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What happened to Chris Beardshaw?
Monty hasn't mentioned why he's disappeared. |
"McCready" wrote in message k... What happened to Chris Beardshaw? Monty hasn't mentioned why he's disappeared. I much rather have Chris back than that strange red-bad-haired woman! Andy |
I think this clip from his website (www.chrisbeardshaw.com) might give a
clue: New! Chris launches The Great Garden Challenge. Chris is to present the new gardening programme on C4 - The Great Garden Challenge. The exciting new programme will be going out live from Blenheim Palace every afternoon from March 21st until July and sets out to find the best gardening designers in Britain. Neil. "McCready" wrote in message k... What happened to Chris Beardshaw? Monty hasn't mentioned why he's disappeared. |
more bloody daft ideas from telly commissioners
that crappy show with the Irish bloke last year was dreadful, I suppose this will be of the same ilk New! Chris launches The Great Garden Challenge. Chris is to present the new gardening programme on C4 - The Great Garden Challenge. The exciting new programme will be going out live from Blenheim Palace every afternoon from March 21st until July and sets out to find the best gardening designers in Britain. Neil. "McCready" wrote in message k... What happened to Chris Beardshaw? Monty hasn't mentioned why he's disappeared. |
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And Sarah Raven wasn't there either... well, at least the dreaded A T hasn't arrived (yet) jay jay |
McCready wrote:
What happened to Chris Beardshaw? Monty hasn't mentioned why he's disappeared. I'm not sure what's happened to him, but the compost heaps looked good. -- The scum also rises. -- Dr. Hunter S. Thompson |
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! -- jane Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist but you have ceased to live. Mark Twain Please remove onmaps from replies, thanks! |
"andrewpreece" wrote in message ... "McCready" wrote in message k... What happened to Chris Beardshaw? Monty hasn't mentioned why he's disappeared. I much rather have Chris back than that strange red-bad-haired woman! Andy Oh !! I liked her :~) Jenny |
In article , Janet Baraclough
writes The message from "JennyC" contains these words: "andrewpreece" wrote in message ... I much rather have Chris back than that strange red-bad-haired woman! 'bad-haired'? You judge the quality of the gardening advice by the appearance of the person giving it, do you? Or is that just when it's a 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. She seemed to me to be giving sensible advice in a straightforward way without a lot of unnecessary flannel. -- Kay "Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river" |
I much rather have Chris back than that strange red-bad-haired woman! 'bad-haired'? You judge the quality of the gardening advice by the appearance of the person giving it, do you? Or is that just when it's a woman? :-)) |
"Kay" wrote in message ... In article , Janet Baraclough writes The message from "JennyC" contains these words: "andrewpreece" wrote in message ... I much rather have Chris back than that strange red-bad-haired woman! 'bad-haired'? You judge the quality of the gardening advice by the appearance of the person giving it, do you? Or is that just when it's a 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. She seemed to me to be giving sensible advice in a straightforward way without a lot of unnecessary flannel. -- Kay And I liked her hair colour :~) Jenny |
"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) I wish the dreaded AT would arrive actually! He is still hard to beat. This is no comment against Monty Don but most other presenters could take a tip ftom AT. He speaks clearly and although he has an accent it doesnt get in the way of his clear received Englsih which is accessible to all of us no matter where we are viewing. AT has personality. Monty Don needs to get a bit more forceful, he is being drowned out by his team. Teams need leaders. Presenters need good personailites. None of the present bunch ave got - well " presence" ( AT has it in bucket loads!) Laisse fairre and democracies do not work well in such situations. I preferred the " one man style" of the old programming ( even pre AT) personally. As for carol klein , she is certainly knowledgeable but her accent gets me and I am having difficulty tuning into it. I find it " harsh" . I preferred sarah raven. OK , so I am picky. Rant over. |
