A light-hearted look at how to survive the most dangerous situations that Mother Nature can chuck at you.
Toby Buckland visits Jessamine Cottage near Reading in Berkshire, where an overgrown, once-loved garden was brought back to life by Lynda Brown over a period of two years. In addition to her horticultural endeavour, Lynda found out a bit more about Jessamine's history when a neighbour put her in touch with previous owner Mary Drayton.
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BBC MAGAZINES: Gardeners' World. £3.50; Gardens Illustrated, £3.85
1&2/8; series three. The third season of the historical drama, starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers. Henry weds Jane Seymour in the hope for stability and a male heir. However his ambitions are hampered by an insurrection of commoners against the suppression of the Catholic Church in Yorkshire. What's more, there are fears that those closer to home have sympathy with the rebels' cause. Henry dispatches Brandon to deal with the uprising and, despite an old jousting injury flaring up and leaving him bedridden, takes in a new mistress.
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