Lost Gardens of Heligan on TV

[mark smyth]

Do you know the programme about the Lost Gardens of Heligan is having a re-run on Sky? Its on channel 534 and is repeated frequently

[David Nicholson]

... they must be ten years old now. Exactly the reason why I would never subscribe to Sky (the fact that I hate Murdoch intensely could well be another reason )

[mark smyth]

That's very angry of you. It's good to see the programme again.

[David Nicholson]

Not angry at all Mark, just a jolly old grumble about aged television programmes and, as I get older my capacity to grumble gets wonderfully better each passing day My hatred of all things Murdoch also gets wonderfully more intense each passing day too!

[TC]

Like you David, I would not take Sky as a free gift.  I have great fun with the pushy salesmen that haunt the supermarkets trying to sell me their various Sky "packages".  My first question is-" what would be the benefit to me"  Response -" football and cricket " .  My reply" Football players are a bunch of grossly overpaid neds and cricket puts me to sleep".  There's enough rubbish on Freeview - soaps, cookery programs, house makeovers etc without paying for another load of garbage !

I visited the Lost Gardens of Heligan the week they opened to the public and it was really interesting.  I visited it again five years later and discovered that it had turned into a museum !  Areas were completely roped off to the public and you were only allowed to look down the avenues and admire from a distance.
To compound the experience, there were five school trip buses full of bored teenagers who were supposed to be enthralled with the history of how the gardens were first established and then fell into neglect.  Being teenagers on a "jolly", the last thing they wanted was a tour round a garden.

The Garden House, ( near Tavistock in Devon ), is much better from a horticultural point of view as the display changes throughout the seasons. 

[mark smyth]

I find Sky programmes extremely enjoyable especially the documentary and music channels

[TC]

Mark
I think that this is an age thing !

[Anthony Darby]

I guess the gardens aren't lost any more? As for Sky. Last week the weather here was poor so I enjoyed watching India thump Australia (I was actually dragonfly spotting) and Andy Murray thump Roger Federa - again!

[Darren]

Not necessarily an age thing. Apart from watching the occasional DVD we have not switched on our TV at all this year.

[Anthony Darby]

... they must be ten years old now. Exactly the reason why I would never subscribe to Sky (the fact that I hate Murdoch intensely could well be another reason )

Today I have a new reason to hate Murdoch...!

[David Nicholson]

Tell us more. Oh!, and welcome to the club.

[Anthony Darby]

Tell us more. Oh!, and welcome to the club.

I bet he's a fan of Ghengis Khan and Atilla the Hun too!

[gote]

What is wrong with an old television program if it is good?
I am older than the Heligan series (much in fact) so what can I conclude?
I found it much better than some of the soap-opera gardening programs that use the garden as a pretext to prying on the gardeners feelings.
Would you apply the same hatred of old available things to Shakespeare?
It was not O'Reilly who presented it was it?
Cheers
Göte