News about Alan Titchmarsh

Charlie Dimmock has been delighting viewers for more than two decades, and some might remember her starting to revamp gardens as early as in 1997 on BBC's Ground Force. But the TV star, 57, became a household name after joining Garden Rescue in 2016, where she is known for her make-over skills while building and designing gardens for various homeowners. Following her crucial role on Ground Force alongside Tommy Walsh and Alan Titchmarsh from 1997 to 2005, she had her own series Charlie's Gardening Neighbours in 2001, which lasted one season.

Charlie Dimmock returned to TV screens with a new series of Garden Rescue on Monday afternoon as she helped transform another outdoor space. During the first episode of series nine, Charlie, 57, travelled to Port Sunlight, Wirral, with designer Chris Hull and the team to overhaul a garden. Their clients were Nathan and Emma, who wanted to break away from the mould and transform their scruffy cottage garden into something new.

Charlie Dimmock has said she has 'no regrets' over her affair with a former Ground Force co-star, shortly before splitting from her long-term partner. The gardening guru featured on the BBC home makeover show from 1997 to 2005, during which time she and John Mushet went their separate ways - in 2001. Now on BBC's Garden Rescue, Dimmock rose to fame on Garden Force presenting alongside the likes of Alan Titchmarsh and Tommy Walsh, drawing in 12 million viewers at their peak.

With spring in full swing, gardeners across the UK are preparing their outdoor spaces once again to look as clean and pristine as can be. The one source of eternal frustration for many horticulturalists, however, is the dreaded weed, which is enormously frustrating to extract from various parts of your garden. They can pop up in irritating places, such as flower beds, cracks between paving slabs and right in the middle of your lawn.

Charlie Dimmock has revealed why she never shows her own garden on camera, despite transforming those of others for a living on BBC's Garden Rescue. The TV personality, 57, first rose to fame displaying her gardening expertise over 25 years ago alongside the likes of Alan Titchmarsh and Tommy Walsh on Ground Force. Now on Garden Rescue, she pits herself against her co-stars to to design back yards around the country on a budget.

Alan as in... Titchmarsh I'm a fan of his way with a hardy perennial, but who cares what he wears? Kim Jong Un does: he banned the 74-year-old presenter recently from North Korean TV.

On Monday, Duchess Sophie joined Prince Edward (pictured right) to celebrate Anglo-French relations at a service commemorating the Entente Cordiale's 120th anniversary. During the event highlighting ties between the two countries, the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh investigated UK and French troops on Buckingham Palace's forecourt. The royal couple were in attendance at Buckingham Palace, not the King's, who is still recovering from his cancer treatment.

King Charles has always had a close friendship with his son Prince William and his wife, Kate Middleton, who were all made better by Charles and Kate's shared cancer battles. Prince Charles, the groom's uncle, was instrumental in the 2011 Royal wedding, but the then-Duke of Cornwall went beyond and above that role by selecting some of wedding songs. Charles relying on his classical music experience in making his picks, as he told Alan Titchmarsh on Classic FM in 2020. "I love trying to organise some fun, i hope, pieces of music for specific events, particularly for weddings if people so desired," he said. I know my eldest son was extremely understanding and was eager for me to suggest a few items for their wedding.'

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Alan Titchmarsh is the latest British entertainment celebrity to have made a name for himself in unexpected places, following in the footsteps of Norman Wisdom, John Challis, and Rowan Atkinson. Wisdom's films were the first western films to be broadcast in Albania during the Cold War, although Only Fools and Horses actress Challis was a favorite in Belgrade. Mr Bean has a following in China.

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Since being the television's earthiest pin-up, she transformed gardens on Ground Force and won herself a legion of male followers. From 1997 to 2005, the red-haired beauty appeared on the hit BBC show between 1997 and 2005, amassing an army of followers with her braless appearances. Fans adored her for her remarkable insight, funny sense of humour, and fighting her own against the boys. However, these days, she's toned down her pin-up demeanor and swapped the tank tops for more modest outfits. Do YOU recognise her?

I was first astonished by the tenacity of an everyday piece of clothing: a humble pair of blue jeans. I was sent as a young expert in Communist countries to find the location of an HIV detention camp, where HIV-infected people were held in prison to avoid the spread of the virus. The mood was tense; few wanted to support a Western journalist wandering around Havana on a tense tale; my visa was quickly running out. Jose, my translator and 'fixer', had so far yielded nothing, until a night of drinking cocktails together revealed his surprising obsession with jeans. To be precise, Levi's jeans are the same as Levi's jeans.

After a 'testing couple of months,' Alex Scott was honoured for her broadcasting work at the Royal Television Society Awards on Tuesday, she came dangerously close to quitting the television industry. At the dinner in London's Grosvenor House Hotel, the Football Focus host was rewarded with the Sports Presenter, Commentator, or Pundit prize. Alex, who won with partner Jess Glynne, gave an eloquent speech on her Instagram Stories addressing the challenges she encountered as a black woman in a male-dominated industry.

Alan Titchmarsh, a British broadcaster, is not a man one would associate with the words 'fashionable,'stylish,' or 'prosecutive,' in a sense.' However, such a revelation has been made by the mild-mannered 74-year-old celebrity gardener who has made it a smash hit in North Korea, where his BBC show has been banned from broadcasting because people were afraid of being "too Western." Since former President Kim Jong Il believed they were a "symbol of American imperialism," blue jeans have been outlawed in the region since the 1990s. That's because clothing, as well as virtually every facet of public life under the Kim dynasty's watchful eye, is scrutinized to the extent of non-conformity, which sees any hint of opposition as an unacceptable threat to its power. MailOnline examines how Kim Jong Un's government controls even the most trivial aspects of daily life, an essential part of the company's effort to maintain ethnic unity and banish any signs of opposition.

