Charlie Dimmock has revealed the rude nickname that was given to her by her Garden Rescue colleagues after she became notorious for going braless on TV.
Charlie was given the moniker after breaking through on Ground Force, which she featured in alongside the legendary Alan Titchmarsh from 1997 to 2005.
The verge-trimming bombshell was so popular that, at one point, she even released her own calendar.
After appearing alongside Titchmarsh and Tommy Walsh, the gardener returned to the BBC but with a less revealing wardrobe.
This time she presented Garden Rescue, battling it out with brothers David and Harry Rich to design new gardens for homeowners.
Charlie Dimmock has revealed the rude nickname that was given to her by her Garden Rescue colleagues after she became notorious for going braless on TV
The presenter became a household name for her gardening tips and her decision to go braless during filming
It was when appeared on this show that she was given the naughty nickname of ‘Horticultural Viagra’, which Charlie dismissed as ‘silly’ in a Radio Times interview following her return to TV in 2016.
While Charlie’s love of gardening was clear from the start, her status as a sex symbol wasn’t something the gardener had expected.
She told Best Magazine in 2019: ‘Suddenly a sex symbol at 32? I don’t think so, I never had been before.’
The presenter would often go braless on the show but insists she never intended to be a sex symbol: ‘It is sometimes just more comfortable not having a bra on. I didn’t plan it.’ she said.
However, the gardening guru admits she doesn’t think she will ever get rid of her ‘bra-less’ tag and male and female fans still come up to her and comment on it.
‘It was all very silly. I remember Esther Rantzen said to me, “You’ll be referred to as the bra-less one for the rest of your life. I’m still referred to as the buck-toothed presenter of That’s Life!”
The curly-haired gardening queen said she now relies on gardening to keep her in fit.
She added: ‘Have you seen me? I’m not in shape!
‘But gardening keeps me fit… I’ve got stamina but I wouldn’t say I’m the most agile of people these days.’
Previously, her nearly-nude poses have included recreating Botticelli’s Venus for Radio Times, posing naked in a bath of popcorn
It was when appeared on this show that she was given the naughty nickname of ‘Horticultural Viagra’, which Charlie dismissed as ‘silly’ in a 2016 interview
