
Ground Force (1997)
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Alan Titchmarsh as
Episodes 90
Goes to Hollywood
The team trek to tinseltown in this episode, where they plan to rebuild the garden at a community health clinic after arsonists destroyed it. Garden treats include a new pergola, plants and a water feature.
Read MoreSanderstead
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Petworth
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Whitley Bay
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Milton Keynes
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Whitefield
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West Wickham
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Isle of Wight
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West Hanney
Alan Titchmarsh, Charlie Dimmock and Tommy Walsh recreate a tranquil Yorkshire Dales scene in an Oxfordshire garden, using giant rocks, alpine plants and a waterfall
Read MoreBasingstoke
Alan Titchmarsh and the team are given the daunting task of transforming a garden that the previous owner decided to resurface with concrete
Read MoreNewport, Gwent
A patch of clay in Newport, Gwent, is given an ultra-modern makeover with a pier, bandstand, fountain and sculpture. Presented by Alan Titchmarsh
Read MoreLeatherhead
Alan Titchmarsh leads the green-fingered team in creating a seaside garden with pier and decking in Leatherhead for a female rugby star
Read MoreLurgan
Alan Titchmarsh and the team pitch in to create the ultimate football fan's garden, complete with corner grandstand, in Lurgan, Northern Ireland. But plans to keep the owner at bay fall into disarray, resulting in a last-minute dash to achieve their goal - with absolutely no chance of extra time
Read MoreLurgan
Alan Titchmarsh and the team pitch in to create the ultimate football fan's garden, complete with corner grandstand, in Lurgan, Northern Ireland. But plans to keep the owner at bay fall into disarray, resulting in a last-minute dash to achieve their goal - with absolutely no chance of extra time
Read MoreWood Green
Alan Titchmarsh and the gang visit a home in North London which poses a tricky challenge, with two massive gas holders at the end of the garden. The team plan to disguise them
Read MoreBuckhurst Hill
A long narrow garden in Essex is transformed for a wedding celebration, with decking and a kitchen garden, but will Charlie have time to build her water feature?...
Read MoreKirby Hill
The garden in rural North Yorkshire isn't quite what Alan thought and plans have to be changed, will they finish the revised design in time?
Read MorePortmellon
Alan Titchmarsh leads the green-fingered team on a mission to transform the garden of a bungalow overlooking Portmellon Bay, Cornwall. Driftwood from Canada and plants adapted for the sea air contribute toward the creation of a plot reflecting its maritime position.
Read MoreNorthampton
A Northampton drop-in centre is in need of a garden and performance space for fund-raising events, so Alan Titchmarsh, Charlie Dimmock and the green-fingered team create their vision of a Globe Theatre for the Midlands, in the form of a scaffold stage, raised bed and water feature.
Read MoreLuton
Louise from Luton is packed off to a health farm to allow renovation of her overgrown garden. The team get off to a good start by laying a resin-bonded path but disaster almost strikes when an outbreak of food-poisoning threatens to close the spa and Louise can't understand why her friends won't let her return home.
Read MoreChesham
A rain-soaked retirement home garden poses a challenge for the team as they set to work creating a tranquil space in which the residents can relax. They begin by removing the swing from a willow tree, adding paving and pot plants - but with rumours of a royal visit rife, confusion is sure to follow.
Read MoreGreat Harwood
A neglected back garden is transformed with a large natural-looking pond surrounded by trees and wild flowers. Tommy builds a new fence and pond-dipping platforms.
Read MoreItaly
For the last episode in this series, the team pack their tools and head to Italy for a special challenge to transform an Umbrian garden belonging to the Anglican Vicar of Rome. Although a little more modest than anticipated and with a few changes to the original design, the team set to work on a pergola, water feature and wall, hoping to make the best of the garden's heavenly hilltop views.
Read MoreNewcastle
A couple are keen to make their New Zealander son-in-law feel at home in Newcastle so they design a garden especially for him. As Charlie and Kirsty become bogged down in a swampy area of the garden, Tommy and Will leave little time for decking after labouring over the paving. Despite their best efforts, the job proves to be more of a cahllenge than anticipated.