"mich" wrote in message ... "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) I wish the dreaded AT would arrive actually! He is still hard to beat. This is no comment against Monty Don but most other presenters could take a tip ftom AT. He speaks clearly and although he has an accent it doesnt get in the way of his clear received Englsih which is accessible to all of us no matter where we are viewing. Each to his own - I hate AT ! AT has personality. Monty Don needs to get a bit more forceful, he is being drowned out by his team. Ah but such a sexy voice :~)) Teams need leaders. Disagree. The mix and match suits me fine Presenters need good personailites. None of the present bunch ave got - well " presence" ( AT has it in bucket loads!) See above :~) Laisse fairre and democracies do not work well in such situations. I preferred the " one man style" of the old programming ( even pre AT) personally. As for carol klein , she is certainly knowledgeable but her accent gets me and I am having difficulty tuning into it. I find it " harsh" . I preferred sarah raven. She is indeed good. I love her grubby old cloths. She lloks like a proper gardener and makes me feel quite at home :~) OK , so I am picky. Rant over. Did you notice Racheal whatsits nails ? How can she call herself a gardener with fangs like that ? Jenny |
In article , JennyC
writes Did you notice Racheal whatsits nails ? How can she call herself a gardener with fangs like that ? Rachel de Thame. She has put on a lot of weight since her confinement. She is more of a gardening presenter than a gardener. Monty Don on the other hand is a gardener to his fingertips, but he seems to have problems in putting it over on TV. His weekly articles in the Sunday Observer are excellent. IMHO the ghost of A.T. haunts G.W. -- Alan & Joan Gould - North Lincs. |
"Alan Gould" wrote in message ... In article , JennyC writes Did you notice Racheal whatsits nails ? How can she call herself a gardener with fangs like that ? Rachel de Thame. She has put on a lot of weight since her confinement. She is more of a gardening presenter than a gardener. Monty Don on the other hand is a gardener to his fingertips, but he seems to have problems in putting it over on TV. His weekly articles in the Sunday Observer are excellent. IMHO the ghost of A.T. haunts G.W. Alan & Joan Gould - North Lincs. No.......the ghost of Jeff Hamilton :~( Jenny |
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. |
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 |
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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 |
On 10/3/05 9:35, in article ,
" wrote: On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 23:17:50 -0800, "goldfinch" wrote: 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 ;-) Don't you to know where it is fairly accurately to be able to locate it with a GPS? With the GPS we have (Tom Tom) you can type in a full address (which for Carol is Glebe Cottage Plants, Pixie Lane, Warkleigh, Umberleigh, Devon, EX37 9DH 01769 540554) or just a post code, or just a town name. In the case of CK's nursery, there are no signs to it at all and as it's only an acre overall with the garden, it's not some large mass that you see from afar. AND it's along a track across a field somewhere in a small hamlet, AFAIR, so some research on location is a good idea! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove the weeds to email me) |
On 10/3/05 17:01, in article ,
" wrote: On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 12:03:12 +0000, Sacha wrote: snip With the GPS we have (Tom Tom) you can type in a full address (which for Carol is Glebe Cottage Plants, Pixie Lane, Warkleigh, Umberleigh, Devon, EX37 9DH 01769 540554) or just a post code, or just a town name. In the case of CK's nursery, there are no signs to it at all and as it's only an acre overall with the garden, it's not some large mass that you see from afar. AND it's along a track across a field somewhere in a small hamlet, AFAIR, so some research on location is a good idea! On my GPS, a Garmin 12XL, I have to give the longitude and latitude. If I get it right, it will guide to me within +/-5 metres of the location. That's on a boat, right? ;-) I know we get a lot of rain in England but..... -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove the weeds to email me) |
On 10/3/05 17:50, in article ,
" wrote: On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 17:48:29 +0000, Sacha wrote: On 10/3/05 17:01, in article , " wrote: On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 12:03:12 +0000, Sacha wrote: snip With the GPS we have (Tom Tom) you can type in a full address (which for Carol is Glebe Cottage Plants, Pixie Lane, Warkleigh, Umberleigh, Devon, EX37 9DH 01769 540554) or just a post code, or just a town name. In the case of CK's nursery, there are no signs to it at all and as it's only an acre overall with the garden, it's not some large mass that you see from afar. AND it's along a track across a field somewhere in a small hamlet, AFAIR, so some research on location is a good idea! On my GPS, a Garmin 12XL, I have to give the longitude and latitude. or an OS coordinate. But you didn't say that, originally. ;-) If I get it right, it will guide to me within +/-5 metres of the location. That's on a boat, right? ;-) It's not particular where it is. At the moment it is at home in a cupboard. No travel plans, then? Nonetheless, the one we have, which is designed for a car, operates as I described earlier. I know we get a lot of rain in England but..... ... never rains but it pours? No, no. We can get the odd mild drizzle. Round here that can last for 6 months - or feel as if it does. Right now, it's so dry that I'm reminded of some Jersey February droughts, in March! -- Sacha (remove the weeds for email) |
