In article , JennyC
writes
Did you notice Racheal whatsits nails ? How can she call herself a gardener with
fangs like that ?

What really irritated me was the sequence of closeups of alpines each
focused on R de T's face just behind the pot.
--
Kay
"Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river"

McCready wrote:
What happened to Chris Beardshaw?

Monty hasn't mentioned why he's disappeared.




Chris himself said on the first episode that he would be back in a
fornight....

Mark

Kay wrote:
In article , JennyC

writes
Did you notice Racheal whatsits nails ? How can she call herself a
gardener with fangs like that ?

What really irritated me was the sequence of closeups of alpines
each
focused on R de T's face just behind the pot.

Infuriating. But telly people think we're really interested only in
people. I hope Monty went back and covered up that raspberry root he
left exposed.

Mike.

On 6/3/05 21:42, in article , "Mike Lyle"
wrote:

Kay wrote:
In article , JennyC

writes
Did you notice Racheal whatsits nails ? How can she call herself a
gardener with fangs like that ?

What really irritated me was the sequence of closeups of alpines
each
focused on R de T's face just behind the pot.

Infuriating. But telly people think we're really interested only in
people. I hope Monty went back and covered up that raspberry root he
left exposed.

Mike.


I can tell you from personal experience that you cannot 'tell' telly people
anything. A couple of years ago a series was shot for one of the sky type
channels and we were in it. The man heading it knew his stuff, his plants,
garden design etc. and was good. I made one plea - "show the names of the
plants when they appear on screen". He told us that he had absolutely no
control over that but it was up to the producers/editors in the studio. I
rest my baggage!
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove the weeds to email me)

In article , JennyC
writes
IMHO the ghost of A.T. haunts G.W.
Alan & Joan Gould - North Lincs.

No.......the ghost of Jeff Hamilton :~(

Yes, sadly missed.
--
Alan & Joan Gould - North Lincs.

In article , Alan Gould
writes
In article , JennyC
writes
IMHO the ghost of A.T. haunts G.W.
Alan & Joan Gould - North Lincs.

No.......the ghost of Jeff Hamilton :~(

Yes, sadly missed.


Whatever happened to Ally Ward? And I wish they would have a guest once
in a blue moon, the calibre of Helen Dillon for example.

janet
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

In article ,
Victoria Clare wrote:

"JennyC" wrote in :


"andrewpreece" wrote in message
...

I much rather have Chris back than that strange red-bad-haired woman!

Andy

Oh !!
I liked her :~)

She's growing on me - seems to know her stuff, but what a painful voice
that is to listen to. It's like she's gargled gravel.

I think she has a very gentle, sexy voice - and sexy smiley eyes. Of
secondary concern, she is a top plantswoman. She can also be very, very
funny. Nothing against Sarah Raven (queen of grunge), who I like for
different reasons but Carol Klein's recruitment to GW is long overdue.

Joe Swift is welcome too. His cheeky chappy cheeriness makes up for the
humour void built up by Monty, Rachel and Chris Beardshaw. I expect the
producers wanted to inject a greater variety of pace and style and I
think the new team will serve them well. I do detest Monty though and
his horticultural shortcomings must be embarrassing for the producers
at times. Give me AT any day. Another I would like to see in there is
James Alexander Sinclair (the hat man) but he probably sounds too 'BBC'
for them. Very entertaining and knowledgeable presenter though.

Stan

"JennyC" wrote in :


"andrewpreece" wrote in message
...

I much rather have Chris back than that strange red-bad-haired woman!

Andy

Oh !!
I liked her :~)

She's growing on me - seems to know her stuff, but what a painful voice
that is to listen to. It's like she's gargled gravel.

Victoria

On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 15:14:20 +0000 (UTC), jane wrote:

On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 21:01:18 GMT, "McCready"
wrote:

~What happened to Chris Beardshaw?
~
~Monty hasn't mentioned why he's disappeared.
~
Poached by the opposition I think, which is fairy snuff since the Beeb
poached Monty off C4... Fair swap to me - now all they have to do is
get rid of all the other pretties and leave just the plantspeople and
stop doing the garden tours in favour of practical stuff and I'll be
happy.

Talking of practical, anyone want to chat about the new-style BBC GW
Magazine? I opened my April one yesterday and was extremely pleasantly
surprised - hugely revamped/expanded 'what to do now' sections, a new
series on allotments covering both traditional style and raised bed
(yippee) and more of it (not visibly all adverts).

I resubbed last summer using the Tesco clubcard cheapie offer (a year
for 8 quid of tokens, so free) and so it's even better value!

