Patricia Mary "Kim" Woodburn (' McKenzie; born 25 March 1942)
is an English professional cleaner, television personality and writer. She is known for co-presenting the
Channel 4
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series ''
How Clean Is Your House?
''How Clean Is Your House?'' is a British entertainment/lifestyle television programme in which expert cleaners Kim Woodburn and Aggie MacKenzie visit dirty houses and clean them up. The thirty-minute show was produced by Talkback Thames, the U ...
'' (2003–2009), and also starred in the Canadian series ''Kim's Rude Awakenings'' (2007–2009). In 2017, Woodburn participated in the
nineteenth series of ''
Celebrity Big Brother
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,'' finishing in third place.
Early life
Born in
Eastney
Eastney is a district in the south-east corner of Portsmouth, England, on Portsea Island. Its electoral ward is called Eastney and Craneswater. At the 2011 Census the population of this ward was 13,591.
History
Barracks and fortifications
Ea ...
, Woodburn left home and moved to
Liverpool
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at the age of 18.
Career
''How Clean Is Your House?''
In 2002, Woodburn was hired as a co-presenter of new show ''
How Clean Is Your House?
''How Clean Is Your House?'' is a British entertainment/lifestyle television programme in which expert cleaners Kim Woodburn and Aggie MacKenzie visit dirty houses and clean them up. The thirty-minute show was produced by Talkback Thames, the U ...
'' with
Aggie MacKenzie
Agnes MacKenzie (born 12 October 1955) is a Scottish television personality, cleaner and writer. She is known for presenting the Channel 4 series '' How Clean Is Your House?'' and the ITV daytime series ''Storage Hoarders''.
Career
One of Mac ...
, which began airing in May 2003.
From August to September 2009, the sixth and final series of ''How Clean is Your House?'' was aired. From 2007 to 2009, Woodburn filmed a version of ''How Clean is Your House'' in Canada, called ''Kim's Rude Awakenings''. In August 2009, Woodburn announced to ''
Now
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'' magazine that she would not be making any further series of ''How Clean Is Your House?''
and Channel 4 announced soon afterwards that the series had been cancelled.
Reality television
In November 2009, Woodburn was announced as a contestant for the
ninth series of ''
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!''. She finished as runner-up to
Gino D'Acampo
Gennaro Sheffield D'Acampo (born Gennaro D'Acampo; 17 July 1976) is an Italian celebrity chef and media personality based in the United Kingdom, best known for his food-focused television shows and cookbooks.
D'Acampo rose to fame as a regular ...
.
In 2011, Woodburn became a regular panellist on the ''
Big Brother'' spin-off series, ''
Big Brother's Bit on the Side
This is a complete list of shows about and relating to ''Big Brother UK'' and ''Celebrity Big Brother''. The civilian edition ran from 2000 to 2018 and the celebrity edition ran from 2001 to 2018.
''Big Brother''
''Big Brother'' was a daily sho ...
''. In November 2011, she entered the house to set a shopping task which she also judged, while berating the housemates for their hygiene.
On 13 January 2017, Woodburn entered the ''
Celebrity Big Brother
''Big Brother VIP'', is an adaptation of the '' Big Brother'' reality television series. It is the celebrity version of its parent franchise ''Big Brother'', the celebrity version airs in several countries, however, the housemates or houseguest ...
'' house to participate as a housemate in its
nineteenth series, entering on Day 11.
Other television appearances
In March 2010, she appeared on ''
Celebrity Come Dine with Me'' on Channel 4 alongside
Claire Sweeney
Claire Jane Sweeney (born 17 April 1971) is an English actress, singer and television personality, best known for playing the role of Lindsey Corkhill in the Channel 4 soap opera ''Brookside'' and playing the role of Roxie Hart in the musical ...
,
Darren Day
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Early life
Day's paternal grandfather was a support act to George Formby in the days of music hall. Day undertook drama classe ...
and
Tom O'Connor.
In February 2013, Woodburn teamed up with chef,
Rosemary Shrager
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, and the pair appeared on the fifth series of ''
Let's Dance for Comic Relief
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'' as contestants. They danced to "
Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend
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Marilyn Monroe version
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" by
Marilyn Monroe
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. They were eliminated by the panel of judges.
In 2014, Woodburn appeared as a contestant on an episode of ''
The Chase'' Celebrity Specials.
In March 2016, Woodburn took part in the second series of ''Famous, Rich and Homeless'' for
BBC One
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. Her controversial comments on the lives of rough sleepers and some of them that she met led to a dispute between her, the public and the other volunteers on the show.
