Kim Woodburn

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 series ''How Clean Is Your House?'' (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,'' finishing in third place.

Early life

Born in Eastney, Woodburn left home and moved to Liverpool 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?'' with Aggie MacKenzie, 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'' 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.

In 2011, Woodburn became a regular panellist on the '' Big Brother'' spin-off series, ''Big Brother's Bit on the Side''. 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'' 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, Darren Day and Tom O'Connor.

In February 2013, Woodburn teamed up with chef, Rosemary Shrager, and the pair appeared on the fifth series of ''Let's Dance for Comic Relief'' as contestants. They danced to "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" by Marilyn Monroe. 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. 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's ''Loose Women'' in August 2018. She was asked if she would make amends with Coleen Nolan, 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, at the Theatre Royal in Brighton – 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 in Gravesend – 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.

She performed in pantomime for the fourth time at the Southport Theatre 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 in Runcorn. From 7 December 2018 to 2 January 2019 at the Epstein Theatre in Liverpool – 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.

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

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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