Who would have thought that TV cleaning duo Kim and Aggie actually detest each other? On tonight’s I’m A Celebrity, Kim Woodburn admitted that she was secretly relieved when Channel 4 canceled How Clean Is Your House, because now she doesn’t have to see Aggie Mackenzie anymore.

The revelations came as she discussed with Colin McAllister her reasons for appearing on I’m A Celebrity.

She said: “I did it for about three reasons. I don’t know which is more important. I did it because they asked for me and I thought to myself, ‘A bit more exposure, millions of viewers.’”

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Aggie MacKenzie has said that the cancellation of How Clean Is Your House was ‘long overdue.’

Aggie, who appears in the show with I’m A Celebrity’s Kim Woodburn, said that she and Kim are surprised that the show went on for so long.

Aggie told MSN: “I’d say it was long overdue myself.”

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Channel 4 has axed Wife Swap and How Clean Is Your House? in a bid to shake up the channel.

Head of Channel 4 Julian Bellamy told The Guardian: “The decommission of Big Brother earlier this year has been the catalyst for a process of creative renewal right across Channel 4.

“When Wife Swap launched, it was a truly groundbreaking programme which heralded an era of new factual formats right across television.

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Kim Woodburn and Aggie Mackenzie don their washing-up gloves to resume their cleaning crusade in brand new series. As 44-year-old Glaswegian Scott turns his passion for miniature racing cars into a business, right in the middle of his front room, his cleaning rota has gone right to the back of the grid. Scott needs Kim and Aggie’s help to debug this bachelor pad, which is bursting with creepy-crawlies; and descale the bathroom, deploying an unexpected abundance of talcum powder – just one of Kim and Aggie’s many home made cleaning remedies – as they seek to get the job done.

Thursday 13 August 2009
8:00pm, Channel 4

In a new series of revisits, Kim and Aggie catch up with some of their favourite filth offenders. Pensioner Pat Crothers’ house defied description when Kim and Aggie saved her from disappearing under all the muck and clutter.

When the Cleaning Queens left, Pat needed to change the habits of a lifetime if she was to stay on top of things. Now she’s asked Kim Woodburn and Aggie MacKenzie for some more cleaning advice. Is this a good sign that she’s embraced a new way of life or has Pat slipped back into her quite astonishing old ways?

Wednesday 13 August 2008, Channel 4 8.30pm.

In this special episode, Kim and Aggie are on the case of a different kind of filthy beggar: the rat! London’s Tower Hamlets council has asked the nation’s cleaning queens to back up their rat-catching efforts. They want Kim and Aggie’s help to get the message across that there is more that residents and businesses can do to help them deal with the rat problem. Read more & comment »

Cleaning queens Kim Woodburn and Aggie MacKenzie take on one of their most important and emotional missions yet, when they answer a cry for help from the Doggett family who are still dealing with a personal tragedy. Nigel Doggett died suddenly four months ago leaving behind a devastated wife and four children. Read more & comment »

The queens of clean are back and this time the nation’s favourite scrubbers are really getting down and dirty with a brand new selection of mucky pups! And this time the country’s filth offenders are in for a few surprises: spy cameras, high street naming and shaming and a raft of new science toys make this the boldest, cheekiest series yet. David and Angela May’s Cornish cottage is letting down the neighbourhood. Read more & comment »

Kim Woodburn and Aggie MacKenzie are back for a fifth series of their ever-popular How Clean Is Your House? , and this time the country’s filth offenders are in for a few surprises.

Spy cameras, high street naming and shaming and a raft of new science toys make this the boldest, cheekiest series yet.

In 2007, surveillance cameras reveal the full nature of the grime crimes. For the first time Kim and Aggie and their viewers can see how these mucky pups actually function in their own environment – brushing teeth over what looks like an open sewer of a toilet or preparing food in a crawling toxic environment: it’s not for the faint hearted! More than a few mice put in an appearance. Read more & comment »