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Poor judgment, BBC
On 2014-05-14 10:33:33 +0000, Martin said:
On Wed, 14 May 2014 11:24:48 +0100, Sacha wrote: On 2014-05-14 07:46:51 +0000, Martin said: On Wed, 14 May 2014 03:06:38 +0100, "FrankB" wrote: "Sacha" wrote in message ... As for the treatment of Alan Titchmarsh, words just fail me. I'm at a loss to understand how the BBC would - effectively - ditch a man who has spent his entire life in horticulture and worked hard and well for the BBC and humiliate him as they have. It beggars belief and I suspect the really knowledgeable in horticulture will feel the same. I cannot count the number of people we know who have stopped watching Gardener's World and who may well give up on the BBC presentation of Chelsea for all the same reasons. What a mess! On top of that, Monty Don's 'sidekick' knows little about gardening but her parents have a garden they open to the public. That being the case, I'm putting forward the names of all 3 of my children for next year's coverage. They know bugger all about gardening but not only do their olds have a garden, one of them owns a Nursery and this garden is open to the public every day 50 weeks of the year! They'd be a shoo-in on that basis! -- To be frank (I am) I've never been a fan of AT. I've always found him patronising and corny. I much prefer Monty Don as a tv gardening presenter even though I no longer enjoy GW.but that's more the format tham MD's fault. I believe he's probably just as knowledgeable about gardening as AT, even though he's not a qualified horticulturist. The series he did a few years ago on Italian gardens was good It was good if you like to see Monty's face in the foreground of every shot. Several programmes have visited Villa d'Este. All of them did a better job than Monty. and I doubt AT could have pulled it off without driving me mad. The idea of having a woman presenter is obviously to 'sex up' the image of the Chelsea presentation and appeal more to the younger viewer. Sad, but that's what tv media is much about nowadays. Sad that you see the presence of a female presenter like that. In recent years there have always been female presenters too and why not? I have no problem with female presenters but I do wish that whoever they choose, of whichever gender, they'd get people who know something about the subject. I think the BBC's idea is to have somebody, who represents the man/woman in the street and "experts". That may be their idea but why can't 'the man in the street' also be a horticultural expert? AT does have that gift of talking as if chatting to a neighbour over the fence. But at the same time, he really knowss his subject. If I wanted to watch an informative programme on open-heart surgery, I don't want it 'explained' to me by a tv presenter but by an expert on the matter. They don't get e.g. Sophie Raworth to take over from David Attenborough. They let him - the real expert - do his own talking and presenting. I think it would make a good gardening series if they went round the country to e.g. a dozen of the NGS properties open every year BUT with a knowledgeable designer and/or horticulturist talking to the garden owners and some of the visitors. Perhaps then the BBC would realise the passionate interest so many people have in plants and gardens and how much they like to learn about them. It's good to have somebody who isn't overawed by the names of garden designers. There's a lot of Emperor's New Clothes at Chelsea. The comment that Sophie Raworth's parents have a large garden they open to the public made us just roar with laughter. I'm sure she's a delightful person but does she know *anything* about the billion pound producing world of horticulture? No. When Carol Klein interviews nurserymen, she does so on an equal footing and it shows. Someone asking what is that pretty pink thing? "It's a rose, dear", really isn't going to do it for most of us. (Yes, I exaggerate a little. I hope) Some years ago this garden was on local television and instead of asking Ray to talk about plants, propagation or even the garden, the director was most interested in getting him to think of the longest Latin plant name he could. Serious stuff, eh? We've entered a phase - and I pray it's a passing one - where gardening is treated as some little pastime for genteel folk of a certain age. These people have absolutely no idea what depth of interest there is and also what serious money is spent. Better get your children to change their Christian names to things like Rose, Blossom, Rambler ... if you want them to become presenters. Rambler...good name for a labrador! I think not for the children! ;-) -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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