The Gardeners' World Blog

Our interactive TV offerings have increased dramatically since I first started working in this area in 2001.

Back then we had just two events to work on - Wimbledon Tennis and Open Golf. Now there is rarely a day in the week when we don't have something to show via the red button.

This goes a long way in explaining my rapid hair-loss, but our increased output has also caused us a headache for the Freeview platform. Monday mornings now regularly bring a host of e-mails from unhappy Freeview viewers who had expected to see their favoured sport via the red button, only to find that someone else's favoured sport is there instead.

As you’re reading a sports blog there’s a fair chance you might just be a sports fan and, as such, over recent weeks you’ve been spoilt with a cascade of output featuring our national teams, both men and women.

As if three World Cups were not enough for you, this week BBC Sport will be bringing you two other outstanding sporting events as Great Britain take on Croatia in the crucial Davis Cup World Group play-off tie at Wimbledon and Europe’s best golfers battle it out over The Brabazon course at The Belfry for the British Masters title, top-class tennis and golf from two of the most famous sporting venues in the world.