Read MorePutney
A huge, overgrown council house garden is transformed into a haven for a mother and her children. The team try to make the most of one of the original features - a beautiful plum tree - by surrounding it with a circular paved area, while the paddling pool is restored to it's former glory and a lawn area is laid.
Read MoreCastle Donington
The green-fingered team comes to the aid of a woman in Castle Donington who wants to create a new garden for her grandmother, with an easy walking surface, a pond and raised beds for plants, as well as a gazebo to do the crossword in.
Read MoreCroydon
The team come to the aid of a preachers family who want to transform their garden. Unable to proceed with the children's original idea of paving half the garden, Tommy Walsh comes up with an alternative plan - creating a sunken plot complete with large stone water feature.
Read MoreKingswinford
The team erect a summerhouse with a verandah and create a mini knot-garden surrounded by cottage-style brick paving for a family man who has packed his wife and kids off to a holiday camp.
Read MoreIlford
The team create a wheelchair-friendly garden, including raised beds and ponds, for an Essex woman with brittle bone syndrome. Her close friend had thought about paving the plot, but this proves too ambitious a plan for their tight schedule. Instead, they build a ramp from the existing deck and lay a gravel path on special matting designed to make it safe for a wheelchair.
Read MoreBeckenham Kent
The green-fingered gurus travel to Beckenham in Kent to help teenage twins surprise their hard-working mother with a garden makeover. The boys have a bit of spare time now that they've finished their GCSEs and with the team's help create a shapely path, decking and an arboretum, and renovate the tumbledown gazebo.
Read MoreMolesey Surrey
Charlie Dimmock and Tommy Walsh create a garden for a lock-keeper in Molesey, Surrey, on the bank of the River Thames. While the oblivious owner is away on a health and safety course, the team builds a shady, secluded area with decking and a small water feature, as well as using a new process to lay cobbled paving in record time. However, while the rush to meet the usual two-day deadline, lock-keeper Steve is not in any hurry to come back.
Read MoreCalverton
The green-fingered team visit Calverton, Nottinghamshire, to finish the work of a keen gardener who died before completing his dream project, so his widow can enjoy the fruits of his labour. Work begins on an ambitious deck including a pond, pergola and swing seat - but rain looks likely to disrupt their plans.
Read MoreDorchester
The team come to the aid of a Dorchester couple with three-year-old triplets, putting in a path and patio made from circular paving and railway sleepers, along with beds of plants and a secret play area for the children.
Read MoreWakefield
The team make an uneven garden more accessible for wheelchairs, so the owner's disabled father can enjoy it. The plan involves building bridges, inclines, and a water feature, as well as outside lighting to help the deaf householders communicate by sign-language in the evening.
Read MoreEastleigh
The green-fingered team come to the aid of two brothers in Eastleigh, who let the garden fall into a lamentable state while their parents were in America and are hoping to put things right. Once the rubbish has been cleared away, they install concentric rings of paving stones and a circular pergola.
Read MoreSeries 1, Episode 1
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Series 3, Episode 5
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Series 3, Episode 6
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Series 3, Episode 7
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Series 3, Episode 8
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Series 3, Episode 9
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Series 3, Episode 10
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South Africa
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When Changing Rooms Met Ground Force
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Walney Island
A brother and sister call in the team to a wet and windy Cumbria to work their magic on their parents front garden. A large expanse of grass becomes a beach garden, complete with veranda.
Read MoreNorth Baddersley
A garden is divided into three areas for all members of the family making a Wendy house, a decking area and a sandpit.
Read MoreTreherbert
A small corner patio is transformed with the addition of pergola, brick paving and a water feature.
Read MoreOkehampton
A problem patch close to Dartmoor is transformed into a flower garden with raised beds, new path and water feature.
Read MorePeterborough
A hardworking nurse returns home to find her plot has been turned into a purple garden by the team, with decking, gazebo and water feature of course.
Read MoreChurchdown
A messy back yard is transformed into a quaint cottage garden complete with roses, climbers and Yorkstone paving.
