Obsessive Compulsive Country House Cleaners - Season 1

The British Isles is world famous for its spectacular stately homes. Brimming with centuries of history, they are legacies of a bygone era. But behind some of the grandest front doors lie years of neglect and decades of dust. Obsessive Compulsive Country House Cleaners finds out what happens when ancestral ways of living encounter obsessive compulsive cleaners. The owners, proud custodians of their family heritage, are struggling to maintain their homes without the help of the domestic staff who have long since departed. Swamped by the sheer scale of the problem, they struggle to part with everything from family heirlooms to broken junk.

This time the cleaners tackle Tarbert House, a Georgian manor on the banks of the River Shannon in the west of Ireland. Home to the Leslie family for 300 years, the current custodian is 83-year-old Ursula. While the main rooms on the ground floor retain their original splendour, the upper two floors - where Charlotte Bronte, Lord Kitchener and Winston Churchill once stayed - are little more than a dumping ground, with landings piled high with family clutter, hidden treasures and a derelict children's dormitory crammed with mattresses, toys and even a box of moss. Glen from Watford and Caren from Manchester stay with Ursula to help separate the treasures from the trash, in a bid to transform the upper floors for a grand heritage evening.