Titchmarsh and Kylie ideal picnic guests - survey

Green-fingered Alan Titchmarsh beat ‘‘golden balls’’ David Beckham as the ideal picnic guest, a UK survey found today.

BBC2’s The Gardener’s World presenter topped a list of male guests ahead of Beckham and Jonathan Ross in a poll by Safeway to mark the store’s Picnic 2002 concert in Hyde Park, London.

Aussie chart-topper Kylie Minogue was the ideal choice ahead of Charlie Dimmock and Nigella Lawson as a female guest.

The concert takes place on Saturday June 29 and stars Ronan Keating, Gabrielle, Dame Shirley Bassey, Diana Ross and Rod Stewart.