Why are we subjected to such rubbish

No

It’s cheap to make, but people like Stacey get well paid. I think people would pay to see paint dry, they certainly do watch them eat dirt, as in I’m a Celeb. It’s a mystery it’s that daft.

I wonder how long it takes after a makeover/declutter, etc to get the house back to the original state?

There is often a six-months-later update and the people have usually not gone back to their old ways.

On OCD Cleaners, the cleaners have often been officially diagnosed with OCD and some of them become less obsessive after helping others.

M0nica's post, on p1, makes good points.

"The likes of" Stacey Solomon? That's really rude. No need to be - she's a perfectly OK woman.

My son watches the series about the British couple who own the Chateau in France. I had watched previous series and like both of them, especially I admire the woman’s artistic skills and her ability to see how her ideas would work out. Her husband has amazing practical skills and I really like them.

However, both of us think that no normal people could afford all they have done and I guess Channel 4 pay for the renovations, including the handy British tradesmen who seem to be around. Still, people enjoy the programme as it has survived many series and I guess we are rather envious of their skills and appealing personalities and wish we had similar attributes…..we still watch it and I guess a great many viewers enjoy it too.

What on earth is the point of that cleaning element on that clear up cleaning programme. If someone says they are too busy to clean a cooker how does cleaning it for them enable them to clean it in the future, surely they will still be too busy. The storage I can understand, but really some folk can't seem to figure it out themselves. Only one episode seemed worthwhile; that involved a couple needing help to maneuvere his wheelchair in and out and round the garden.

For the TV companies it is summed up in one word ' Cheap'.

If people actually watched the programmes then they would know that generally, once people have had the initial help, they keep their place clean and tidy.
Not always as pristine, but I have yet to see one that has reverted back to the state it was in when they needed help.

I do not watch television, but from what you are saying, it seems to e m that some people want som ething for free, and if exposing themselves is the only way to do it... well, then... so be it.

MissAdventure

It's a shame, when we are all supposed to be much more aware of mental health issues that people dismiss this as dirty people who ought to be ashamed of themselves.

It's blatantly clear, most times, that something, some trauma, has led to their problems.

I do agree, MissAdventure but, as I mentioned above, I can see a difference between the older programmes which were aimed at helping people who could not overcome their hoarding difficulties due to psychological problems and the present-day programmes which just seem to be about the "I want to be on the telly" brigade.

Nobody has mentioned that we pay a licence fee and should therefore be able to watch some quality programmes, not the repetitive unedifying trash that swamps programme schedules.
I mentioned that last night, Jaxie but only to DH.

I wonder how long it takes after a makeover/declutter, etc to get the house back to the original state?
I say that every time (which isn't very often) that I watch one of those programmes Gongoozler

I always think that with naked attraction.
They have to face their colleagues and neighbours and parents after having got it all out!

For me it's the ones where you have to bare all ( Naked Attraction / Embarrassing Bodies ) they show off the bits and bobs that only yourself or partner should see , and then I presume are happy in the knowledge that strangers , neighbours , work colleagues etc all now know you inside / out . Literally !

I wonder how long it takes after a makeover/declutter, etc to get the house back to the original state?

It depends on what is trash, according to different peoples' perspectives.

Nobody has mentioned that we pay a licence fee and should therefore be able to watch some quality programmes, not the repetitive unedifying trash that swamps programme schedules.

The program on BBC1 on last night did do an awful lot of good for a lady, who through no fault of her own couldn’t do much housework. It enabled her daughter, to get her own bedroom for herself. I thought it was a good program for once.

Are they?
I never get a cheap thrill out of them.
I cringe, I find it hard to understand at times, bit it doesn't give me any kind of thrill to see people in hardship.

Try switching it off!

Yes but it's not presented in a manner or spirit of an investigation into people's psychological problems manifesting in behavioural issues, its prime time TV presented as entertainment. A slot very late at night, or on a documentary channel would render some degree of genuine concern and dignity. But they aren't. They're put out there to get a cheap thrill initially.

Sashabel
Any one, repeat ,any one but Stacy Solomon .

It's the idea that someone somewhere has looked at all this utter bilge- and decided " wow that's good telly!" And is probably paid a ginormous amount of dosh to do so! Where HAVE our priorities cleared off to?!?!? That's why I watch Netflix/prime/Disney etc 99% of the time, that way I can choose what I see uninterrupted by trailers for a programme about someone with a vile creature inhabiting there private little places!?

Sad, isn't it?
All the lonely, dysfunctional people amongst us, trying to navigate their way.

MissAdventure

It's a shame, when we are all supposed to be much more aware of mental health issues that people dismiss this as dirty people who ought to be ashamed of themselves.

It's blatantly clear, most times, that something, some trauma, has led to their problems.

Yes - who else remembers the old Polish chap on HCIYH, who couldn’t stop hoarding? It had evidently stemmed from his dreadful WW2 sufferings - he just couldn’t bear to part with anything that might just come in useful.

It's a shame, when we are all supposed to be much more aware of mental health issues that people dismiss this as dirty people who ought to be ashamed of themselves.

It's blatantly clear, most times, that something, some trauma, has led to their problems.

I used to like that How Clean Is Your House? programme (the one that should have been called, ‘OMG, look at this disgustingly filthy house!) because it made my often less than pristine house look positively wonderful by comparison.

I do remember a prog. featuring some woman on a bike who went round showing people how to minimise waste. There was a memorable household of two gay blokes where she had a field day. One of them had thrown a new and expensive-looking jacket in the bin.

When she asked what on earth had possessed him, he said, ‘It was just so last season!’ ??