On 5 Mar, 21:00, Terry Fields wrote:
A new season starts....

...where was the introduction?

...where were the trailers for coming programmes, as in 'this season
we're going to....Toby will be doing this...Carol will be doing
that...Joe tries his hand at...??

Oh, *and after 20 minutes, Alys turns up.

We had eight minutes of Toby and the Tomatoes: Toby cutting open seed
packets...Toby writing every label...Toby planting the seeds...

A short appearance by Carol hinted at something interesting, but that
soon faded back to Toby.

Twenty-three minutes in and there was a mention of the snowdrops being
late; why not mention that after the opening '46 frosts here' rather
than the plant that had suffered? The snowdrop article could have
kicked off *the programme very well.

This was a very poor start. If this goes on, I won't be watching.

TF

You know, I've got to agree with Terry's initial comments.

There seemed to be more excitement and enthusiasm for the new series
starting from the pre-programme announcer.

It's been a long, hard winter (some would say it's not over yet...),
but, as Terry says, there was no 'teasers' to not just the season, but
even that programme.

I think they should all start off by wishing us a happy new gardening
year, and giving us something to look forward to over the next 30
minutes, nay 30 episodes.

Indeed, it was almost as if it was a mid-season programme, with no
forethought in informing us what was coming up, and why.

Noticed that Toby cuts open his seeds, whereas Alys didn't. I'm sure
hers will grow just as well.

Liked the snowdrops piece, as we saw lots of different varities that
could inspire us to plant. It was also good to hear that Toby
recommends planting 6" deep, to ensure they don't bake in summer. It
wasn't all bad. In fact, I don't think there's anything wrong with the
presenters, just programme production.

Oh, and it could've done with more music at times, which certainly
helps to raise the gardening spirit !