A to Z of TV Gardening: Letter K
06:00 am - 06:45 am, Tuesday, February 17 on BBC Two HD (102)
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Letter K
Season 1, Episode 11
Carol Kirkwood looks at subjects beginning with the letter K, continuing her alphabetical journey through the world of horticulture. Along the way, she gets inspiration and advice from some of the BBC's most popular gardening presenters
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Carol Kirkwood
(Presenter)
Alan Titchmarsh
(Contributor)
Dan Cruickshank
(Contributor)
Jules Hudson
(Contributor)
Carol Klein
(Contributor)
Alys Fowler
(Contributor)
Monty Don
(Contributor)
James Wong
(Contributor)
Gillian Scothern
(Executive producer)
Simon Goretzki
(Series producer)
Sarah Dias
(Producer)
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Did You Know..
Carol Kirkwood
(Presenter)
Born:
May 29, 1962
in
Morar, Inverness-shire
Best Known For:
Being a weather presenter.
Early-life:
Born Carol MacKellaig in Morar, Inverness-shire, on May 29, 1962. One of eight children, her parents ran a hotel in Morar. Carol gained a degree in commerce from Napier College of Commerce and Technology in Edinburgh, before joining the BBC as a secretary. She went on to present radio slots on BBC Radio Scotland, Radio 2 and Radio 4.
Career:
After a stint presenting on The Weather Channel, she trained with the Met Office in 1998 for a weather presenting role at the BBC. Away from predicating if it will rain or shine, Kirkwood has been a reporter on The One Show and appeared on the panel show Would I Lie to You? In August 2015, it was announced that she would be taking part in Strictly Come Dancing.
Quote:
"The power of nature is immense and it is only when you see the impact a hurricane has on mankind that you realise how vulnerable we are against it."
Trivia:
Kirkwood has won the Television and Radio Industries Club (TRIC) award for best TV weather presenter a number of times.
Alan Titchmarsh
(Contributor)
Born:
May 02, 1949
in
Ilkley, West Yorkshire
Best Known For:
Ground Force and various chat shows.
Early-life:
Alan Fred Titchmarsh was born in Ilkley, West Yorkshire, on May 2, 1949. His love of gardening began while helping his grandfather on his allotment. He left school at 15 with an O-level in art and worked as an apprentice gardener at Ilkley Parks Department while studying for a City & Guilds in horticulture. He then studied at Oaklands College, Hertfordshire, before gaining a diploma at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew.
Career:
Titchmarsh moved into editing gardening books, writing and broadcasting, and had a stint as a host on Pebble Mill at One on BBC One in the 1990s. He joined Gardeners' World as the main host in 1996 and Ground Force began a year later. After writing a number of horticultural books, he turned to writing novels. His first one, Only Dad, was published in 2001. More novels, gardening books and three biographies followed. He's also hosted the Proms, various series for Radio 2 and Classic FM and Love Your Garden. Despite retiring from The Alan Titchmarsh Show in 2014, he kept busy with writing and presenting commitments. TV shows he has presented since include Britain's Best Back Gardens, Masterpiece with Alan Titchmarsh and Love Your Home.
Quote:
"I am partly to blame for the decking boom, and I am sorry, I know it's everywhere these days."
Trivia:
He was awarded an MBE in the New Year Honours List in 1999 and has an honorary DSc from the University of Bradford.
Dan Cruickshank
(Contributor)
Jules Hudson
(Contributor)
Born:
January 09, 1970
in
Oxford
Carol Klein
(Contributor)
Best Known For:
Her appearances on all manner of gardening shows
Early-life:
Born in Walkden, Salford, Lancashire in 1945, Carol originally trained as an art teacher and taught in schools in the London area before moving to Devon. There she taught at North Devon College before setting up her own plant nursery, Glebe Cottage Plants.
Career:
She made her TV debut on Gardeners' World in 1989 and has since presented other gardening programmes such as Real Gardens and Open Gardens. Recent projects include Life in a Cottage Garden with Carol Klein which follows a year in the life of Carol's garden at Glebe Cottage in North Devon, and Grow Your Own Veg, which encouraged people to start growing their own vegetables. She is known for her cheerful presenting style and is hugely popular among gardeners.
Quote:
"I'll just do whatever I do better. I'll keep on keeping on. Anyway, it's just television, isn't it - it's not real life."
Trivia:
Klein's newspaper columns are highly regarded.
Alys Fowler
(Contributor)
Monty Don
(Contributor)
Born:
July 08, 1955
in
Ivington, Herefordshire
Best Known For:
Fronting Gardeners' World.
Early-life:
Montagu Denis Wyatt Don was born in Berlin on July 8, 1955, where his soldier father had been posted. He and his twin sister grew up in Hampshire with their four other siblings. He went to school in Berkshire, Malvern and Basingstoke, before reading English at Cambridge. He worked as a dustman, labourer and waiter before founding his own jewellery company with his future wife, making and designing pieces which were sold all over the world.
Career:
In 1988, Don moved to Herefordshire with his wife and children, and when the jewellery business collapsed, turned to working in TV and journalism. He has on has appeared on programmes including This Morning, Holiday Programme, Tomorrow's World, Real Gardens, Fork to Fork, Lost Gardens and Don Roaming. He joined Gardeners' World in 2002, and became the show's first self-taught main presenter in 2003. An author and columnist, his books include My Roots, The Jewel Garden, The Complete Gardener, The Prickotty Bush, The Weekend Gardener, The Sensuous Garden, Gardening Mad, Urban Jungle and Fork to Fork. He suffered a minor stroke in 2008, and gave up Gardeners' World until 2011. He also presents More4's Monty Don's Real Craft.
Quote:
"If you are angry or troubled, nothing provides the same solace as nurturing the soil."
Trivia:
In 2008, Don became president of the Soil Association.
James Wong
(Contributor)
Gillian Scothern
(Executive producer)
Simon Goretzki
(Series producer)
Sarah Dias
(Producer)
