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The perennially popular subject of gardening first featured on 9 May 1931 in a series of scripted 15 minute talks, entitled The Week in the Garden. The talks were presented by C.H. Middleton, the son of a Northamptonshire gardener, who was appointed on the recommendation of the Royal Horticultural Society. His knowledge and easy conversational style, such a contrast to the stiff delivery of so many radio talks of the time, made him a great success. The programme became In Your Garden and moved to a Sunday afternoon slot, where it attracted three and a half million listeners.
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