Monty Don once revealed who he wanted to succeed him when he eventually stepped down from BBC Gardeners’ World . The beloved broadcaster claimed the “world is changing”, and confessed it was time for the long-running gardening show to “change with it”. The broadcaster, who recently celebrated his 69th birthday, has hosted the long-running BBC series since 2003.
Earlier this year, the star shocked fans when he admitted his plans to present Gardeners’ World for “at least another three years”. The One Show presenter Alex Jones brought up the circulating retirement rumours earlier this year, claiming she was “not happy” about the alleged news. She fumed: “There are some rumours in the paper, I'm not happy about it Monty, that you and Gardeners' World are parting company.
Tell me this is not true." The gardener reassured her: “It is not true,” remarked Monty. All things being equal, and unless I do something terribly wrong, I will be doing it for at least another three years, including this year.
” The German-born presenter made similar sentiments during a recent appearance on Times Radio last year, reports Hello! Magazine . "The serious point is I will be 70 in two years time," the star stated at the time. "I want to go on.
I like making television programmes. I like writing books . To have the energy to do that and not scrabble, always that sense of scrabbling.
To have the energy to do that and not scrabble, always that sense of scrabbling,” he conti.
