Love Your Home and Garden: Swindon
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm, Friday, January 2 on Together TV +1 (90)
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Swindon
Season 2, Episode 3
Alan Titchmarsh and his team bring the outside indoors for an inspirational family in Swindon. Wheelchair users Nina and Steve Parry look after Nina's two children, but struggle with a poorly laid-out living space that offers no direct connection to their neglected back garden. Architects George Bradley and Ewald Van Der Straeten, along with building expert Kunle Barker, handle the challenges inside, bringing lots of clever ideas and some cool contemporary flare to the bungalow
DIY
Leisure Hobbies
Cast & Crew
Alan Titchmarsh
(Presenter)
Kunle Barker
(Contributor)
Ewald van der Straeten
(Contributor)
Katie Rushworth
(Contributor)
George Bradley
(Contributor)
Colin Lennox
(Director)
Matt Young
(Executive producer)
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.
Kunle Barker
(Contributor)
Ewald van der Straeten
(Contributor)
Katie Rushworth
(Contributor)
George Bradley
(Contributor)
Colin Lennox
(Director)
Matt Young
(Executive producer)
