7.7/107 votesLoading...#1 - Amanda & Janine and Mark & Avril
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 11/11/2014
Amanda from Essex not only works 60 hours a week, but the 31-year-old also spends 20 hours a week on housework. Amanda meets Janine, also from Essex, who is a bit of a hoarder. Full time industrial cleaner Mark, from Leicester, spends more than 80 hours a week cleaning at work and home and has an obsession for colour coordination. He meets 58-year-old unemployed bargain hunter Avril, in Chiswick.
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#2 - Michelle & Susanne, Amar & Sylvia
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 10/20/2015
Michelle, who loves minimalism and order, meets clutterbug Susanne. And steam clean lover Amar visits hoarder poet Sylvia in south east London.
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#3 - Denise & Frank and Adam & Helen
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2/20/2013
Denise, from Richmond, was officially diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder in 2002. She is taking four days out of her own cleaning regime to help 82-year-old retired British Aerospace engineer Frank from Chipping Sodbury. Linda has also recruited hairdresser Adam, who heads to Buckinghamshire to help Helen with her piles of clutter.
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#4 - Caren & Linda and Jamie & Mick
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/21/2014
Caren, from Warrington, cleans for at least four hours a day and her cat is only allowed outside on a lead. Caren meets Linda and her son Matt, who have being living amongst grime for nine years and have out-of-date food from the 1990s. The second volunteer is OCD-diagnosed Jamie, from Somerset, who can't stand any form of clutter, uses so much bleach it burns his eyes and must check the door 16 times before he leaves home. Jamie meets Mick, from North London, who lives in a one bed flat filled with clutter and grime. But getting Mick to let go of his precious belongings is not going to be straightforward.
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#5 - Christmas Special
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 12/2/2014
Lynsey, Mark and Amanda show how to make for a tidier, cleaner Yuletide, with good Christmas card management, evenly spaced festive decorations and a bacteria-free Christmas tree
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#6 - Hayley & Shereen and Penny, Paul & Elaine
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/6/2013
The compulsive cleaners are carefully matched with someone whose home is in dire need of a major spring clean. In this edition, 27-year-old OCD sufferer Hayley heads to Plumstead to help library assistant Shereen, who last cleaned her flat a year ago. And 44-year-old estate agent Penny heads to the two-bed home of Paul and Elaine from Surrey. Paul is a self-confessed shopaholic who collects Star Trek memorabilia in the belief it will be his kids' inheritance, but Elaine is worried their home is turning into a death trap with so much clutter.
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#7 - Louise & Tim and Victoria & Lesley
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 11/26/2013
Louise who spends up to thirty hours each week cleaning her house travels to Portsmouth to help Tim who only gives his kitchen a clean at Easter and Christmas. Victoria meets Lesley, who hasn't given her three bedroom flat a proper clean in nearly nineteen years.
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#8 - Dann, Charlotte & Dom and Angela & Lorraine
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 11/4/2014
The first cleaning volunteer is 23-year-old council worker Dann, from Nottingham. Dann replaces his loo seat once a month and regularly bathes his cats in flea treatment. Dann helps out Charlotte and Dom, from Portsmouth, who haven't cleaned their flat in a year. The second volunteer is Angela, from Nottingham, who gets through three bottles of bleach a week. Angela meets Lorraine, from Scarborough, who hasn't cleaned her kitchen for two years. And OCD-diagnosed Alison takes on Helen to see who has the most spotless kitchen cupboards.
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#9 - Gemma & Annia, Dai & Michelle
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 9/22/2015
Gemma, who makes her Chihuahuas wear boots indoors, helps single mum Annia, a self-confessed hoarder in Norwich. And Dai meets Michelle and her menagerie.
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#10 - Tom & Gareth, Louise & Paula
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 3/15/2016
Tom visits Gareth, whose home hasn't been cleaned in 20 years. And Louise meets Paula in her chaotic Wokingham home.
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#11 - Kris & Edwina, Fiona & Jenny and Paul
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 9/8/2015
Medical scientist Kris spends over 22 hours a week keeping his three bedroom home in Wakefield germ free and he attempts to help single mum Edwina and her teenage daughter Natalie in Derby who haven't deep cleaned their house since they moved in nearly a ten years ago. TOCD diagnosed 41-year-old beauty therapist Fiona from Bedford attempts to help married couple Jenny and Paul in Surrey, whose three bedroom house has become overwhelmed with clothes, toys and games.
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#12 - Mark & Julie and Cheyza & Amanda
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2/27/2013
Mark, from Hampshire, who can spend an hour a day just getting the pleats in his curtains to hang symmetrically, visits single mum-of-two Julie Arkwright, from Lancashire. Hoarding runs in Julie's family: her grandmother was a hoarder and so is her mother. Also joining the team is 29-year-old Cheyza Burch, from Cambridge, who travels to Oxfordshire to help shopaholic Amanda. English
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#13 - Richard & Linda and Louise & Michelle
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 11/19/2013
Richard from Hastings bleaches and cleans his fridge at least four times a week. He attempts to help dog minder Linda, from Brentwood, Essex, who can have up to ten dogs in her home at any one time. Louise, from Wiltshire, cleans her sink around eighteen times a day and travels to Swindon to help Michelle, who is a hoarder.
