Around the World in 80 Gardens(2008)
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First Air Date: 2008-02-03
Average Runtime: 1h 0m
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Seasons: 1
Episodes: 10
Around the World in 80 Gardens was a television series of 10 programmes in which British gardener and broadcaster Monty Don visited 80 of the world's most celebrated gardens. The series was filmed over a period of 18 months and was first broadcast on BBC Two at 9.00pm on successive Sundays from 27 January to 30 March 2008. A book based on the series was also published. The title of the series was a reference to Jules Verne's novel Around the World in Eighty Days and is a spiritual successor to Dan Cruickshank's earlier television series, Around the World in 80 Treasures, first broadcast in 2005.
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Season 1
Episodes: 10E01
Mexico and Cuba
Air Date: 2008-02-03
In his first journey, Monty travels to two very different but neighbouring countries. Mexico is one of the most plant...
E02
Australia and New Zealand
Air Date: 2008-02-10
Monty travels to two of the youngest gardening cultures in the world. But it's not just about dreamy climates and won...
E03
India
Air Date: 2008-02-17
Monty sets off on a technicolour tour of India, taking in some of the most opulent and heavenly gardens in human hist...
E04
South America
Air Date: 2008-02-24
South America, almost twice the size of Europe, is a continent with the most diverse climate and range of landscapes ...
E05
The United States of America
Air Date: 2008-03-02
Monty Don continues his extraordinary journey with a visit to the richest and most powerful nation in the world: the ...
E06
China and Japan
Air Date: 2008-03-09
Monty samples the very different approach of one of the world's great gardening civilisations: China and Japan. His r...
E07
The Mediterranean
Air Date: 2008-03-16
Monty Don continues his journey with a trip to the Mediterranean - cradle of European civilization. In Italy, he visi...
E08
South Africa
Air Date: 2008-03-23
Monty revels in the amazing flora that we've inherited from one of the most plant-rich zones in the world, including ...
E09
Northern Europe
Air Date: 2008-03-30
From the floral wonders of Britain’s Sissinghurst Castle, to the garden palette of impressionist painter Monet, to th...
E10
South-East Asia
Air Date: 2008-04-06
Since the nineteenth century, Western gardeners have harboured a stereotype image of the perfect exotic garden and Mo...
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