Radio Times

Review by:

David Butcher

The latest addition to the teetering pile of hoarder documentaries involves dapper psychotherapist Stelios Kiosses. He will use convenational and alternative therapies to declutter the minds of people whose homes are heaving. You may find yourself heaving, too, when you see the inside of Nigel’s terraced house in Liverpool.

It’s not so much the tragic mountain of mess – rags, dead pot plants, 30 sewing machines, and so on – but what his cats have added to the nooks and crannies. Over many years. No wonder Stelios clutches a silk handkerchief to his nose.

But Nigel at least seems to have a willingness to change, and what lies beneath the junk is, in the end, almost magical.

About this programme

1/4. Extreme collectors embark on a six-week treatment programme with psychotherapist Stelios Kiosses and his team, as they receive help to mend their old ways. In the first edition, the experts tackle the habits of 55-year-old Liverpool man Nigel Jennings, who has not been able to enter some of the rooms in his home for more than seven years.

Cast and crew

Cast

Presenter

Stelios Kiosses

Crew

Executive Producer

Alannah Richardson

Series Producer

Paula Fasht

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