Charlie Dimmock

Charlie Dimmock
Born	Charlotte Elouise Dimmock 10 August 1966 (1966-08-10) (age 45) Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK
Education	Wellow Primary School, The Mountbatten School, and Horticultural college
Occupation	Gardening expert and TV presenter.
Employer	BBC, ITV, CBS
Known for	TV presenting, lack of bra
Home town	Romsey, Hampshire, England, UK
Height	5 feet 6 inches (1.68 m)
Parents	Terry and Sue Dimmock

Charlie Dimmock (born Charlotte Elouise Dimmock on 10 August 1966) is an English gardening expert and TV presenter. She was one of the team on Ground Force, a BBC gardening makeover programme.

Early years

Dimmock is a former pupil of Wellow Primary School and The Mountbatten School in Romsey, Hampshire. Her father was a merchant seaman, and her mother Sue, ran her own clothes shop.^[1] When she was at school Charlie wanted to be a Forensic Scientist.

Career

Dimmock first came to the public's attention in 1997, when she joined the BBC gardening series Ground Force. Dimmock met the producer/director of the series five years previously when she built a pond for the Meridian series, Grass Roots,.^[2] She became well known for not wearing a bra under her t-shirt in all weather.^[3]

Since then, she has presented such programmes as The Joy of Gardening and Charlie's Garden Army, as well as presenting coverage of the Chelsea Flower Show.^[4]

In 2004, she appeared in the Channel 4 reality TV show, The Games. She has also appeared on American television, presenting a gardening slot on The Early Show on CBS.^[5] In September 2006, she appeared on the BBC's Celebrity MasterChef.^[6]

She has also published several gardening books, including the BBC Ground Force books 'Water Garden Workbook' and 'Container Gardening', as well as 'Enjoy Your Garden', a book on general gardening published in 2000.

Dimmock wrote a weekly gardening column in the Mail on Sunday for many years, until January 2008.

In recent years, she has enjoyed some success with a local ITV Meridian series, River Walks, in which she walks along various rivers in Southern England, visiting landmarks and attractions along the way, as well as meeting people who live and work on the rivers. The third series was broadcast on ITV1 Meridian in January 2008.^[7]

Dimmock was also the President of the Television and Radio Industries Club (TRIC) from 2003 to 2004 and presented their annual Awards ceremony that year.

In 2011, Dimmock joined the team of experts on ITV's Daybreak breakfast magazine show acting as gardening expert.

Dimmock will be appearing in pantomime over Christmas 2011 at The Spa, Bridlington playing the Organic Fairy in Jack and the Beanstalk.

Personal life

Dimmock's mother Sue Kennedy, 59; and her stepfather Rob, 58; were both killed in the tsunami caused by the December 2004 Asian earthquake.^[8][9]

Charity work

In 2003 Dimmock competed in the Macmillan 4x4 UK Challenge charity event, raising the profile of the event considerably, which has gone on to raise over £100,000 each year for Macmillan Cancer Support.^[10]

She has also been involved in many other charity works, such as Dreamflight, a charity organisation for children with serious illnesses—that takes them to Florida, USA, for a "holiday of a lifetime".^{[citation needed]}

References

1. ^ "Charlie Dimmock". Hello! magazine. http://www.hellomagazine.com/profiles/charliedimmock/. Retrieved 2008-08-14. 
2. ^ Meet Charlie Dimmock UKTV article. Retrieved 22nd June 2010
3. ^ Chris Roberts (2006). Heavy Words Lightly Thrown: The Reason Behind Rhyme. Thorndike Press. ISBN 0-7862-8517-6. 
4. ^ BBC coverage of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2002 17 April 2002. BBC Press Releases & Press Packs. Retrieved 28 November 2006.
5. ^ The Early Show - Charlie Dimmock CBS Broadcasting Inc. Retrieved 28 November 2006.
6. ^ "Meet Charlie Dimmock UKTV Style Gardens, Retrieved 28 November 2006.
7. ^ "Cloud One TV - In Production"
8. ^ "Gardener 'copes' with family loss" BBC News Online, 27 January 2005. Retrieved 28 November 2006.
9. ^ “UK victims of Asian tsunami” , BBC News Online , 18 December 2005, Retrieved March 23, 2010
10. ^ Land Rover World article Macmillan 4x4 UK Challenge 2003

External links

• Charlie Dimmock at the Internet Movie Database
• Profile in Hello! Magazine

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Name	Dimmock, Charlie
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Date of birth	10 August 1966
Place of birth	Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK
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