Read MoreWhen Changing Rooms Met Ground Force 2
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Edinburgh
Tommy dons a kilt for the last episode in the series, as a garden on an Edinburgh housing estate gets a very Scottish makeover as the team put their talents to the test and create a rocky spring, babbling burn, and basket-weave battlements.
Read MoreRAF Special
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India Special
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Bournemouth
A neglected riverside spot in Tuckton, Bournemouth is transformed into a fishermans paradise complete with decking, planters and a seating area.
Read MoreNottingham
The team work wonders on a communal yard, turning it into a hotspot for socialising and entertaining - laying a terracotta terrace filled with tropical plants and a water feature.
Read MoreJersey
It's over to Jersey for the last episode in the series and a courtyard garden is given a Mediterranean flavour, using plants that are too tender for mainland Britain, but are suitable for the Channel Islands' milder climate, including olive trees and potted palms.
Read MoreA Garden for Jill Dando
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Bordon
Tommy needs an extra helper as the team face one of their most daunting challenges when they embark on their biggest ever deck project - which has to be built on a steep slope. As Alan busies himself with the immediate task in hand, Charlie gets on with the planting and has a few ideas to brighten up the rabbit hutch
Read MoreBrotherton
In the last episode of the series, the team are challenged to revamp a plot at Lyndale Residential Caravan Site. They set about building a veranda and creating a water feature using copper piping, but the terrible weather and poor soil make progress very difficult leaving them staring defeat in the face.
Read MoreGoes West Indies
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Goes South Atlantic
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New York Special
An abandoned lot is transformed into a neighborhood oasis.
Read MoreGerards Cross
The team creates a garden in Buckinghamshire that includes a living willow arbour and a purple-draped pavilion.
Read MoreIsle of Man
garden which backs on to the famous TT motorcyle racecourse is given new flowers, shrubs, a local slate stone path and a two-tiered viewing platform - to surprise motor racing fanatic Mark
Read MoreLongey
The team create a wheelchair-friendly garden with raised floral beds and a water feature, plus a resin-bonded path for easier access. When Alan has to leave to go and meet Prince Charles, Associate Producer Kirsty King appears on camera to lend a hand - she would later become a full-time member of the team when Alan departed at the end of this series.
Read MoreThe Titchmarsh Years
After six years Alan Titchmarsh is leaving the 'Ground Force' series so we take a look at his devoted band of gardeners plus clippings from the cutting room floor and how they stop at nothing to create that special garden.
Read MoreThe Italian Job
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Goes Festive
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Truro
In the final episode of this series, a dilapidated area at Cornwall's Wildlife Trust headquarters is transformed into a wildlife haven. Made entirely from recycled materials, the finished plot comes complete with a pond and an aqueduct water feature.
Read MoreDoes Mardi Gras
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Goes to Ethiopia
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Poplar
The team create a new garden for east London resident Susanne, who wants to connect her land to her sister's property next door. They develop a circular theme with a round patio and seating made from an old fireplace hearth, as well as adding eye-catching plants and water features. But they only have two days to finish the task before Susanne's sister returns, and there are three skiploads of crazy paving to get rid of before they can start.
Read MoreBacup
The team come to the aid of a woman from Bacup who has fostered more than 70 children, all under the age of two. Janet Hill has always wanted a garden she can sit in with the babies, so while she's away Charlie and Tommy step in. But while they make short work of the planting, paving, pergolas and water features, the project hits a snag when a sewer pipe is damaged.
Read MoreOn the Road to Marrakech
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Kingston-upon-Hull
A long, thin garden is converted into a series of 'rooms' comprising an angled patio, a woodland garden and a formal pond at the request of the owners daughter.
Read MoreSpain
It's off to Spain for the last episode of the series where the garden of a renovated farmhouse near Marbella is transformed for an expat couple. The owners want an area where they can sit and enjoy the magnificent view, so the team set to work on a pergola and water feature using traditional terracotta tiles. They also add blue ceramic planters and a stepping-stone path.
Read MoreA Garden for Africa '05
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