Celebrity gardener Alan Titchmarsh, said Mr Beales was a "great gardener" whose influence will continue.

BBC: Peter Beales: RHS Chelsea gold-winning rose grower dies

Alan Carr, Piers Morgan, Paul O'Grady, Rob Brydon and Alan Titchmarsh are also up for the prize.

BBC: Graham Norton battles Jonathan Ross for TV award

Tonight, Gardeners' World on BBC2, presented by Monty Don, does battle with Alan Titchmarsh's new ITV1 show, Love Your Garden.

BBC: What now for Scotland's newspapers?

Communications watchdog Ofcom has summoned ITV to a meeting after it ruled an episode of Alan Titchmarsh's chat show breached regulations.

BBC: Alan Titchmarsh and Patsy Kensit

By connecting existing footpaths, bridleways (paths formerly used by horses) and a few minor roads, Titchmarsh recreated the route the writer might have taken on his trips back and forth to London.

BBC: Following in the Bard��s footsteps �C literally

The X Factor, Big Brother, The Gadget Show and The Alan Titchmarsh Show were among those who erred by letting their sponsors give specific information about their products and services.

BBC: Moyles rapped for Young gay spoof

Former teen singer Coleen Nolan claimed in an interview on ITV1's Alan Titchmarsh Show on Wednesday that Savile had suggested she join him at a hotel when she was 14, following a recording of Top of the Pops.

BBC: Sir Jimmy Savile