Monty Don , the much-admired host of Gardener's World , has shared the secret behind his iconic scarf that's always featured as he presents from his stunning Longmeadow estate. On the show's latest podcast, when quizzed by host Nicki Chapman about the ever-present neckwear, he disclosed it is because "We film out of sequence. That's the reason I always wear a scarf when filming.
Because if you see me in a crowd, even if I get the other things a bit wrong, if I've got the scarf the same, you overlook the face, the shirt might have a collar or not have a collar, or might be a different shade of blue." The BBC star further revealed an industry tip handed down to him two decades ago: "It was a trick that someone told me about 20 odd years ago, that if you have a hat, a bag or a scarf that's what people notice." The esteemed presenter emphasized the importance of maintaining screen continuity to such lengths that he'd been doused by production crew just for the sake of it.
He recounted: "We were filming and the rain was pouring down. The camera got wet so we had to stop, luckily the electronics were OK. The producers said 'we've started this shot, we've got to finish it'.
So we set the camera back up, got a hose out and someone stood there and hosed me down because of the continuity. Otherwise I would have gone in wet and come out dry." This follows Monty's recent admission that sometimes shop-bought vegetables can match the taste of homegrown produce - a surprising turn from his .