Love watching missiles being launched into the sky in a threat to end all of civilisation?Do you hate jeans or anything that is a symbol of Western imperialism?Perhaps you wish to recognise a dictator as your supreme leader and overlord? Forget Netflix and Amazon Prime; instead, North Korean television will provide you with all the entertainment you need. When you've got the edge-of-your-seat laugh-a-minute Our Neighbours says you don't have to pay attention to Ramsay Street and Paul Daniels' new love affair in Neighbours. And as the world's most recognisable broadcaster, Ri Chun-hee dons her pink Chima jeogori to give an overly excited bulletin about Kim Jong-un's latest nuclear toys, you won't want to miss a second of the burgeoning news bulletins. Thanks to the MailOnline's live stream, you can now enjoy all of the daily six-and-a-half hours of top North Korean entertainment.

On Monday, a 2010 episode of Alan Titchmarsh's Garden Secrets was broadcast, with footage of the British broadcaster obscured from the waist down (left) as he knelt in a garden bed tending to plants. The bizarre step was part of North Korea supremacy leader Kim Jong-un's attempt to crack down on Western fashion's influence in the obscure state where jeans are regarded as a sign of 'imperialism' and as such are banned. The 74-year-old (right) told the BBC that the news had given him a smidgeon of street credence, as the British people often think of him as 'warm and harmless' rather than 'a volatile imperialist.' 'It's taken me to breathe in the same way as Elvis Presley (inset), Tom Jones, Rod Stewart —'

It's an unusual world where propaganda clips of missile launches and military parades are weaved into the daily television broadcast schedule. However, over the past ten years, totalitarian Kim Jong-un has gradually been softening the state's position on what North Koreans can binge watch, despite some odd censorship. North Korea revealed plans to introduce a £16-a-month Netflix-style subscription box with shows such as sitcom Our Neighbours, cartoons based on Looney Tunes, and major sports events for people to kill the hours.

In an episode of Alan Titchmarsh's Garden Secrets, the British broadcaster (inset) had his blue jeans blurred (right) after it aired on the Korean Central Television on Monday as part of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un's crackdown on Western 'imperialist' fashion. The 74-year-old, who became a big hit with North Korean audiences after the series was first shown on state television in 2022, told MailOnline that he was 'flattered' that his choice of workwear was deemed as "subjective."

In an episode of Garden Secrets, the British broadcaster (left) had his blue jeans blurred (bottom right) after it was shown on the Korean Central Television on Monday. Despite the ridiculous attempt to mask his legwear during the show, which first aired in the United Kingdom in 2010, it was also clear that the host was wearing a pair of blue trousers. According to American-based news outlet NK News, the bizarre move is thought to be part of the North Korean regime's censorship drive to cracking down on Western fashion's influence.

Prince Edward, 60, who is in danger of undergoing an unprecedented health scare, could emerge as the royal Family's 'leading man', according to the Telegraph. With the King, 75, having to refrain from public service (though able to work from home), Kate Middleton, 42, being out of action as she recovers from cancer, and Prince William, 41, decreasing his outings as he cares for his young family. Although Queen Camilla has been offended by a reported 13 outings, his younger brother Prince Edward, 60, has been "given an extended list of duties since the King's illness," the outlet reports. In fact, a completely different picture of Prince Edward, who seems to be the Royal Family's new "leading man" is emerging, although temporarily, thanks to both King and Prince William's curtailing their public service duties.' (clockwise from left: Edward at the All England Badminton Club; racing Sophie as they tour the British Cycling Federation; and Sophie at the Right Stuff Amateur Boxing Club, with Sophie celebrating his 60th birthday).

Football Focus is the only one on Saturday that will be exclusively directed by a woman out of 17 programmes on BBC One and ITV1. Alex Scott, 39, an ex-footballer, hosts Football Focus on BBC One at midday on a Saturday. Love Your Weekend with Alan Titchmarsh (top left), Tipping Point with Ben Shephard (top center), Michael Mcintyre's The Wheel (bottom left), and Match of the Day hosted by Gary Lineker (bottom right).

ROLAND: If you've had enough of politics, marches, and toning royal photos, you might want to curl in front of some comforting, undemanding television. And it doesn't come much more convenient and undemanding than Somerset: Wonder Of The West Country (Channel 5). Not only could we enjoy some of Britain's most stunning scenery, but Alan Titchmarsh was doing the voiceover. If Channel 5 had plumped up our sofa cushions and served a mug of Ovaltine to every viewer, it may not have been any more relaxing. Vivisitors are flocking to the picturesque towns and cities,' Alan said. 'Bath is the most popular of them all.' Now, let me stop you there, Alan. If this were a completely different sort of program, a pedant with a strong accent would be on hand to explain that Bath is not really part of Somerset. It came from Avon in 1974, and there are people in the rest of the county who have never fully understood it.

In a rare TV interview, Prince of Edinburgh described feeling a 'weight of expectation' when he took over the Duke of Edinburgh's title from his father. Edward Edward Edward admitted that despite being in possession of the position for a year, he finds himself not knowing where to sit in a room when his title is written on a name plate. The Duke spoke with gardener Alan Titchmarsh on ITV's Love Your Weekend show about the challenge of taking over the role of his 'extraordinary' father, Prince Philip, who died in 2021 aged 99. 'It was a tremendous honor, but also a lot of anticipation as he approaches his 60th birthday.'