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Titchmarsh comeback?
"Sacha" wrote in message ... On 2009-11-09 17:18:36 +0000, "mark" said: "Janet Baraclough" wrote in message ... The message from ®óñ© © ²°¹°-°¹ contains these words: On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 16:43:23 -0000, "Spider" wrote: Knowledge and enthusiasm, as well as an ability to bestow these, is precisely what's needed on GW. I keep watching in the vain hope it will improve but, these days I rarely watch it in 'real time' because I come in late from the garden during the summer. That shows *just* how much it's changed for me: I used to rush in from the garden to catch every second. 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. Whateverever target audience it is aiming at, it has missed as evidenced by the diminishing viewing figures. mark Both from talking to customers and reading the majority opinion on here, I think most viewers want straightforward gardening without the fake friendship stuff and the gimmicky sheds etc. It doesn't mean it has to be humourless or without its lighter moments but it does mean less of the celeb culture and more of the cultivation! Roy Lancaster told us that when he was doing his early broadcasting work he was told very sternly to remember that the plants were the stars, not the presenters! That's part of what needs to come back - let's forget the silly hats and scarves and hair and whatever. More plants, less people. AND PLANT NAMES ON THE SCREEN!! Are you listening programme makers? ;-) It's no good showing people plants and not telling them what they are. Learners need to know from scratch and more experienced gardeners want to know the names of new things being launched. We get customers saying "it was on a gardening programme 2 weeks ago, it's blue/yellow/red/orange and it has green leaves that are pointed." Tell them the names. Please! And at the end of the programme - having warned them to be ready to write it down - tell them where there are special courses or days out that would interest gardeners, e.g. Apple Days, or places giving a week end course or a day course on veg and herb growing, or taking cuttings, or how to save seed etc. -- I'm sure that the Beeb is well aware of the GW failings and that is why they are having chats with AT. mark |
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