Renowned horticulturist Alan Titchmarsh has definitively quashed speculation about a Ground Force comeback after the beloved BBC show was discontinued in 2005.
Instead of reuniting with former Ground Force co-stars Tommy Walsh and Charlie Dimmock, the 75-year-old TV figure is making waves with the debut of his new YouTube series, marking a significant new venture.
Titchmarsh, who co-presented the hit gardening programme Garden Force alongside Dimmock and Walsh from 1997 until 2002, has made it clear that a reunion is not on the cards.
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While fondly reflecting on his time with Ground Force, he harbors no ambition to return to its physically strenuous demands, particularly not for “lugging paving slabs around” at his age.
In a recent interview with Hello!, Titchmarsh reminisced about the days with his former co-stars, mentioning how long it had been since the Ground Force crew had worked together.
“It was of its time, and I followed it up with Love Your Garden, which is making gardens for people whose lives were going to be turned around by it. So I’ve done that now I’m getting on,” Alan elaborated.
Despite maintaining his fitness, the gardening connoisseur isn’t inclined to commit to intense do-it-yourself undertakings like those seen on Ground Force. Instead, he has unveiled his new YouTube Channel, Gardening with Alan Titchmarsh, set to launch this April.
The forthcoming digital offering aims to cultivate gardening enthusiasm among newcomers through Titchmarsh’s instructive videos.
Although he has no current intentions to rejoin his old BBC colleagues, Titchmarsh still shares a cordial bond with both Charlie and Tommy, a fact that fans must be pleased about. Speaking of his connection with Dimmock, Titchmarsh remarked: “We bump into each other every now and again, we’re very fond of one another.”