Coverage: TV
TV schedule
Find out when you can watch coverage of Hampton Court and who is presenting this year.
Evening programmes
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Monday 6 July 7.30pm - 8pm on BBC Two
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Thursday 9 July 8pm - 9pm on BBC Two
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Friday 10 July 9pm to 10pm on BBC Two
Presenter details
Joe Swift
Joe has been a regular presenter and designer on Gardeners' World for the past 10 years. He has also presented Open Gardens, Small Town Gardens and coverage of the RHS flower shows at Chelsea, Hampton Court and Tatton Park. Joe writes for The Times weekend gardening section, various gardening magazines and has published two books on getting the most out of gardening in cities. His third book, Joe’s Allotment, tackles how to cultivate your own food.
Find out more on Joe's official website.
Rachel de Thame
Rachel trained at the English Gardening School before becoming a presenter for Gardeners' World. She has filmed her own series for the BBC: Small Town Gardens and Gardening with the Experts. Rachel has written two gardening books, Small Town Gardens and Rachel de Thame's Top 100 Star Plants, as well as co-writing Gardening with the Experts. She currently writes a monthly horticultural column for the Sunday Times and has contributed to the gardening pages of The Daily Telegraph, Gardeners' World Magazine, Woman's Own Magazine and Eden Magazine.
James Wong
James obtained a Masters in ethnobotany from the University of Kent in 2004. He became the youngest medal-winner at the RHS Hampton Court Flower Show last year and followed it up with a Silver medal at this year's Chelsea. He is the presenter of BBC2's Grow Your Own Drugs and has recently joined the team on Countryfile. At Hampton 2009 he will be looking at some of the smaller show gardens
Take a look at James' show garden at Chelsea this year.
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