The Queen s Garden to be shown on ITV. Presented by Alan Titchmarsh

The Queen's Garden to be shown on ITV. Presented by Alan Titchmarsh

New series on Buckingham Palace Garden made by Oxford Scientific Films

With permission from Her Majesty The Queen, Alan Titchmarsh spends a whole year exploring a royal treasure: the Buckingham Palace Garden, for a brand new ITV series.

For The Queen's Garden [2x60], produced by Oxford Scientific Films [makers of acclaimed ITV series Secret Life of Dogs, Secret Life of Babies, Secret Life of Cats], Alan discovers a wonderland with a five century history; an urban oasis of wildlife where the Queen grew up and a living museum where almost every plant has a royal story to tell.

Using cutting-edge natural history film-making methods, Alan and his film crew explore and capture the garden from every angle to offer viewers a rare, rich and intimate insight into 39 acres unlike any other in Central London. The techniques used include aerial photography, time-lapse, thermal imaging, and remotely-operated motion-sensitive cameras positioned around the garden.

They observe striking transformation as each season brings different sights, sounds, smells and visitors to the garden. Surprises, delights, and unusual and unexpected discoveries abound as wildlife and plantlife are filmed in all their forms, both commonplace and rare, both by day and by night.

And the expertise, organization, craft and graft required to meet the challenge of maintaining a garden fit for a queen is shown as senior garden staff share their approach and unique trade secrets such as the use of the invaluable arisings' [Buckingham Palace argot for fertilizer from the Royal stables].

Over the year spent at the garden, The Queen's Garden yields stories and spectacles rarely heard or seen beyond its secure walls. Royal Historian Lucy Worsley describes the garden's origins as part of a much bigger hunting ground for Henry VIII and its evolution to its present day dimensions via its role as a playground for the Queen and Princess Margaret during their childhood. And the Royal Family's attachment to the garden is brought to life with rare archive footage.

From its wildest corners, where it functions as one of the most important havens for wildlife in London, to its role as the sumptuous venue for an 8,000 strong Royal Garden Party, over two hour long episodes, The Queen's Garden will offer viewers privileged access and a unique perspective into a special place.

The Queen's Garden is commissioned for ITV by Richard Klein, Director of Commissioning Factual and Katy Thorogood, Commissioning Editor Factual. For Oxford Scientific Films, the series is directed by Martin Williams and produced by Peter Collins. The Executive Producers are Alice Keens-Soper and Jeremy Bradshaw.

Richard said: There is something magical about a garden hidden behind high walls, and no more so than here, at Buckingham Palace. Guided by Alan Titchmarsh and the four seasons, the Queens Garden is a delightful and charming exploration of that magical world, with a light dusting of royal history.

Alice Keens-Soper, Head of Specialist Factual at Oxford Scientific Films, said: The Queen's Garden is an extraordinary place because so much of the fauna and flora that we've filmed over the course of a year has a royal story to tell. It's thrilling to be able to reveal the secrets of this beautiful oasis in the centre of London.

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