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Dig It with Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball

80: Monty Don: Bare Bum, Begonias and British Gardens

Dig It with Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball

Persephonica

Society & Culture, Leisure, Kids & Family, Parenting, Home & Garden, Personal Journals

4.6606 Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2026

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Monty Don joins us to talk about British gardens, chasing cows in the nude and accidentally declaring war on begonias. 

You can order Monty's new book 'British Gardens' here: https://amzn.to/4sJh3HL 

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CREDITS
Exec Producer: Jonathan O’Sullivan
Producer: Samantha Psyk
Assistant Producer: Eve Jones
Technical Producer: Oliver Geraghty
Video Editors: Danny Pape and Jack Whiteside

Transcript

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0:00.0

Coming up on Dig It.

0:01.7

My algorithm, when I get my Instagram account up, it is literally Ryan Gosling and then the pit.

0:07.0

Ryan Gosling's pit, but more Ryan Gosling than anything else.

0:09.8

The next day live on tell you, I heard myself saying, I really hate begonious.

0:15.0

Oh, no.

0:16.3

And I practically needed a bodyguard.

0:19.6

So I leapt out, started to run,

0:21.8

at which point the towel disappeared and sort of fell off.

0:25.8

Couldn't start running,

0:26.8

so wellies and stark bollock naked,

0:30.0

rowing through the garden, chasing these cattle.

0:33.9

All of that, right after this.

0:42.7

Music All of that, right after this. Digit is sponsored by Alzheimer's Society.

0:45.5

Joe, I had no idea that every three minutes in the UK, someone develops dementia.

0:51.3

Every three minutes, that's someone's parent, partner, best friend.

0:55.5

I know it's such a shocking statistic. And when you actually stop and think about it, it means that

1:00.0

so many of us have been touched by dementia in some way or will be. And it doesn't just affect

1:05.4

the person living with a condition. It can turn a whole family's life upside down.

1:10.1

Yeah, absolutely. There's the confusion, the changes in

1:12.8

behaviour and, of course, wanting to understand what's happening. It could be so frightening and often

1:18.8

people feel like they have to face it alone. That's why it's so important that charities like

1:23.6

Alzheimer's Society exist. They're the UK's leading dementia charity and the only one tackling

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