The Trees That Made Britain

[Jodie]

Hehe sorry - can't believe I missed it myself anyway! I've not been able to log on to the
forum for about a month or so (after a while I gave up trying) but I'm at my parents and
thought before I head to bed would see what's been happening And it works!

On the plus side I have been outside a bit more discovering alkanets, ragworts and
whatnot growing near my house (alkanets love south london by the looks of it) and
tomorrow I might get a chance to taste some ramsons as my parents have them
growing in their garden. Result!

I'm also pretty convinced I've spotted rather a lot of herb Robert nearby (in Lee station)
but I'm not 100% certain...

(When I can log on, if I try and post it tells me I'm not logged on... hence the admitting
defeat)

 

[Jodie]

This is on tomorrow night - BBC2, 7.30pm, VIDEO Plus+: 416 episode 5 of 6.

Tony Kirkham tracks down an eight thousand year old tree and climbs into the forest
canopy to discover the role of trees in arresting global warming.

In other news - it appears that I can actually log on to the site and post quite reliably
at the moment, so I am officially 'back'. Not that I really went anywhere, just that I
couldn't write anything to prove that I'd not gone anywhere

Edit: Oooooh my 1,500th post.

 

[Jodie]

Can't believe I forgot to add this in - for those in London and want to hear the presenters
chatting about this programme...

http://www.kew.org/events/an_audience_with.html

An Audience with Tony Kirkham and Jon Hammerton
31 July 2008

Tony Kirkham and Jon Hammerton, two of TV's best known tree lovers, are back on our screens this summer in their very own BBC2 series, searching for The Trees That Made Britain.

You can meet the head of Kew's arboretum, Tony Kirkham and leading arborist, Jon Hammerton in this one-off evening event. Come and discover more about their arboreal adventures and their obvious love of trees in our exclusive Audience with Tony Kirkham and Jon Hammerton on Thursday 31 July 2008 at 7pm.

Tony and Jon, in their typically honest and enthusiastic style, will regale you with fascinating stories from the making of the series and reveal unseen footage from the programme. You will have the chance to chat with them over a glass of wine and ask these tree experts for some gardening advice of your own. There is also the opportunity to get a signed copy of their book.

The event will take place in Cambridge Cottage on Kew Green, a Grade II listed building and former royal residence, on Thursday 31 July from 7pm - 10pm.

Tickets are £22 each, including wine and nibbles, for both Friends of Kew members and non-members. To book, please call 020 8332 3229 during office hours. Bookings will be taken from 9 June 2008.

And don't miss the new series of Trees That Made Britain on Fridays at 7.30pm on BBC2!

I presume by 'new series' they mean the original series as I think that's what is currently
showing and I've not found any evidence of a second series. Anyone know more?

 

[Twoflower]

Isn't it the second series that's showing on the beeb? I'm sure it is as I missed the first series (so any news on a DVD would be good ).

 

[spamel]

Season two has been aired recently, and is still ongoing. I've missed every one of them so far

 

[-Switch-]

This is the first I've heard of this program
I'm not really a tv person, but would've made a point to watch this.

Another vote here for info on this series coming to DVD, I think it would be a good one to add to the collection.


Welcome back by the way Jodie, I was wondering where you'd got to

 

[Jodie]

Thanks Switch - I was here in spirit, but not here in text as the server kept booting me
off so eventually I could only join in occasionally, but all seems to be well

I've also failed to see this new series then - I did think it was odd that the one tomorrow
was 5 of 6 whereas I'm sure the previous series was eight episodes... if I have a moment
of bravery at the event next month I shall try and ask them if they're going to put a DVD
out, I'd certainly agree that this lovely programme should be available.

Well I'm going to make a special effort to try and watch this tomorrow and have added
this episode and next week's to the Programme Calendar (I also put a separate post
in a thread about that, and the link and further info is there).

 

[Jodie]

Where I was last night - http://www.kew.org/events/an_audience_with.html

I did have a moment of bravery last night at Tony Kirkham and Jon Hammerton's
amusing tales of filming with the BBC, and asked Tony if there were plans for a
DVD of the lovely series of The Trees that Made Britain.

He said there hadn't been but he would like there to be and recommended I write to
the BBC and to Jill Preston at Kew - she is the Director of Communications and
Commercial activities. I shan't post her contact details here of course but they
abound across Google as you might imagine

Tony mentioned in his talk that he has put in a bid for another programme - Trees
of the World in which they'd focus on a major tree in each continent, however it
seems that Jon Hammerton is leaving Kew (off to Gibraltar I think) and so won't
be involved himself.

It was a fun night out, and an absolutely beautiful evening with a loomingly grey
sky. I've really enjoyed the evening sky this week having also been at the Outdoor
theatre earlier on Monday, in Regent's Park. We had a little lightning storm with a
bit of rumbling then rain - a good show, both on and off stage!