RHS Chelsea Flower Show, Monday, 20.00, BBC2

No, we’re not struggling to fill midweek up, what makes you think that? Actually pretty much every event covered on the Beeb this year will have some kind of link to the Corporation’s centenary, and in the case of Chelsea, back in its familiar springtime slot for the first time in three years, that’s the creation of a new Blue Peter garden. Obviously the existing one still lives alongside the tram stop at MediaCity, but Juliet Sargeant has been suitably inspired by the show, which did so much over the years to encourage the audience’s green fingers, that she’s created a sister one which is on display at Chelsea this year. It’ll be on the show itself on Friday, but in the meantime it’s always a thrill to see it appear on grown-up telly as well.






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