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#14 - Tracey & Kerry, Shelley & Lee
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 9/29/2015
Yorkshire-based bank employee Tracey rises at 5am each day to start her cleaning routine. She travels to Norfolk to help charity worker Kerry, who lives in a three bedroom house with a family of foster dogs from Romania. Plus, full-time mum Shelley comes to the aid of amateur inventor Lee, who has filled his house with items collected from back streets and skips
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#15 - Julie & Ken, Krystal & April
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/6/2015
Plumber Julie, whose loo is so clean you can drink from it, helps Ken in Norfolk. And full-time mum Krystal meets April, whose home has become swamped by clutter.
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#16 - Jade & Deborah and Lynsey & Scott
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 11/5/2013
Hygiene-obsessed mother-of-two Jade cleans uninterrupted for six hours every day and goes to great lengths to avoid contact with grease and animal hair. She's paired up with Deborah, whose home in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, has been overrun by six goats, which are free to roam almost everywhere. Meanwhile, mother-of-three Lynsey heads to Blackpool, where newlyweds Scott and Faith are getting by without a kitchen and living among hoards of electrical items.
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#17 - Sarah, Andy & Mikk and Ben & Gerri
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 11/12/2013
Ben spends up to two hours a day cleaning his kitchen hob despite the fact he has only used it once, and doesn't sleep in his bed for fear of creasing the sheets. He heads to Guildford, Surrey, to meet upholsterer and craft enthusiast Gerri, whose home is stuffed with three years' worth of material waiting to be upcycled. Also waging a war on dirt is Sarah, who became obsessed with cleanliness after having her first baby. She travels to Coventry to help brothers Andy and Mikk, but is shocked to find an untidy living room and a wall being used as a dartboard on her arrival.
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#18 - Sarah & Louise and Adam & Lara
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 12/10/2013
Sarah from Ely, has so much clutter that she has filled sheds, a gazebo and much of her house with her hoard. OCD diagnosed Louise, from Cambridgeshire attempts to help her. Adam from Essex, spends three hours a day cleaning his flat and attempts to help Lara, from Rochester, Kent, whose home hasn't had a proper clean in 12 years.
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#19 - Cynthia & Daphne
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/13/2013
Watch this episode now on 4oD Fifty-eight-year-old former opera singer Cynthia, who has a life-long fear of germs and bacteria, helps 75-year-old Daphne from Gloucestershire, who's lost control of the clutter in the cottage she's lived in for the last 46 years. Linda Dykes and the clean team head to Allesley Park in Coventry to tackle a dog poo problem.
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#20 - Kelly & Ken, Louise & Jose
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 10/13/2015
Former beauty queen Kelly helps retired chef Ken and his cat. And Louise meets Jose, who's hoarded so much stuff for his DIY projects he hasn't been in his living room for five years.
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#21 - Lauren & Sarah, Emma & John
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 3/22/2016
Lauren from Dunstable helps Sarah sort through ten years of unused toys, clothes and out-of-date food, while germophobe Emma visits John in his cluttered Peak District home.
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#22 - Natasha & Suzanne, Vijay & Poly
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 4/5/2016
The first cleaner is Croatian-born Natasha, who loves to look for dirt in hidden places and makes sure every inch of her home is perfect. Natasha meets Suzanne to help clean her chaotic two-bedroomed home, which has become overrun with mountains of jigsaws. The second volunteer cleaner is Vijay, who hates clutter and has five vacuum cleaners. Vijay meets jewellery maker Poly in north London in a one bedroomed flat which she hasn't cleaned in years. And Hayley and the team clean out some disgusting cupboards.
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#23 - Richard & Christopher and Michelle & Richard
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 2/13/2013
Linda's first recruit is 31-year-old Richard Searle, who is obsessed with order, organisation and tidiness. Richard is paired with Christopher Sylvester, a retired antiques dealer whose stone Victorian cottage is overrun with collectibles and bric-a-brac. Linda also recruits germaphobe Michele Murray, who sets off to help Richard Pugh: he hasn't cleaned his flat since he moved in four years ago. And Linda and her cleaning gang head to Leatherhead to help The Pitstop, a drop-in centre for the vulnerable and the homeless.
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#24 - Glen & David and Zahra & Jo
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 12/3/2013
Glen spends around thirteen hours each week cleaning his one bedroom flat. He attempts to help David whose collections include around 300,000 books, ten African masks, a strait jacket, three parachutes, 25 military uniforms and a range of magician's props. Zahra vacuums eight times a day and makes her way to Bridgend to help Jo who admits she needs assistance to de-clutter her home. English
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#25 - Carly & Nesta, Rob & Soo
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/1/2015
OCD-diagnosed Carly spends up to seven hours a day cleaning her two bedroom flat. She Nesta from Staffordshire, who allows animals the run of her house. Rob cleans his house up to 30 times a day and attempts to help widow Soo and her son Joe, who have amassed a collection of charity shop bargains.
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The Best Episodes of Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners
Every episode of Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners!
Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners is a documentary series which takes a look at a group of British people who wage a constant war on dirt and...
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Best Episodes Summary
"Amanda & Janine and Mark & Avril" is the best rated episode of "Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners". It scored 7.7/10 based on 7 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 11/11/2014. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Michelle & Susanne, Amar & Sylvia".