The Gardeners' World Blog

There’s good news, I hope, for Rob Mannel. Rob and others have posted on this site asking for news about The Masters because our contract expired earlier this year.

Well, we’re delighted to say that we’ve just signed a new agreement with Augusta National Golf Club, and it means The Masters will remain on BBC television, radio and online for a further three years.

The ‘three years’ is significant. It’s the first time we’ve had this length of contract with our transatlantic friends in Augusta, because they’ve tended to arrange their broadcasting deals one year at a time. That’s been the general pattern since we started our live broadcasts more than 20 years ago.