The Gardeners' World Blog

When it comes to marketing I'm afraid I've always fallen in with my namesake Bill Hicks, the American comedian, who used to ask his audience enthusiastically "Anyone here work in marketing?"

When the shouts of "Yeah" would go up from the comedy venues of the world, Bill would add dryly: "Kill yourself".

A bit cruel maybe, but if you've spent any part of your adult life sticking post-it notes to flip charts you know exactly what we are talking about.

It's been a bit quiet on this blog of late - for which, apologies. It's a word I'll be coming back to.

But it's been a pretty successful time on screen, on our radio services and here online. The Six Nations got off to a thrilling start and audiences have watched in greater numbers than last season - which was itself a record-breaker.

My colleague Carl Hicks will be posting in more detail about the Six Nations, so I'll move on to other sports.

Middlesbrough v Bristol City on Five Live and Bolton v Arsenal on BBC One saw off the fourth round of the FA Cup in fine style, and we're looking forward to three top ties this weekend.

However, there's always some criticism as well as support for what we do. Absolutely no more than normal, I'd say, but I thought I'd run through the areas where people have been getting in touch with their views.