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Alan Titchmarsh enjoys a barnstorming Christmas
HE may be more noted for his horti cultural skills than his acting prowess, but gardening guru Alan Titchmarsh (pictured) says he is a “totally frus
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theatrical side at Christmas, when he is allowed to tread the boards a t home. The bam at the side of his house in Hampshire is converted into a makeshift mini-theatre where family and friends join in an evening of entertainment, including slapstick pan tos, poetry readings and a host of other
entertainment. “I ’ve cobbled it together every Christ
mas for the last 19 years. We have carols
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end up over the day performing to about 120 people. I t’s always the Sunday before Christmas and is one of the highlights. Every year disappears into oblivion.” The years of festive entertaining sparked
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be limited to his bam. He’s also embarkin} on a tour of one-man shows with a friend a> the piano, starting on November 1(). “This is the first Christmas one I ve dom
- bits of music, silly bits of pantomime anc hopefully meaningful and touching read ings as well, but I ’m all for having a gooc
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Year”, scheduled to run in 2006, about gar dening and th e seasons, along with ai accompanying book. Next year he’ll alst start filming a major new follow-up series t( “The Natural History Of Britain”, which i
due for release in 2007. “I t’s a two-year project looking at all th<
different kinds of habitat in Britain, liki woodland, moorland, coasts and islands rivers and streams, looking at how plant: and animals are inter-dependent withii those particular habitats. “Plants are as big a part of natural histo
ry as animals. So it’s really just an expan sion rather than a complete shift. I t keep:
me fresh.” He occasionally catches some of the gar
dening programmes in which he used t< appear, although he doesn’t make a point o
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“I ’m either worried that they did '
it better than me or get annoyed if they were worse. I did Gardeners’ World for seven y ears and I ’m happy for Monty (Don) to get on
riiB. with it now. I don’t feel a need to tune in to see if he’s doing it right.” But he will be taking some time
. 'iB ' off to make the most of the festive season. Alan, 56, will be spending it with his wife and two daughters and is an unashamed advocate oj
Christmas. “ I feel sorry for people who are
i-'iilfr not,” he says. “I t ’s a shame when it’s overwhelmed by commerciality. only have one
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day off now, as the sales start on Boxing Day. But you need to get in
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touch with yourself. “Christmas is very much for
home, family and friends. We do stockings first thing in the morning, then church, then presents when you come back and then Christmas dinner at two or three in the after noon. “I cook Christmas dinner. I t’s not
the only time I cook in the year but i t ’s the big one. We usually have duck and all the trimmings, along with Delia’s roast potatoes.” His most vivid Christmas memo
ries are those of when he was a child, he reflects. “My dad made things for me
when I was little, like garages, forts and zoos out of wood, with lead ani mals. Waking up and finding one of those a t the bottom of the bed, all
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IT may not always be easy to buy the latest toy trend, but it is easy to make sure that the toys you buy for Christmas are safe. Around 60 per cent of all toy sales take
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toys manufactured and supplied in the UK and its primary concern is to ensure that all toys supplied to the UK market reach the highest safety standards. When choosing toys, consumers should always; • Look for the Lion Mark - This friendly
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freshly painted, was mind blowing. You couldn’t believe th a t Father Christmas would have brought you all that. “You’d push your toe down to the
end of the bed and feel how full your pillowcase was. I remember on one occasion there wasn’t much and I remember feeling quite crestfallen. I went downstairs and there was this enormous train se t on the floor.” As for Christmas shopping, he
says: “I try not to be the man who goes out on Christmas Eve and grabs something. I try to do it at least a few days before that. But I’m not one of those who shops in July.” He does make New Year reso lutions, he says, but only for a day and seldom keeps them.
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