Gardeners World

lostinrates

Lube wrote: »

Well I got no reply from BBC no surprise though they treat many of its customers with contempt

There is a Tick box for if you want a reply or not, did you put yes there?

They did reply to me last time but in such a way it seemed pountless to ask for one this time. Last complaint was also about this.

Eenymeeny

tired_dad wrote: »

Basically that it was unreasonable to take GW off the air for 4w with gardening being such a national pastime. That they were abrogating their duty to license payers who watch GW. While appreciating olympics/wimbledon etc I did make the point that 'iplayer only' was an option.

Thanks tired dad I was just kidding you, you know...;):)

Eenymeeny

Hahaha.. thanks for starting my day with a smile...:rotfl:

Oliver14

tired_dad wrote: »

Basically that it was unreasonable to take GW off the air for 4w with gardening being such a national pastime. That they were abrogating their duty to license payers who watch GW. While appreciating olympics/wimbledon etc I did make the point that 'iplayer only' was an option.

Actually I have just found out that is not totally correct. This week there are 3 programs by the Gardeners' world team on the Hampton Court flower show. the first one is Tuesday Morning then Thursday and Friday evening.

CheekyMonkey

Instead of complaining about lack of gardening programmes......why not actually get out in the garden one evening. Go green and switch off your TV's.

As for slagging off Monty Don and favouring housewives favourite Alan Titty......well thats just scandalous

Lube

Finally a reply, could they not have used bb3/4?

Obviously GW is not as important to BBC as sport is


Thanks for contacting us regarding ‘Gardeners’ World’ on BBC Two.

I understand you’re unhappy the programme won’t be broadcast during the month of July.

‘Gardeners’ World’ is incredibly important to BBC Two and we’re aware that it has a very loyal audience. However we have to balance that with the channel’s many other commitments including sport.

The transmission of sporting events is dependent on their dates and every year we juggle the schedule to accommodate Wimbledon, Athletics (including the Olympics) and The Open golf which are contractual sports. This sometimes means that ‘Gardeners’ World’ takes a break but it isn’t the only programme affected and it’s necessary to move all types of programming around in the schedule.

Monty Don did advise viewers at the end of the episode on 22 June that the programme would be taking a break but would return in a month’s time.

I’d like to assure you I've registered your complaint on our audience log. This is an internal report of audience feedback which we compile daily and is available for viewing by all our staff. This includes all programme makers and channel controllers, along with our senior management. It ensures that your points, along with all other comments we receive, are considered across the BBC.

Thanks again for taking the time to contact us.

Farway

This subject cropped up on Points of View at the weekend, not that it made any difference to the standard reply of "s0d off" [I have paraphrased the reply]

shegar

CheekyMonkey wrote: »

Instead of complaining about lack of gardening programmes......why not actually get out in the garden one evening. Go green and switch off your TV's.

As for slagging off Monty Don and favouring housewives favourite Alan Titty......well thats just scandalous

Well some of us spend quite a few hours outside during the day gardening, so its nice to be able to sit down of a evening for a rest and watch someone else doing the gardening......:)

Lotus-eater

CheekyMonkey wrote: »

Instead of complaining about lack of gardening programmes......why not actually get out in the garden one evening. Go green and switch off your TV's.

It would be nice, but gardening in rain or rain soaked clay soil isn't fun

amcluesent

Alan's ITV show is truly appaling, he's sold out the last shred of credibility he had.