Video Documentaries

In the Beechgrove Garden, Carole and George have a tough job of taste testing the new super-sweet tomatoes and thin-skinned cucumbers in the tender veg polytunnel.   Jim visits Glasgow Botanic Gardens - now in their 200th year of existence - to see how the new young gardeners of Glasgow are being trained through a unique apprenticeship scheme. George is in his horticultural element as he visits Rosa Steppanova in Lea Garden at Tresta on Shetland. This extraordinary garden is 12 hours and 200 miles by sea from Beechgrove, and yet it is an astounding display of plants from all around the world. In Beechgrove Garden episode 18 2017:  1. Mulch Observation Jim was revisiting his mulch observation which was set up earlier in the year. It was time to check on progress and see which was the most effective and the cost involved. Mulching suppresses weeds and conserves water. The same plant, Kolkwitzia amabilis ‘Pink Cloud’ or the Beauty Bush, had been planted in the middle of each metre square

James creates recipes with clever shortcuts, using time saving ingredients to make those midweek suppers a breeze. [video width="1280" height="720" mp4="https://video-clump.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/jm-ep.10.mp4"][/video]   He is joined by special guest Gennaro Contaldo. James Martin - Speedy Suppers dishes:  1. Heritage tomato tart with blow-torched tomato salad [caption id="attachment_1681" align="alignnone" width="300"] Heritage tomato tart with blow-torched tomato salad[/caption] This lightning quick tomato tart is a delicious summery option for when unexpected visitors come calling. 2. Cauliflower cheese with maple syrup pancetta [caption id="attachment_1682" align="alignnone" width="300"] Cauliflower cheese with maple syrup pancetta[/caption] Thought cauliflower cheese couldn’t get any better? Salt-sweet pancetta takes this comfort food classic to a new level. 3. Ricotta and herb capp

From his home kitchen, James Martin perfects the classics and shares his secrets, from the ultimate Victoria sponge to the best fish baguette you have ever tasted! [video width="1280" height="720" mp4="https://video-clump.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/jm-ep.9.mp4"][/video]   James is joined by special guest Brian Turner James Martin - Back to Basics dishes:    1. Beef ragu with linguine [caption id="attachment_1673" align="alignnone" width="300"] Beef ragu with linguine[/caption] James Martin's classic winter warmer is comfort food at its best - and great for making ahead of time.  2. Victoria sponge with mixed berries [caption id="attachment_1674" align="alignnone" width="300"] Victoria sponge with mixed berries[/caption] For a special teatime treat we have this fancy Victoria sponge filled with fresh cream and syrup-coated berries  3. Battered pollock baguettes with mushy peas and lemon m

In the Beechgrove garden, Jim and Carole enjoy a red cabbage success story. Chris plants a range of hostas in the Beechgrove cottage garden. Since hostas are usually tasty morsels for slugs and snails, Chris also tries out a range of preventative measures. George visits Fiona and Euan Smith's garden at Kierfiold House on Orkney. The garden is a lesson on how creating shelter allows for planting in exposed conditions and is home to a large collection of hardy geraniums. In Beechgrove Garden episode 17 2017:  1. Red cabbages This week at the Beechgrove garden it felt as if there was a ‘whiff’ of autumn in the air as it was drizzling with grey skies when Jim and Carole welcomed us to the Beechgrove. We have planted 10 different varieties of red cabbages to assess them for flavour, holding ability, tightness of head and yield.  2. Decking potatoes This week it was time for Carole and our head gardener Mairi to harvest second early potatoes on the decking, as it has been 15 weeks since

The whole Beechgrove team are on the ferry to the Orkney Isles this week. Famously a place of only two seasons, 18 hours of light or 18 hours of dark, with constant winds but mild and with little or no frost. The assumption always is that nothing much grows on Orkney in those conditions, but Jim, Carole and George find that is far from the case as they discover the determined gardeners of Orkney and how much they have achieved, to the extent that there is a thriving Orkney Garden Festival across the islands. Jim, Carole and George host a Beechgrove Gardeners' question and answer session in Kirkwall and visit a host of good gardens on South Ronaldsay. In Beechgrove Garden episode 16 2017: Jim, Carole, and George were on the road this week on the first of four special Beechgrove Roadshow programmes this summer. It was the beginning of July when the team visited Orkney and the weather was absolutely stupendous for our entire stay. To start the programme the presenters were overlooking

In Beechgrove Garden episode 15 2017, life is a way more than a bowl of cherries at Beechgrove this week as Jim and Carole harvest bucketfuls of ripe cherries in the fruit house. Carole visits two passionate showers and growers who are entering the Dundee Flower Show. Alistair Gray in Brechin is a show vegetable grower and winner of the 2016 World Potato Championship, while Bruce McLeod in Meigle grows champion chrysanthemums. Jim visits Philip and Marianne Santer at Langley Park near Montrose. With little previous gardening experience, they have reclaimed the long-neglected garden to create a haven of colour. To their amazement and delight, the garden has been attracting visitors to what they call their little piece of paradise. More in Beechgrove Garden episode 15 2017:  1. Begonia Propagation In Carole’s 6x8 greenhouse, the Coleus were looking much smaller than Bruce’s in Meigle, however they were grown from seed. The variety is ‘Chocolate Covered Cherry’ and the foliage was beautif

Part 5: The Great Japanese Train Ride [video width="1280" height="720" mp4="https://video-clump.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/The-Great-Japanese-Train-Ride.mp4"][/video]   Documentary series in which Chris Tarrant explores the world's most extreme railway lines. Chris journeys a thousand miles across Japan to find out if Japanese railways really are the best in the world. Along the way he meets one of the great architects of the bullet trains, a singing conductress and atomic bomb survivors who kept wartime trams running. Part 4: Guantanamo Bay Chris attempts to cross the length of Cuba, the only island in the Caribbean to boast an extensive railway network, from Havana in the west to the far east of the island. Part 3 : Ticket to Siberia Chris continues his exploration of the world's most extreme railway lines. Chris sets out to reach the northernmost railway station on Earth in an epic 2000-mile adventure from Moscow into Arctic Siberia. TV and