading the middle ground it's not so bad. She might comb her hair though :-)) Steve |
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Grow Your Own Veg - yesterday
"Keith (Dorset)" wrote talking point? Yes, Carol Klein is apparently a very experienced and knowledgeable plantswoman and grower. No doubt she and her family would be very pleasant neighbours. However, a good TV presenter she not - at least in this context. A good presenter needs far more than the ability to sound enthusiastic and 'not talk down to their audience'. They need to entertain, inform and maintain viewer interest. In this series, she fails in every respect. On the contrary. As a viewer with a little gardening knowledge but with lots to learn, especially as regards vegetable growing, I've found the series entertaining, informative and it's more tha held my interest throughout. So even if only using your terms of reference it's a success afaic! -- Sue |
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Grow Your Own Veg - yesterday
In article , "Keith (Dorset)"
writes talking point? Yes, Carol Klein is apparently a very experienced and knowledgeable plantswoman and grower. No doubt she and her family would be very pleasant neighbours. However, a good TV presenter she not - at least in this context. A good presenter needs far more than the ability to sound enthusiastic and 'not talk down to their audience'. They need to entertain, inform and maintain viewer interest. In this series, she fails in every respect. The BBC have been unsuccessful with Grow Your Own Veg because they have attempted to appeal to too wide an audience. Of course this has, to an extent, compromised Carol in the way she can lead the programmes. Many other gardening presenters, I suspect, would not have taken it on. Keith Is anyone else old enough to remember the great Geoffrey Smith and his "Mr smith's vegetable garden"? He had a very "down to your level" friendly approach but showed an immense amount of information and technique and clearly loved all things botanical ! -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
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Grow Your Own Veg - yesterday
In article , Janet Tweedy
wrote: In article , "Keith (Dorset)" writes talking point? Yes, Carol Klein is apparently a very experienced and knowledgeable plantswoman and grower. No doubt she and her family would be very pleasant neighbours. However, a good TV presenter she not - at least in this context. A good presenter needs far more than the ability to sound enthusiastic and 'not talk down to their audience'. They need to entertain, inform and maintain viewer interest. In this series, she fails in every respect. The BBC have been unsuccessful with Grow Your Own Veg because they have attempted to appeal to too wide an audience. Of course this has, to an extent, compromised Carol in the way she can lead the programmes. Many other gardening presenters, I suspect, would not have taken it on. Keith Is anyone else old enough to remember the great Geoffrey Smith and his "Mr smith's vegetable garden"? He had a very "down to your level" friendly approach but showed an immense amount of information and technique and clearly loved all things botanical ! Not that old! You're talking early 80s. When Gardeners' World presenters had to talk to camera for up to 15 minutes in one continuous take. |
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