The Gardeners' World Blog

A dress code is not the first thing you associate with sport: the action's more important than the frippery. But it can actually be a bit of a minefield.

I was recently at a Premier League club lunch - which said on the ticket "no jeans or trainers" - and the club chairman had to go personally to rescue a VIP who'd been refused entry because he was wearing, err, jeans and trainers.

And as we've seen in recent days with Ian Wright's criticism of the BBC's alleged "jacket and tie" format, the question of what our presentation teams wear on air can be controversial too.