Carol Kline on tonight

If that was the Gardener's World slot, then I snored the whole way through it!  More about Carol Klein than gardening etc - not particularly thrilling.  (But better than the tosh on BBC1, or is that just me?  I'd gladly pay more for comic relief if they DIDN'T fill the airwaves with dreadful 'comedy' and grandiose presenters!

I used to love CK,but Ive slowly gonr off her, I HATE the way she eats (pedantic I know) and its all 'lovey darling' these days with her. Stop being so 'flowery' Carol,and get back to that good down to earth lass!

We have yet to hit upon a good gardening presenter. Except perhaps monty don

See, it's all a matter of personal taste...i preferred Alan to Monty
But do agree GW never covers anything in detail any more, with sooo many presenters in each prog for their 5 mins of fame and then the guests.....you get nothing worth watching.
It was best when, for a little while, they let it have a whole hour of the weekly schedule, but that didn't last long

how was carol's show?

Not good really, a bit dissapointing
Thought she'd show her plants and her garden, her favourites through the years.
But no we visited roy lancaster n his garden and a few chelsea flower show type mates that she knows
Only bit i thought was interesting was when she went to the house she lived in as a child. Next door was still same man and they reminisced looking through the back fence.


Don't think i'll be reminding anyone to watch the next 3 (i think) in the series.......
 

Bring back Geoff Hamilton!

I like Monty and I liked Alan... Rachel de Thame (sp?) does it for me  but I actually quite like Carol Kline, the two books are very accessible for a 'newbie' like me (been interested in gardening for years, but only just got the land to do it on) but that programme p*ssed me off; I'm not interested in watching people visit their old family garden or sitting crying at the memory of their lost loved ones (I do enough of that myself from time to time!  )

It's only a matter of time before the BBC jumps on the coattails of the allotment 'fashion' and come up with a series - let's just hope they make a good job of it. Personally, I'd prefer to see someone with dirt on their collar than these designy types.

Rant over.

I do like Carol but she does get a bit wearing after a while. I think Rachel de Thame is very good and makes a subject interesting (although she looks a bit too immaculate - jealous, me?).  I also think Alys Fowler is watchable, although she looks like she should be in a Harry Potter film as one of the Weasleys.