Gardener, writer and broadcaster. Educated at Ilkley County Secondary School, Shipley Art and Technology Institute, Hertfordshire College of Agriculture and Horticulture (Nat. Cert. Hort.), and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (DipHort). Apprentice gardener, Parks Department, Ilkley (1964-68), Supervisor, Staff Training, Royal Botanic gardens (1972-74), ...
Love Your Garden, The Alan Titchmarsh Show, Gardeners' World, Ground Force, Masterpiece, British Isles – A Natural History, The Nature of Britain, Popstar to Operastar, Gordon the Garden Gnome, Ask the Family, Saving Planet Earth, RHS Chelsea Flower Show, 20th Century Roadshow, The Great British V...
Star Sign
Taurus
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The songs of Spandau Ballet have no doubt been an intrinsic part of the soundtrack to our lives, whether that be slow-dancing to True or getting down at the disco to Gold.
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Men in television tend to last a bit longer at the end of their careers, but it is women who make hay at the beginning. They don't complain in their early days when they are disporting themselves on sports cars. I'd like to see a mix of all ages on TV and wish there could be less whingeing about it.
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[on Belinda Carlisle] The woman who provided the soundtrack to the '80s.
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A lot of big stars get fed up of doing the songs that made them big and I always feel in a way they kind of shortchange the fans then.
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[on "Don't Cry For Me Argentina"] You get one or two songs, don't you, that somehow you never tire of hearing and they still make you moist-eyed and that's certainly one of them.
[on Marti Webb] She's the undisputed queen of musicals.
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They always say to me about Yorkshire: "If it's so good why aren't you still living there?"
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What was very interesting to me was that enormous amount of celebrities who came out to support Tony Blair before he got in for New Labour, who then disappeared into the woodwork entirely when they got into government. That's very curious.
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People say, "Who do you want to interview?" and I always say, "Maggie Smith" but then, as she doesn't like doing interviews, it probably wouldn't go well. But I've always been an enormous fan.
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I've always loved music hall. I've done it for fun. You know, like some people go fishing, I've got some mates and we do music hall and we've done it for about 30-odd years. (Speaking in 2010)
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I don't think I've ever been so offended as I was by Jon Snow talking about Poppy Fascism and I think he spoke for very few people when he talked about that. I think most of us support tremendously the Poppy Appeal and also the fact that it seems to us even more relevant today - as relevant certainly - as it was.
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Only ask questions that you really want to know the answer to. It's obvious when a chat-show host is only in it for his or her own exposure. Hollywood stars can be uneasy at the beginning. But I have found that if you lean forward and look directly at them, they come around. It's like tomcats stalking each other. You size each other up and then get the measure of each other. I want to give the viewer an engaging watch. That's why I threw John McCririck off the show (The Alan Titchmarsh Show (2007)) recently - he was being rude and unpleasant to another guest. As often as not, the guest won't reveal a huge secret but I want to hold them for examination, to gain a fresh or different insight. You want to be engaged and enlightened. You know that when you ask: "And what of the future?" there's nothing more to be asked. Also, if you are a fan of the guest, do not be sycophantic. Tony Benn and Alan Bennett are wonderful guests - they know that the key to being a guest is not to play the "You're lucky to have me" card, but rather just to be entertaining and informed, to tell us something new.
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Fact
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Alton, Hampshire, England [July 2008]
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He was awarded the Royal Horticultural Society Victoria Medal of Honour in 2003.
He has two daughters: Polly (born 1980) and Camilla (born 1982).
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He was awarded the M.B.E. (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2000 Queen's Millennium Honours List for his services to gardening and broadcasting.