Victoria Clare wrote:
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 Not as bad as Gay Search - remember her? God, her voice was painful! Just watching Stefan Buczacki at the moment on UK Style Gardens (Stefans Ultimate Gardens). Pity we don't see more of him - he really knows his stuff. I think he had a bust-up with the BBC over Gardner's Question Time a few years back so they ditched him :-( Jeff |
"VivienB" wrote in message ... On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 23:53:47 GMT, Jeff wrote: Victoria Clare wrote: 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 Not as bad as Gay Search - remember her? God, her voice was painful! What a picky lot you are! I am listening to *what* they are telling me, so I can try to judge whether it is likely to be useful. So long as they speak clearly, what does the timbre (or whatever it is you object to) matter? I would much prefer either of these women telling me something that I can use, to the decorative and pretty-voiced ones going on about something valueless. Regards, VivienB I think it is like a "who was your favourite Doctor Who?" type argument. We all have fond memories of particular eras and individuals and forget the bad bits. Geoff Hamilton was in place just as gardening went into super show business mode in the mid 1990s and many people remember him as a cross between mother Theresa and Indiana Jones. I certainly have fond memories of Gardeners World from dem days but that is a mixture of Geoff's personality (warm, comforting, knowledgeable) and the fact that I was not super-saturated with TV garden makeoverology at the time. Everyone since Geoff will look cheap and nasty, no matter who they are. I certainly do find many garden TV people irritating but that is partly because the entire genre has become irritating. Somewhere out there a producer is dreamimg up a reality-TV-garden-makeover-save-the-children-pop-idol-aid program which will be hosted by Ant and Dec. Apart from all that, speaking purely subjectively and persoanally, Gay search was one of the better presenters and I actually like Monty Don a lot and Titchmarch is very very good but got over-exposed (as he probably realises himself). Diarmuid Gavin is a bit of fun; I take great delight in finding people who dislike him because he does not tell you how many ponds per square foot of hoof and horn to use as a top dressing in late Spring for boosting leeks. Rachel de Thame has a clear accent and is very eye-catching but somehow Diarmuid standing in a huge muddy hole in the ground with three hairy builders from sligo balancing a 19 tonne brass sphere is more entertaining to me. Des Higgins |
In article , VivienB
writes What a picky lot you are! I am listening to *what* they are telling me, so I can try to judge whether it is likely to be useful. So long as they speak clearly, what does the timbre (or whatever it is you object to) matter? I would much prefer either of these women telling me something that I can use, to the decorative and pretty-voiced ones going on about something valueless. Regards, VivienB But isn't that the essence of a good communicator? I bet there's loads of really great gardeners out there but if they deliver the information n a voice that has about as much enthusiasm and emotion as if they were reading the telephone directory then the joy of their subject won't be imparted. However Geoff and Alan and Dan Pearson and others all seem to actually LOVE gardening whereas Diarmuid of the motorway constructions and Chris of the 'I can jump over this fence easily' never seem to have the 'enthusiasm' for the individual plants, just the 'overall effect' I guess there's two sides to gardening in the media's eyes. The effect party who just want to have a five foot of blue/wavy to fill a space like buying three foot of library books and then there's the others who do look at an effect but actually seem to see the plants and especially (joy of joys) the actual varieties. I mean to say, they suggest 'a clematis' to fill a space but then there's ;literally hundreds to choose from! Helen Dillon and the RTE programme about 8 years ago was brilliant, they suggested varieties, some common, some unusual and even had me viewing with a pen and paper. They didn't generalise for 'effect' but actually looked at each plant and its performance. janet -- Janet Hedgerows & lawns http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk/plants |
