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January 29, 2021 Series Repack (Originally Posted Apr 2019)
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Chris Bavin heads to the heart of the Yorkshire Dales to meet the Pateley Bridge Bloomers, who are determined to save their local high street after it was affected by dwindling tourist numbers. This is only their second time competing in Britain in Bloom. Last year they won a silver gilt but this year they are adding a touch of razzamatazz to attract new visitors and win their first ever gold award. Firstly, the whole community are needed to strip back the undergrowth in a forgotten public grotto at the church. Next, local business owners transform an old air raid shelter at the bottom of the high street into a show-stopping display. Finally, the team plant a spectacular wildflower garden under the bridge at the entrance to the village, with the help of local children from the Cubs. This being Pateley Bridge, everything is supersized, but will it impress the judges?
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January 29, 2021 Series repack (Originally Posted Apr 2018)
Britain In Bloom focuses on fifteen different communities as they prepare to enter the RHS’s prestigious annual floral competition this summer. Presented by Chris Bavin, each episode tells the story of one community’s first preparations for Bloom right through to Judging Day itself.
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January 28, 2021 Series Repack.
Charlie Dimmock and the Rich brothers, David and Harry, remember some of their favourite family garden transformations, including a weird and wonderful Alice in Wonderland-inspired makeover, a garden with a basketball court for two children with mobility issues, and the ultimate child-friendly wildlife haven, complete with a wormery and a creepy crawly hotel. Charlie also has some top tips on planting seeds for your greenhouse, and she demonstrates how to make an easy den for the kids, while Harry and David share ideas to help you get your children into gardening.
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January 27, 2021 Series Repack (Originally Posted Aug 2017)
A six part series for C4, "The Lost Gardens of Heligan" follows the restoration of a country estate's derelict gardens which fell into disrepair after its gardeners were killed in action during WW1. Tim Smit and his partner John Nelson take on the mammoth task of bringing the gardens back to life.
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January 26, 2021 Series Repack.
Ep01 - Beechgrove springs back onto our screens in home-grown style. For the first time ever, Beechgrove sees all the presenters giving weekly updates from their own patches of Scotland. Carole, George, Brian and Kirsty reflect on where we all are, at home and in the garden. In this episode, Carole in Aberdeenshire uses a bag for life to plant tatties, we have a sneak preview of the beautiful bulbs, George is entering for a virtual flower show and in her Edinburgh flat, Kirsty shows that you don’t need a garden to grow things. Meanwhile, in Scone, the question for Brian is to mow or not to mow.
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January 26, 2021 Series repack.
Ep01 - Beechgrove is back, re-potted, with a new look in a new home on the new BBC Scotland channel. Springing back onto our screens just in time for the Easter holiday gardening weekend, Beechgrove provides trusted tips for the growing season and has sprouted some new faces and facets. In the first episode, despite a stormy spring, the ground is warm enough to start planting, and in true Beechgrove fashion, tatties are the order of the day. But this time, Jim McColl and George Anderson have decided to turn the whole veg plot over to ‘no-dig’ techniques. Meanwhile, Carole Baxter is spring cleaning and pruning, and new shoot/recruit Kirsty Wilson shows Brian Cunningham how to make an easy Easter wreath.
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January 26, 2021 Series Repack (Originally posted Jan 2016)
BBC Four 15 April 2009
Ep01 - In the early years of the century, 150,000 dairy farmers milked by hand and sold milk door to door. By the end of the century, the 15,000 that were left were breeding cows that increased yields by 400 per cent and milk was sold through supermarkets. This episode features the home movies and stories of two dairy farmers who survived to tell the story of how and why the revolution happened.
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January 25, 2021 Series Repack (Originally posted May 2018).
Garraí Glas is a 13 part series about growing your own food, using traditional and organic methods. Síle Nic Chonaonaigh travels the country meeting gardeners who grow using traditional methods and some who are starting from scratch. Síle has moved into her new house and hopes to make a garden.
(This is in Irish Gaelic, with English subs hardcoded).
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January 25, 2021 Series Repack (Originally posted May 2013)
Garraí Glas is a 13 part series about growing your own food, using traditional and organic methods. Síle Nic Chonaonaigh has travelled all around Ireland for three summers now, learning more about growing each year. We’d all like to get a little closer to being self-sufficient, and Garraí Glas shows that you don’t have to spend hours a day working your heart out to do that. All you need is a small patch in the back garden that you spend ten minutes a day looking after.
(This is in - I believe - Irish Gaelic, with English subs hardcoded).
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January 25, 2021 Series Repack (Originally Posted Dec 2016).
BBC Two 4 January 1991
In this series award-winning garden designer David Stevens takes viewers through the essential steps needed to realize the full potential of your garden. This series focuses on elements that are key to all great designs, with tours of successful gardens and interviews with garden designers.
Ep01 - In the first episode, David Stevens looks at a variety of domestic gardens; how to raise finance for the work; and how the 'outside room' can be as big an asset as its indoor counterpart.
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