I haven't got mine yet - looking forward to it if it is as you say. But I
agree about the old one. It's really "bitty", and the adverts were all over
the place and very intrusive. I can leave out the garden tours totally.

--
Tim C.

On Sat, 5 Mar 2005 20:08:05 GMT, Janet Baraclough
wrote:

The message
from "JennyC" contains these words:


"andrewpreece" wrote in message
...

I much rather have Chris back than that strange red-bad-haired woman!

Oh !!
I liked her :~)

Me too. I much prefer a skilled plant enthusiast like Carol Klein to all
those self-conscious, preening meeja personalities.

I like Carol Klein and admire her knowledge and welcome her on the
team. BTW last weekI met Diana Guy, winner of BBC Gardener of the
Year. She was full of praise for Monty. Said she hadn't washed her
cheek since he kissed her!!! She has a lovely garden. Look in Yellow
Book, Dorset. Lots of hellebores at present.

Pam in Bristol

On 7/3/05 13:56, in article , "Stan The Man"
wrote:

snip

I think she has a very gentle, sexy voice - and sexy smiley eyes. Of
secondary concern, she is a top plantswoman. She can also be very, very
funny. Nothing against Sarah Raven (queen of grunge), who I like for
different reasons but Carol Klein's recruitment to GW is long overdue.

Joe Swift is welcome too. His cheeky chappy cheeriness makes up for the
humour void built up by Monty, Rachel and Chris Beardshaw. I expect the
producers wanted to inject a greater variety of pace and style and I
think the new team will serve them well. I do detest Monty though and
his horticultural shortcomings must be embarrassing for the producers
at times. Give me AT any day. Another I would like to see in there is
James Alexander Sinclair (the hat man) but he probably sounds too 'BBC'
for them. Very entertaining and knowledgeable presenter though.

Stan

Carol Klein certainly does know her stuff but the hat man and Joe Swift
grate on my nerves like fingernails on a blackboard. The hat irritates me
as 'gimmicky' and I can't get past that. I like Monty Don's style of
presentation and don't dislike Chris Beardshaw but do find him a bit bland,
somehow. His personality doesn't seem to come across on telly but there's
nothing irritating or annoying about him.
Carol's garden and nursery are small but worth a visit if in that area.
It's v. hard to find, though and I believe someone else from here visited
more recently than we did, so will have better directions, probably.
--

Sacha
(remove the weeds for email)

In article , Victoria
Clare writes
"JennyC" wrote in :


"andrewpreece" wrote in message
...

I much rather have Chris back than that strange red-bad-haired woman!

Andy

Oh !!
I liked her :~)

She's growing on me - seems to know her stuff, but what a painful voice
that is to listen to. It's like she's gargled gravel.

I didn't even notice!

What accent has she got? Is it something I'm used to?
--
Kay
"Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river"

Sacha muttered:

On 6/3/05 21:42, in article , "Mike Lyle"
wrote:

Kay wrote:
In article , JennyC

writes
Did you notice Racheal whatsits nails ? How can she call herself a
gardener with fangs like that ?

What really irritated me was the sequence of closeups of alpines
each
focused on R de T's face just behind the pot.

Infuriating. But telly people think we're really interested only in
people. I hope Monty went back and covered up that raspberry root he
left exposed.

Mike.


I can tell you from personal experience that you cannot 'tell' telly people
anything. A couple of years ago a series was shot for one of the sky type
channels and we were in it. The man heading it knew his stuff, his plants,
garden design etc. and was good. I made one plea - "show the names of the
plants when they appear on screen". He told us that he had absolutely no
control over that but it was up to the producers/editors in the studio. I
rest my baggage!

I recently took part in a pilot for a potential TV series. It was all very
standard stuff (the grasses * yawn, the bamboo screen * yawn again) that
took place in the designer/presenter to- be's garden, that is until I
noticed their pond, completely clogged with parrot feather and nearly
tripped up on the slimey decking...

I prefer my own garden.

I would make do with Monty and Sarah Raven. mmmm Sarah Raven. practical,
attractive, down to earth and knowledgeable. lovely.


"jay jay" wrote in message
...

McCready Wrote:
What happened to Chris Beardshaw?

Monty hasn't mentioned why he's disappeared.


And Sarah Raven wasn't there either... well, at least the dreaded A T
hasn't arrived (yet)

jay jay


--
jay jay

Carol's garden and nursery are small but worth a visit if in that area.
It's v. hard to find, though and I believe someone else from here visited
more recently than we did, so will have better directions, probably.
--

Sacha
(remove the weeds for email)
-------------
We used a recently aquired GPS to find Carol Klein's garden, and still had
to ask somebody for directions ;-)
You have been warned!

Well worth a visit though.

Marina
E. Sx