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Rachel de Thame

British gardener and television presenter

Rachel de Thame (born Rachel Cohen) is an English gardener, television presenter and actress.

Biography

From the age of 10, de Thame studied ballet to a professional standard at the Royal Ballet School, White Lodge, Richmond Park.^[1] De Thame contracted glandular fever at age 15, and chose to give up her dream of a dancing career at age 19. She then undertook a course in Drama at Southgate College in 1979–80 and studied History of Art at London's City Lit, after which she worked for a short period for Colnaghi, a well-respected international firm of art dealers in London.^[2] She then married for the first time.

While pregnant with her first baby, de Thame was recruited by a modelling agency and went on to enjoy a successful modelling career. A major part of de Thame's modelling included appearances in TV ads. Casting agents began to suggest de Thame for acting roles. By 1998, she had appeared in the mini-series Merlin and in the British feature film Bodywork; credited in both pro

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Rachel is a regular presenter on Gardener’s World and hosts her own BBC series, Small Town Gardens and Gardening with the Experts. Previously she was gardening consultant for The Vanessa Show and a reporter for Heart of the Country.

Rachel trained as a professional ballet dancer, but a prolonged bout of glandular fever cut her ambitions short. She was spotted by a model agency and enjoyed a highly successful modelling career which led to acting roles in the mini-series Merlin and the British film Bodywork.

Acting wasn’t Rachel’s main ambition. Instead she decided to indulge her true passion and enrolled at the English Gardening School. After graduating with distinction, auditions for Gardener’s World followed, and she found herself, in a roundabout way, back in the world of the media. As well as Gardeners’ World and other shows, she is a regular on the BBC’s coverage of the Chelsea and Hampton Court Flower Shows.

Rachel has written a number of gardening books and regular writes columns for The Sunday Times, the Telegraph, and Gardeners&rsq

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Rachel De Thame (born Rachel Cohen, London, UK, October 1961) is a British TV presenter, specialising in gardening programmes.

Biography[]

Rachel studied ballet to a professional standard at the Royal Ballet School, but after a prolonged bout of glandular fever was forced to give up her dream of a dancing career.

Rachel then turned her studies to History of Art at London's City Lit and spent a short period working for a well-respected international firm of art dealers in London. However, she was soon spotted by a modelling agency and went on to enjoy a successful modelling career.

A major part of Rachel's modelling included appearances in TV adverts, with occasional appearances as a magician's assistant on various TV shows, and casting agents soon began to suggest Rachel for acting roles. By 1988, Rachel had appeared in the mini-series Merlin and in the British feature film Bodywork. In both of these productions, she is credited as "Rachel Colover".

However, as a long-term career, acting was not Rachel’s ideal choice so late in 1998 she enrolled at the English Gardening