Monty Don’s hopes for Gardeners’ World successor after | UK News

Monty Don as soon as revealed who he wished to succeed him when he ultimately stepped down from BBC Gardeners’ World.

The beloved broadcaster claimed the “world is changing”, and confessed it was time for the long-running gardening show to “change with it”. The broadcaster, who lately celebrated his 69th birthday, has hosted the long-running BBC collection since 2003.

Earlier this yr, the star shocked followers when he admitted his plans to current Gardeners’ World for “at least another three years”. The One Show presenter Alex Jones introduced up the circulating retirement rumours earlier this yr, claiming she was “not happy” in regards to the alleged information.

She fumed: “There are some rumours in the paper, I’m not happy about it Monty, that you and Gardeners’ World are parting company. Tell me this is not true.”

The gardener reassured her: “It is not true,” remarked Monty. All issues being equal, and except I do one thing terribly improper, I will likely be doing it for not less than one other three years, together with this yr.”

The German-born presenter made comparable sentiments during a current look on Times Radio final yr, experiences Hello! Magazine. “The severe level is I will likely be 70 in two years time,” the star stated at the time.

“I need to go on. I like making tv programmes. I like writing books. To have the vitality to try this and never scrabble, all the time that sense of scrabbling. To have the vitality to try this and never scrabble, all the time that sense of scrabbling,” he continued.

“I believe I’ve to present one thing up and I’m not ready to present up writing and I actually benefit from the journey stuff I do. So due to this fact the logical factor to present up is Gardeners’ World, which is, for all its virtues, a remorseless treadmill.”

In an interview with The Guardian last year, Monty discussed who he would prefer to pass the Gardeners’ World baton onto when he does eventually bow out.

“I would like to think the next Gardeners’ World presenter ideally would be female, would represent either singly, or in multiplicity, the diversity in this country, that has at least some urban context,” he confessed.

“The world’s altering; we need to change with it. In some ways, it is probably I’m the final middle-aged, middle-class white male with a giant garden doing Gardeners’ World. Which is ok.”

Prior to succeeding Alan Titchmarsh on Gardeners’ World, the horticulturist was a regular gardening presenter on ITV’s This Morning.

He later held down spots on former BBC shows Holiday and Tomorrow’s World before moving to work on Channel 4’s Fork to Fork in November 1999.

Between 1999 and 2003, Monty hosted Real Gardens, Lost Gardens and Don Roaming earlier than changing into the primary self-taught horticulturist presenter within the show’s long historical past.