Alan Titchmarsh

Alan Titchmarsh grew up in Ilkley, Yorkshire.  He is a gardener, writer, novelist and broadcaster best known for programmes such as Ground Force, The Chelsea Flower Show and Secrets of the National Trust.  He has also presented the BBC Proms and hosts the Saturday breakfast show on Classic FM.  His own chat show The Alan Titchmarsh Show ran for eight years on ITV and he currently presents Love Your Garden and Love Your Weekend on ITV. He has written more than fifty gardening books, three volumes of autobiography, several books on royalty including The Queen’s Houses, one book of poetry (Marigolds, Myrtle and Moles) and twelve novels, ten of which have made the Sunday Times Best-seller List.  Alan is patron or president of more than forty charities.

A firm believer in variety being the spice of life, Alan has flown a Spitfire, performed on the West End stage in The Wind in the Willows and ridden with The King’s Troop, Royal Horse Artillery – once.  He compered the Royal Windsor Diamond Jubilee Pageant in 2012, Her Majesty The Queen’s 90^th Birthday Celebration at Windsor in 2016 and the Platinum Jubilee Pageant at Windsor in 2022 in the company of Tom Cruise and Dame Helen Mirren.  He has presented several television documentaries about the royal family. 

Alan was made MBE in the Millennium New Year Honours List and is a Deputy Lieutenant of Hampshire.  He is a Vice President of the Royal Horticultural Society and is one of only 63 holders of the Society’s highest accolade: The Victoria Medal of Honour. He was Chancellor of the University of Winchester from 2015-2021 and from 2008-9 he was High Sheriff of the Isle of Wight.

Alan lives with his wife Alison in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight and has two daughters and four grandchildren.  He sleeps well.