The Beechgrove Garden
The Beechgrove Garden is a television programme originally broadcast from 1978 on BBC Two Scotland and, since 10 April 2007, on BBC One Scotland.
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History
The Beechgrove Garden is a gardening programme, which started on 14 April 1978. The original plot of land used was the small area of garden attached to the BBC studios in Beechgrove Terrace, Aberdeen. Due to its small size, the programme's popularity and the fact the garden had been transformed several times over, a new area of ground to the west of Aberdeen was acquired for the programme by Tern Television who have produced the series since 1992.
The show was once parodied in the BBC Scotland comedy sketch show Scotch and Wry, with Rikki Fulton as Bill Barron and Gregor Fisher as Jim McColl (dubbed the sunshine boyos) "growing" whisky.[1]
Since the 1980s The Beechgrove Garden has been shown intermittently on the BBC in England usually in non-prime time slots during the day.[citation needed] Since 2013 The Beechgrove Garden has been broadcast in the rest of the UK,[2] usually early on a Sunday morning slot.
Theme
The theme tune for the show is the jig "Miss Tara MacAdam".[1]
Presenters
The presenters on the programme included:
- Jim McColl. (1978-current)
- George Barron. (1978-1984)
- Bob Weir.
- Dick Gardiner. (1984-1990)
- Carole Baxter. (Mid 80s - current) [3] As of 2010[update]
- Sid Robertson. (1990-1994)
- Bill Torrance. (1990 -1999)
- Leslie watson.
- Carolyn Spray. (2010- )
- Lesley Watson. (2010- )
Other regular contributors include George Anderson, and the BBC Scotland weather presenters Heather Reid, Gail McGrane and Peter Sloss, who present forecasts on the show.
The Beechgrove Potting Shed
A sister programme, The Beechgrove Potting Shed, was broadcast weekly on BBC Radio Scotland between 1978 and 2012. Presented in its latter years by Theresa Talbot, it was axed as part of a cost-cutting measure by the station.[4]
References
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