Gardeners’ World star Monty Don, 65, has taken to social media to give his fans an insight into filming for the favourite BBC gardening show. The presenter posted a series of snaps and admitted that his dog Nellie had been watching him speak to “robot cameras”.
Taking to social media, the star gave his followers a behind the scenes sneak peek of what filming the show looked like at his Longmeadow garden.
Monty shared two snaps with his 228,000 followers of his golden retriever, the first a close up of her sitting happily on a path, followed by another shot of her enjoying the Jewel Garden.
The horticulturalist revealed that his pup was watching him talk to technology in an effort to film the next episode of the BBC gardening programme.
He wrote: “A rather bemused Nellie watching me speak to the robot cameras whilst filming the next episode of GW.”(sic)
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As the set of snaps gained almost 3,500 likes, fans flocked to the comments to remark on Monty’s high-tech filming methods as well as what Nellie could possibly have been thinking.
One wrote: “What’s he doing now? He’s lost the plot. Should I tell him? Lol. Clever Nellie.”(sic)
Another agreed, adding: “Suspect she thinks you’re a bit barmy.”
While a third penned: “I’ve often wondered what the dogs think when they see you talking to no one.”
Monty has previously given fans an insight into the behind the scenes work that goes into creating a single episode of the favourite gardening show.
After he told fans that a previous episode of the show involved “pruning, planting, picking, perusing, petters, pests – and beans” a social media user queried when the episode was filmed.
They wrote: “I assume this was filmed last week and not this last few days???”
Monty took the time to respond and give his fans a glimpse into the Gardeners’ World filming schedule.
He revealed that each episode took 10 days in total to shoot and produce before being aired on TV.
He penned: “Always filmed the week before – takes 4-5 days to film and 4-5 days to edit.”
Over the past year the presenter has been forced to adapt to keep the cameras rolling, with two or three of the episodes being produced over Zoom and iPhones.
Speaking to the Radio Times, the star said he missed “the simple, blokish camaraderie of working with a crew”.