GARDENERS WORLD

[rosebud]

I have just read that GW is back on the 25th feb and it will be on for an hour each friday, good news for those who like the program. I do  :) :D ;D.

[rosebud]

[eileen]

GREAT!!!!!!  ;D About time too.

[Gardengirl]

Great news Rosebud :D  Can't wait for it to return - makes you feel that summer is just around the corner again :)

[aquilegia]

that's good - half an hour always seemed too short. trouble is - I've got to record it for my sister as she's moving to spain soon - so it'll take up more tapes, but at least she'll get to watch it sooner!

[Val]

 ;D  Oh great an hour....bliss. ;D

[ina]

Thanks Rosebud, I wrote it on my calendar.

[Kerry]

an hour!! good-oh! but........chris beardshaw is leaving this year! i could not believe it, being replaced by joe swift and carol klein. chris was my favourite presenter, liked his approach of 'right plants for right places' in the flying gardener.
i shall have to restrain myself from making further comment i think!

[aquilegia]

Kerry - oh NO. I cannot stand Joe Swift. Mr Aqui found GW just about bearable, but with Joe Swift, he will not be happy. I can see him taking an awful long time to do the washing up on Friday evenings.

[Mrs Ava]

What, no gorgeous Beardshaw to keep me entertained.  Bad enough having to put up with that  woman and monty!!  Carol Klein will be okay, altho I do find she has one of those voices that grates on me a little, but I do like her cottagey type feely gardening.  Hmmmmmmmmm, may loose a viewer in this part of Essex. 

[Kerry]

hohoho EJ! you have said it for me! 'that woman'. teehee indeed ;)
i am teased a lot about my feelings about above person by father and OH-they don't particularly like her either, but do like to wind me up!

OH has just appeared around corner to ask me what i'm looking so pleased about, so i told him about your comment. ;)

here it is copied from the bbc boards....

re: Gardener's World simon a - HOST - 42nd post - 13 Jan 2005 16:26
It is true that Chris Beardshaw will be leaving GW later in the year for pastures new but he is not disappearing just yet and will be appearing on the programme well into the spring months. The good news is that Monty Don and Rachel de Thame will also be joined by 2 new presenters this year, Joe Swift and Carol Klein who are both looking forward immensely to starting work at Berryfields

[busy_lizzie]

I am really looking forward to GW's return.  I too like Chris Beardshaw and will be sorry to see him go.  Have mixed feelings about Joe Swift but will see how he goes, and don't know much about Carol Klein.  Just hoping the extra 1/2 hour means more time will be spent on veggie growing, or is that being too optimistic?   ;D busy_lizzie

[rosebud]

Hi BL it seems they will be doing veggie growing but not every week.
I cannot stand that carol kliene she has such a whinging voice just hope her part each week is quite small. ::)

[Bun]

GW just wont be the same without CB!  :'(
I do like Monty though, & I like Joe Swift. I'm not sure about Carol Klein. I can't remember what she looks like, but I do remember her voice.  :-\
I still haven't made my mind up about Rachele de Tame (sp?)
Does anyone know what CB will be doing instead? I heard he's going over to either C4 or C5. Does that mean there will be no more Flying Gardener?

[Mrs Ava]

Ah Bun, he will be totally unavailable to do anymore TV work as he will be locked away in my wardrobe!  ;D ;) ;D

[Bun]

That there's fightin' talk, ya hear me!  :P

What I could do to him in the potting shed!  ::)  :-*  ;)

[Kerry]

fight you BOTH for him!!!!!! dear me, getting quite unseemly us ladies!! ;) :P

[Mrs Ava]

Have to sort out a time share scheme.  Oh happy days!  How can one so irresistable also be a gardener?  Perfection.  ::)

[Bun]

*Sigh*

[Garden Manager]

Where did we get the idea that it was going to be for an hour this year?

All the magazine says is that it will be on at 8pm instead of 830pm. No mention of a new length. I would have thought there'd be some great fanfare about it if it was the case.

Please dont all build your hopes up too much.

I too am not sure about Joe Swift rejoining the programme, though I have recently been watching a new programme of his on UKTV Style called 'Garden Makers' and i think I might be getting used to him a bit now. Carol Klien will be good on GW though.

I think this must be a first for A4ALL. Discussing a specific gardening programme.

[Tulipa]

On the TV Gardening message board on the BBC website it says there will be hour long programmes from May to mid-June.  This was posted by a BBC host, so I imagine he is right.  Hope this helps.