Re: BBC must stop dumbing down gardening shows,

**f*@aol.com**

As I've not seen any BBC programmes since I was last in the UK 4 years ago, I don't feel qualified to weigh in here. Who has witnessed this 'dumbing-down' first-hand? Can anyone cite any concrete examples of things that should not be occurring in the self-professed "nation of gardeners?" Or direct me to some such examples I can weigh myself, online?
The Brits are also famously dotty about their pets. What's next -- dog shows that tell owners how many legs Poochie ought to have?
Thanks.
JF

Subject: Re: [GWL] BBC must stop dumbing down gardening shows,

> Reading the article, it sounds Elizabeth banks has engaged in a head-to-head 
attle with BBC.  They're digging in their heels (why mess with success?), and 
he rest of the RHS is, on the one hand, back peddling as fast as they can ("we 
ave a great relationship with the BBC and we love all their work") and agreeing 
n the other hand that the programming needs to improve.  It will be interesting 
o see how it plays out.  Elizabeth Banks is going to need a thick skin to 
urvive the teapot tempest she has stirred up, and Alan Titchmarsh can't be 
appy to be put in the middle.  Wonder which camp he'll align himself with....
atriona

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