Britain's enduring passion for horticultural pursuits is recalled in a film that uses personal reminiscences and peeks into celebrity gardens to explore 50 years of gardening on TV. Among the talking heads providing the soundtrack are gardening icons Charlie Dimmock , Alan Titchmarsh , Chris Beardshaw and Diarmuid Gavin , while celebrity recollections come from Linford Christie ,
Kim Wilde , Nigella Lawson , Graham Le Saux and Dean Holdsworth. Director Kerry Richardson ; Executive producer Mark Hill (S) (W) The Flying Gardener, featuring Chris Beardshaw. starts a new eight-part series on Friday 4 January at 8.30pm