I'm guessing that a fair number people may remember these 3 similarly
titled successful BBC TV series:

The Victorian kitchen garden, with Harry Dodson & Peter Thoday,
The Victorian kitchen, also with Ruth Mott,
and finally, The Victorian flower garden, with HD & PT

I've got 2 quite specific questions about these programmes, which could
be difficult to answer.

Firstly, I've just finished watching all 3 series (released on DVD &
Video) I remember really clearly a scene with Ruth Mott and Alison the
scullery maid in the Victorian kitchen series, where Ruth Mott drew a
kind of pencil line on to the back of Alison's legs to create a very
cheap stocking leg effect. (For some weird reason, it just sticks in
my mind) However, this scene does not appear in the video that I've
just finished watching. Is this because they made a second series of
this particular kitchen series, or was it in some kind of one-off TV
program about cooking during the war period (I seem to remember that it
had some kind of WW2 theme, although I could be mistaken.)

Secondly, does anyone remember that one-off program that featured the
head gardener, Harry Dodson, enjoying a glass of wine and chatting to
his Canadian fans in an outdoors location, possibly even near that
spectacular waterfall location, Niagra Falls? Did this program include
any return visit back to the garden itself?

Mainly curious really, regards, dnw.

I can answer one of my own questions..
The series was called "The Wartime Kitchen and Garden"

(Unfortunately, it does not appear to be available on either video or
dvd, at the moment anyway..)


dotnw [at] hotmail.com wrote:
> I'm guessing that a fair number people may remember these 3 similarly
> titled successful BBC TV series:
>
> The Victorian kitchen garden, with Harry Dodson & Peter Thoday,
> The Victorian kitchen, also with Ruth Mott,
> and finally, The Victorian flower garden, with HD & PT
>
> I've got 2 quite specific questions about these programmes, which could
> be difficult to answer.
>
> Firstly, I've just finished watching all 3 series (released on DVD &
> Video) I remember really clearly a scene with Ruth Mott and Alison the
> scullery maid in the Victorian kitchen series, where Ruth Mott drew a
> kind of pencil line on to the back of Alison's legs to create a very
> cheap stocking leg effect. (For some weird reason, it just sticks in
> my mind) However, this scene does not appear in the video that I've
> just finished watching. Is this because they made a second series of
> this particular kitchen series, or was it in some kind of one-off TV
> program about cooking during the war period (I seem to remember that it
> had some kind of WW2 theme, although I could be mistaken.)
>
> Secondly, does anyone remember that one-off program that featured the
> head gardener, Harry Dodson, enjoying a glass of wine and chatting to
> his Canadian fans in an outdoors location, possibly even near that
> spectacular waterfall location, Niagra Falls? Did this program include
> any return visit back to the garden itself?
>
> Mainly curious really, regards, dnw.

If anyone has got this taped off the telly, I would pay anything
reasonable just to borrow the tape/s for a fortnight.
Thanks, regards, dnw.

<dotnw [at] hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1122902519.130194.176450 [at] o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
>I can answer one of my own questions..
> The series was called "The Wartime Kitchen and Garden"
>
> (Unfortunately, it does not appear to be available on either video or
> dvd, at the moment anyway..)
>
>
> dotnw [at] hotmail.com wrote:
>> I'm guessing that a fair number people may remember these 3 similarly
>> titled successful BBC TV series:
>>
>> The Victorian kitchen garden, with Harry Dodson & Peter Thoday,
>> The Victorian kitchen, also with Ruth Mott,
>> and finally, The Victorian flower garden, with HD & PT
>>
>> I've got 2 quite specific questions about these programmes, which could
>> be difficult to answer.
>>
>> Firstly, I've just finished watching all 3 series (released on DVD &
>> Video) I remember really clearly a scene with Ruth Mott and Alison the
>> scullery maid in the Victorian kitchen series, where Ruth Mott drew a
>> kind of pencil line on to the back of Alison's legs to create a very
>> cheap stocking leg effect. (For some weird reason, it just sticks in
>> my mind) However, this scene does not appear in the video that I've
>> just finished watching. Is this because they made a second series of
>> this particular kitchen series, or was it in some kind of one-off TV
>> program about cooking during the war period (I seem to remember that it
>> had some kind of WW2 theme, although I could be mistaken.)
>>
>> Secondly, does anyone remember that one-off program that featured the
>> head gardener, Harry Dodson, enjoying a glass of wine and chatting to
>> his Canadian fans in an outdoors location, possibly even near that
>> spectacular waterfall location, Niagra Falls? Did this program include
>> any return visit back to the garden itself?
>>
>> Mainly curious really, regards, dnw.
>
I can't answer your questions, but I'm sure some of these are being repeated
/ have been repeated on satellite telly at the moment.

Chris S

I only have freeview :-(

Chris S wrote:
> <dotnw [at] hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1122902519.130194.176450 [at] o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
> >I can answer one of my own questions..
> > The series was called "The Wartime Kitchen and Garden"
> >
> > (Unfortunately, it does not appear to be available on either video or
> > dvd, at the moment anyway..)
> >
> >
> > dotnw [at] hotmail.com wrote:
> >> I'm guessing that a fair number people may remember these 3 similarly
> >> titled successful BBC TV series:
> >>
> >> The Victorian kitchen garden, with Harry Dodson & Peter Thoday,
> >> The Victorian kitchen, also with Ruth Mott,
> >> and finally, The Victorian flower garden, with HD & PT
> >>
> >> I've got 2 quite specific questions about these programmes, which could
> >> be difficult to answer.
> >>
> >> Firstly, I've just finished watching all 3 series (released on DVD &
> >> Video) I remember really clearly a scene with Ruth Mott and Alison the
> >> scullery maid in the Victorian kitchen series, where Ruth Mott drew a
> >> kind of pencil line on to the back of Alison's legs to create a very
> >> cheap stocking leg effect. (For some weird reason, it just sticks in
> >> my mind) However, this scene does not appear in the video that I've
> >> just finished watching. Is this because they made a second series of
> >> this particular kitchen series, or was it in some kind of one-off TV
> >> program about cooking during the war period (I seem to remember that it
> >> had some kind of WW2 theme, although I could be mistaken.)
> >>
> >> Secondly, does anyone remember that one-off program that featured the
> >> head gardener, Harry Dodson, enjoying a glass of wine and chatting to
> >> his Canadian fans in an outdoors location, possibly even near that
> >> spectacular waterfall location, Niagra Falls? Did this program include
> >> any return visit back to the garden itself?
> >>
> >> Mainly curious really, regards, dnw.
> >
> I can't answer your questions, but I'm sure some of these are being repeated
> / have been repeated on satellite telly at the moment.
>
> Chris S

Chris, do you know what Sky channel it is on please?

<dotnw [at] hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Chris, do you know what Sky channel it is on please?
>
I'd be lying if I said - it's one of those I've surfed upon, rested a while
and moved on! infuriates the wife.

Chris S