Alan Titchmarsh discusses Ground Force return with former co-star Charlie Dimmock – exclusive

Alan Titchmarsh has spoken about whether or not or not he could be tempted to deliver again fashionable TV present Floor Drive alongside his former co-star Charlie Dimmock.

The 75-year-old appeared on the backyard makeover sequence with fellow gardener Charlie and builder and landscaper Tommy Walsh. He led the workforce as they handled owners to a shock backyard transformation.

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The present, which was first broadcast by the BBC in 1997, ran for a powerful 12 sequence throughout which period it was additionally moved throughout from BBC One to BBC Two.

At its peak, the present introduced in a median of 12 million viewers. Alan left the present in 2002, three years earlier than the sequence was cancelled for “reaching the tip of its pure life”.

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Throughout an unique chat with HELLO!, the gardener and broadcast star spoke about whether or not there’s any likelihood we’ll ever see a revival of the much-loved present.

When requested whether or not he’d deliver again Floor Drive alongside Charlie, Alan mentioned: “I believe Floor Drive could be very a lot of its time. We each beloved it. We have each moved on since, so I believe it is good to maintain Floor Drive the place it was.”

Alan went on to reward Charlie, highlighting her present position on Backyard Rescue which she presents alongside the Wealthy brothers.

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“We nonetheless keep up a correspondence with each other, I am very keen on Charlie,” he revealed. “She does nice work with Backyard Rescue, and we had some file figures yesterday morning for Love Your Weekend. It is wonderful the loyalty that the Sunday morning sequence has constructed up.

“However once more, I needed to do one thing in that slot that wasn’t cookery and wasn’t politics, which is all you may kind of have on a Sunday morning, and we have completed it.”

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Charlie has additionally spoken about her time on the present and the shut bond she shaped with Alan and Tommy. Throughout a 2016 interview with Warrington Guardian, the backyard designer defined that after the primary two seasons, the trio turned “like household”.

“After we first began filming we had been well mannered to one another for the primary two sequence however by the third sequence we had been like household,” she defined.

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“My principal reminiscence of Floor Drive was laughing [a lot]. It was the identical workforce week in, week out, in addition to the identical manufacturing and crew. You understand what it is like once you work with a workforce of individuals and also you get on.”

In the meantime, throughout a 2014 interview, Charlie echoed Alan’s ideas concerning a potential reunion. “I like working with them however it’s been and gone!” she admitted.