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Ground Force

Season 12
British television series in which a group of professional landscapers/hardscapers creates or transforms a garden in two days as a surprise for one of the owners. Gardens should be places of beauty, but all-too-often they are neglected and left to run wild. Thats when it's time to call in the experts. The Ground Force team takes on challenges of renovating new gardens in the UK and abroad.
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  1. S12 E1 - Kingston-upon-Hull
    January 23, 2005
    29min
    7+
    A long, thin garden is converted into a series of 'rooms' comprising an angled patio, a woodland garden and a formal pond at the request of the owners daughter.
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  2. S12 E2 - Fulham
    January 30, 2005
    29min
    7+
    A garden owner calls in the team to surprise his Japanese wife as their garden is given an oriental makeover, featuring a pool, lanterns, decking and a pottery shed / tea house.
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  3. S12 E3 - Cork
    February 6, 2005
    28min
    7+
    The team travel to Cork to transform a 180ft garden for a rugby-mad couple. The pair had planned to turn the large space into an entertaining area as an extension to their small house, so the team set to work installing split-level decking and a misty water feature.
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  4. S12 E4 - Calverton
    February 13, 2005
    29min
    7+
    The green-fingered team visit Calverton, Nottinghamshire, to finish the work of a keen gardener who died before completing his dream project, so his widow can enjoy the fruits of his labour. Work begins on an ambitious deck including a pond, pergola and swing seat - but rain looks likely to disrupt their plans.
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  5. S12 E5 - Dorchester
    February 20, 2005
    29min
    7+
    The team come to the aid of a Dorchester couple with three-year-old triplets, putting in a path and patio made from circular paving and railway sleepers, along with beds of plants and a secret play area for the children.
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  6. S12 E6 - Wakefield
    February 27, 2005
    29min
    7+
    The team make an uneven garden more accessible for wheelchairs, so the owner's disabled father can enjoy it. The plan involves building bridges, inclines, and a water feature, as well as outside lighting to help the deaf householders communicate by sign-language in the evening.
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  7. S12 E7 - Eastleigh
    March 6, 2005
    29min
    7+
    The green-fingered team come to the aid of two brothers in Eastleigh, who let the garden fall into a lamentable state while their parents were in America and are hoping to put things right. Once the rubbish has been cleared away, they install concentric rings of paving stones and a circular pergola.
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  8. S12 E8 - Spain
    March 13, 2005
    29min
    7+
    It's off to Spain for the last episode of the series where the garden of a renovated farmhouse near Marbella is transformed for an expat couple. The owners want an area where they can sit and enjoy the magnificent view, so the team set to work on a pergola and water feature using traditional terracotta tiles. They also add blue ceramic planters and a stepping-stone path.
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Directors
John Thornicroft
Producers
John ThornicroftMichael RobinsCarol Haslam
Starring
Alan TitchMarshCharlie DimmockTommy Walsh
Studio
BBC One
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