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The Guardian - UK
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Stuart Heritage

Monty Don is quitting Gardeners’ World – and you’re right to be devastated about it

Monty Don on Gardeners' World.
The best to ever do it … Monty Don on Gardeners' World. Photograph: BBC Studios

After 23 years at the helm, Monty Don has announced that he is leaving Gardeners’ World at the end of the series. All said, you are right to be distraught about it.

Gardeners’ World is a show with a long history – it was commissioned by David Attenborough as a way to showcase the potential of colour television – but Don arguably did the show better than anyone. Under his watch, the show and the host managed to mesh perfectly. He became it and it became him.

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