My mum tipped me off that there is currently a re-run of the BBC series 'A to Z of TV Gardening'.
Presented by Carol Kirkwood* it's a programme made up of archive clips previously shown on the BBC - so it's a repeat of the repeats.
31 minutes into the programme there's a feature on dandelions showing footage from Countryfile in 2008 where presenter Ben Fogle visits Paul Richards who grows dandelions as a crop for 'the alternative therapy market'. He then interviews Dominic Price from Plantlife International, who explains the complexity of the dandelion; and he finishes with interviewing Debs Cook from the Herbal Society in her charming kitchen for a 'gourmet dandelion masterclass in soup'. They add leaves to the soup and there's also a salad with both leaves and flower petals in. Ben sips Dandelion and Burdock, confessing how he doesn't remember it as a child (I bet the pop man never visited posh Ben's house), and she shows him coffee made from dandelion roots.
Here's a link to the programme - it's on the BBC i-player for another 26 days:
A to Z of TV Gardening. Series 4: Letter D
*Carol introduces the dandelion segment holding up what she thinks is a dandelion, but quite clearly it isn't! Looks more like a Hawkbit / Catsear type of flower.
