I think there may well also still be limitations re. filming / number of people to make films etc.?
I think you may be right.
G W does seem to divide opinion , I like Monty , he has a soothing voice which I hear when ever I'm reading one of his books . I take the angle on viewers gardens that you may pick up an idea that you hadn't thought of or the gardener may say something that sparks the seed of invention.
We all know that there are many areas to the subject , pruning , propagation and greenhouse growing are just a handful of the subjects that people are interested in. A grower who likes their brassicas may not be interested in topiary. It is a wide and interesting subject and one size doesn't fit all
It does make a change to have a program that isn't preceded by the all to common announcement " the following program contains strong language" etc which seems to be the norm these days.
Friday evenings can be spent "wandering" around these pages now that the evenings are drawing in .