"Janet Tweedy" wrote in message ... In article , VivienB writes What a picky lot you are! I am listening to *what* they are telling me, so I can try to judge whether it is likely to be useful. So long as they speak clearly, what does the timbre (or whatever it is you object to) matter? I would much prefer either of these women telling me something that I can use, to the decorative and pretty-voiced ones going on about something valueless. Regards, VivienB But isn't that the essence of a good communicator? I bet there's loads of really great gardeners out there but if they deliver the information n a voice that has about as much enthusiasm and emotion as if they were reading the telephone directory then the joy of their subject won't be imparted. However Geoff and Alan and Dan Pearson and others all seem to actually LOVE gardening whereas Diarmuid of the motorway constructions and Chris of the 'I can jump over this fence easily' never seem to have the 'enthusiasm' for the individual plants, just the 'overall effect' I guess there's two sides to gardening in the media's eyes. The effect party who just want to have a five foot of blue/wavy to fill a space like buying three foot of library books and then there's the others who do look at an effect but actually seem to see the plants and especially (joy of joys) the actual varieties. I mean to say, they suggest 'a clematis' to fill a space but then there's ;literally hundreds to choose from! Helen Dillon and the RTE programme about 8 years ago was brilliant, they suggested varieties, some common, some unusual and even had me viewing with a pen and paper. They didn't generalise for 'effect' but actually looked at each plant and its performance. I am forced to agree with this. Helen Dillon is THE best garden programme presenter I have ever seen. She is unique. I did not realise you lot over on the "mainland" got to see that programme. She is quite a character, apparently, and has a keen sense of humour. I recall in one programme she pointed out how to remember where to plant a particular rose variety which had a ladies name. The name escapes me but let's pretend it was Victoria. She said with a straight face that Victoria was bad in a bed but good against a wall. She used to write the gardening column for one of the Irish Sunday newspapers (Sunday Tribune) and these were collected and published in book form. Some of it is very funny. It is all passionate and informative. janet -- Janet Hedgerows & lawns http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk/plants |
In article , VivienB
wrote: On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 23:53:47 GMT, Jeff wrote: Victoria Clare wrote: 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 Not as bad as Gay Search - remember her? God, her voice was painful! What a picky lot you are! I am listening to *what* they are telling me, so I can try to judge whether it is likely to be useful. So long as they speak clearly, what does the timbre (or whatever it is you object to) matter? I would much prefer either of these women telling me something that I can use, to the decorative and pretty-voiced ones going on about something valueless. It matters to the BBC, and every other programme maker because gardening programmes aren't Open University courses but lifestyle/entertainment shows which, while educating some of us will entertain others who may be less committed gardeners, casual viewers, etc. So these days, someone who looks and sounds good will get the presenting job over someone who may be more knowledgeable. Of the two attributes, voice is more important than looks (I have been known to sit in a darkened room to enjoy old recordings of Percy Thrower, whose mellifluous tones will never be surpassed imho). Here's my ratings - for Looks/Voice/Knowledge - of a selection of gardening presenters: Percy Thrower: 2/10/9 Alan Titchmarsh 8/8/8 Geoff Hamilton 8/7/9 Monty Don 7/9/5 Clay Jones 5/9/9 Peter Seabrook 4/5/9 Carol Klein 4/4/9 Chris Beardshaw 9/5/7 Rachel de Thame 9/7/5 Joe Swift 5/6/7 Stefan Buczacki 4/7/8 Kim Wilde 7/6/5 Dan Pearson 4/6/8 Diarmuid Gavin 6/1/4 Sven Wombwell 7/6/6 James Alexander Sinclair 7/8/9 Charlie Dimmock 3/4/5 Now, who have I forgotten...? |
Charlie Dimmock 3/4/5 You rate her Organ Stops as THREE!!!!!!!!!????????????? :-((((((((( |
On 11/3/05 15:08, in article , "Stan The
Man" wrote: snip Here's my ratings - for Looks/Voice/Knowledge - of a selection of gardening presenters: Percy Thrower: 2/10/9 Alan Titchmarsh 8/8/8 Geoff Hamilton 8/7/9 Monty Don 7/9/5 Clay Jones 5/9/9 Peter Seabrook 4/5/9 Carol Klein 4/4/9 Chris Beardshaw 9/5/7 Rachel de Thame 9/7/5 Joe Swift 5/6/7 Stefan Buczacki 4/7/8 Kim Wilde 7/6/5 Dan Pearson 4/6/8 Diarmuid Gavin 6/1/4 Sven Wombwell 7/6/6 James Alexander Sinclair 7/8/9 Charlie Dimmock 3/4/5 Now, who have I forgotten...? Gay Search. ;-) -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove the weeds to email me) |
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