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He is a regular columnist for BBC Gardener's World magazine publication, and also for Express newspapers.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Britain's Best Gardens
2015
TV Series
The Children's Party at the Palace
2006
TV Special
Percy the Park Keeper
Gordon the Garden Gnome
2005
TV Series
Gordon (voice)
Wetty Hainthropp Investigates
1999
TV Short
Adam Titchmarsh
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
How to Be a Gardener
2002
TV Series documentary
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Love Your Garden
2011-2016
TV Series
Himself - Presenter
Masterpiece with Alan Titchmarsh
2016
TV Series
Himself - Host
Loose Women
2008-2016
TV Series
Himself
Bull
2015
TV Series
Himself
Titchmarsh on Capability Brown
2015
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself - Presenter
Britain's Best Gardens
2015
TV Series
Himself - presenter
The One Show
2009-2015
TV Series
Himself - Guest / Himself
The Queen's Garden
2014
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself - Host
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007-2014
TV Series
Himself - Host / Himself - Presenter / Himself
Weekend Kitchen with Waitrose
2014
TV Series
Himself
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
2014
TV Series
Himself
The Golden Rules of TV
2012
TV Series documentary
Himself
South at Six
2012
TV Series
Himself
All the Queen's Horses: A Diamond Jubilee Special
2012
TV Movie
Himself
Elizabeth: Queen, Wife, Mother
2012
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Presenter
Prince Charles - The Royal Restoration
2012
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Daybreak
2011
TV Series
Himself
Chelsea Flower Show
2000-2011
TV Series documentary
Presenter / Himself - Presenter / Evening Presenter
Simon Sez
2010
Documentary
Alan Titchmarsh's Garden Secrets
2010
TV Series
Himself
Breakfast
2000-2010
TV Series
Himself / Himself - TV Presenter & Author
The Vera Lynn Story
2010
TV Movie documentary
Himself
The Seasons with Alan Titchmarsh
2010
TV Series documentary
Himself
Popstar to Operastar
2010
TV Series
Himself - Presenter
Victoria Wood: Seen on TV
2009
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Toy Stories
2009
TV Series documentary
Himself
This Morning
2003-2008
TV Series
Himself
Emmerdale 5000
2008
TV Movie documentary
Himself (uncredited)
The Nature of Britain
2007
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself - Presenter
Britain's Best
2007
TV Series
Himself
BBC Proms
2007
TV Series
Himself - Presenter
Gardeners' World
2000-2007
TV Series documentary
Himself - Presenter
Comic Relief Does Car Booty
2007
TV Movie
Himself
Grumpy Old New Year
2006
TV Movie documentary
Himself
The Paul O'Grady Show
2006
TV Series
Himself - Guest Host
TV's 50 Greatest Stars
2006
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Richard & Judy
2002-2006
TV Series
Himself
20th Century Roadshow
2005
TV Series documentary
Presenter
British Isles: A Natural History
2004
TV Series documentary
Himself - Presenter
Countryfile
2004
TV Series
Himself
The Wright Stuff
2004
TV Series
Guest Panelist
The Late Late Show
2004
TV Series
Himself
A Year at Kew
2004
TV Series documentary
Narrator
The Way We Went Wild
2004
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Happy Birthday BBC Two
2004
TV Movie documentary
Himself
The Big Read
2003
TV Series
Himself
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2002
TV Series
Himself
The Jubilee Girl
2002
TV Movie
Himself / interviewee
Ground Force
2000-2002
TV Series
Himself
How to Be a Gardener
2002
TV Series documentary
Himself - Presenter
The Joy of Gardening
2002
TV Movie
Himself
GMTV
2001
TV Series
Himself
Comic Relief: Naked Red Nose Ground Force in Practice
2001
TV Special
Himself
80 Years: A Royal Celebration
2001
TV Movie
Himself
Victoria Wood: With All the Trimmings
2000
TV Special documentary
Jim, The Gardener
Open House
2000
TV Series documentary
Himself
When Changing Rooms Met Ground Force
1999
TV Movie
Himself
The 11 O'Clock Show
1999
TV Series
Himself
Late Lunch
1999
TV Series
Himself
Clarkson
1998
TV Series
Himself
Livetime
1998
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Have I Got News for You
1998
TV Series
Himself
Noel's Christmas Presents
1997
TV Movie
Himself
Surprise Surprise!
1996
TV Series
Himself
Pebble Mill at One
1991-1996
TV Series
Himself - Presenter / Himself - Chairman / Himself / ...
The Word
1994
TV Series
Himself
Sweet Inspiration
1993
TV Series
Himself - Host (1993-)
Songs of Praise
1989-1993
TV Series
Himself - Presenter
Celebrity Squares
1993
TV Series
Himself
Noel's House Party
1992
TV Series
Himself
Daytime UK
1991
TV Series
Himself - Presenter
That's Showbusiness
1991
TV Series
Himself
Daytime Live
1987-1988
TV Series
Himself - Presenter / Himself
Points of View
1987-1988
TV Series documentary
Himself - Presenter
Call My Bluff
1988
TV Series
Himself
Blankety Blank
1987
TV Series
Himself
Open Air
1986
TV Series documentary
Himself - Host / Himself
Breakfast Time
1985-1986
TV Series
Himself / Himself - Gardening Presenter
Nationwide
1969
TV Series documentary
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Would I Lie to You?
2008
TV Series
Himself
Goodbye 2000
2000
TV Movie
Himself (uncredited)
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2004
Special Award
Television and Radio Industries Club Awards
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1999
RTS Television Award
Royal Television Society, UK
Best Presenter
Ground Force (1998)
Known for movies
The Alan Titchmarsh Show (2007-2014) as Himself - Host / Himself - Presenter / Himself
Love Your Garden (2011-2016) as Himself - Presenter
Elizabeth: Queen, Wife, Mother (2012) as Himself - Presenter
$1.6 Million