In April 2016, Woodburn and her husband, Pete, appeared on Channel 4's ''
A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun'' in order to find a holiday home in Costa del Sol, which was to be their home during the winter months. Their budget was £320,000 and they were shown five two-three bedroom penthouses..They put two offers forward of £285,000 and then £295,000 on a apartment but both were turned down by the Norwegian owner.
Woodburn made a controversial appearance on
ITV
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's ''
Loose Women
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'' in August 2018. She was asked if she would make amends with
Coleen Nolan
Coleen Patricia Nolan (born 12 March 1965) is an English singer, television personality, and author. She was a member of the girl group The Nolans from 1980 to 1994, in which she sang with her sisters. Since 2000, Nolan has been a regular panell ...
, but left after a reception by the panel that was widely described as "bullying".
Other ventures
In 2006, Woodburn wrote an autobiography, ''Unbeaten'', which detailed her early life. She used this book to reveal that in February 1966, when she was 23 years old, she gave birth to a baby, three months prematurely, who was stillborn.
This revelation led to a police investigation, which she readily assisted with.
She has appeared in various pantomimes in theatres all over the UK. Her first pantomime performance was in the ''Cinderella'' as an Ugly Sister, alongside television co-star
Aggie MacKenzie
Agnes MacKenzie (born 12 October 1955) is a Scottish television personality, cleaner and writer. She is known for presenting the Channel 4 series '' How Clean Is Your House?'' and the ITV daytime series ''Storage Hoarders''.
Career
One of Mac ...
, at the
Theatre Royal in
Brighton
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Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze A ...
– it ran from 7 December 2007 to 6 January 2008.
From 15 December 2010 to 3 January 2011, she made her second appearance in pantomime in ''Cinderella'' at the
Woodville Halls Theatre
Woodville Halls Theatre is a venue located in Gravesend, England. Based on the site of the Civic Centre the Halls are a venue in their own right. There is an 810-seat auditorium which acts as a space for theatre, concerts, banquets, weddings ...
in
Gravesend
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– but this time, she played the Fairy Godmother. From 11 December 2012 to 26 December, she played the Wicked Stepmother in ''Cinderella'' at the
Grimsby Auditorium
Grimsby Auditorium is a theatre situated on Cromwell Road, in Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire. With a seated audience capacity of 1,200 the Grimsby Auditorium is the largest professional theatre in Lincolnshire, and one of the larger theatres ...
.
She performed in pantomime for the fourth time at the
Southport Theatre
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in ''Jack and the Beanstalk'' – she played Fairy Starlight. The season ran from 13 December 2013 to 31 December 2013. Her fifth appearance in pantomime ran from 12 December 2014 to 11 January 2015 – she played Fairy Liquid in ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'' at
The Brindley
The Brindley is a theatre in the town of Runcorn, Cheshire, England. Located by the Bridgewater Canal, the centre is named after the canal's engineer, James Brindley. It opened in autumn 2004; the architects were John Miller and Partners. The b ...
in
Runcorn
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. From 7 December 2018 to 2 January 2019 at the
Epstein Theatre
The Epstein Theatre, built in 1913, is one of many theatres in Liverpool, England. It has been threatened with closure several times, but reopened in May 2011 after a £1.2m refurbishment. It has now been renamed the Epstein Theatre, in honour ...
in
Liverpool
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– she played the Wicked Queen ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'' – this was her sixth appearance in pantomime.
Throughout 2019 and early 2020, she toured theatres all over the UK with her chat-show style stage show, ''An Audience with Kim Woodburn'', where she was interviewed
to speak about her life and career and also took questions from the audience.
In 2022, she released a range of cleaning products at
Poundland
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.
Personal life
Woodburn says that she was constantly beaten by her mother throughout her childhood and neglected by her father, who she said later attempted to molest her as a teenager.
Woodburn has a sister and a brother, and several half-siblings born to her mother and various men. Her mother died in 2000.
Bibliography
*''How Clean Is Your House?'' with Aggie MacKenzie (2003)
*''Too Posh to Wash: The Complete Guide to Cleaning Up Your Life'' with Aggie MacKenzie (2004)
*''The Cleaning Bible: Kim & Aggie's Complete Guide to Modern Household Management'' with Aggie MacKenzie (2006)
*''Unbeaten: The Story of My Brutal Childhood'' (2006)
References
External links
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1942 births
Writers from Portsmouth
Living people
English television presenters
Janitors
English autobiographers
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (British TV series) participants
Big Brother (British TV series) contestants
Mass media people from Portsmouth