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Season 1, Episode 8
Alan Titchmarsh visits north London to show how to create an exotic garden with a colourful tiled patio, fences dressed with evergreens, canopies of trees and tall, lush plants. Valentine Warner uses unusual fruit to make delicious desserts, and Laetitia Maklouf reveals how to transform a conservatory
Gardening
Leisure Hobbies
Cast & Crew
Alan Titchmarsh
(Presenter)
Valentine Warner
(Presenter)
Laetitia Maklouf
(Presenter)
Matt Young
(Writer)
Nicky Taylor
(Writer)
More Information
Did You Know..
Alan Titchmarsh
(Presenter)
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.
Valentine Warner
(Presenter)
Best Known For:
What to Eat Now.
Early-life:
Warner was born in 1972, and attended plush Bedales School in Hampshire from 1985 to 1990. Warner's father was diplomat Sir Frederick Warner who was British Ambassador to Japan. He grew up on a farm in Dorset, learning to fish, shoot and cook from a young age. He studied an art foundation course in Bath before heading to London to train as a portrait painter at the Byam Shaw School of Art. Valentine enjoyed a "reasonably successful" career as a painter, but, at 23, couldn't resist the call of the kitchen and decided to focus his time on cooking instead of painting.
Career:
His first job, at the age of 23, was in the kitchen of the Halcyon restaurant in London, his second, working for Alastair Little. He then established a company cooking private dinners. In 2008 he was talent-spotted by the BBC, having already made a name with successful cook books looking at seasonal products and how to make the most of them. What to Eat Now was a big success.
Quote:
"At school I was called Fat Val. When other people were snogging at school dances I would be sitting under my a-ha posters, clutching my rolls of fat and thinking, this is really unfair. But eating was always a huge part of my life."
Laetitia Maklouf
(Presenter)
Matt Young
(Writer)
Nicky Taylor
(Writer)
