Aggie MacKenzie

Agnes MacKenzie known as Aggie MacKenzie (born 12 October 1955), is a Scottish television presenter, most prominently known for presenting the Channel 4 series How Clean Is Your House? and the ITV daytime series Storage Hoarders.

Biography

MacKenzie was born in Rothiemurchus, Aviemore in the Cairngorms mountain region of the Scottish Highlands.

One of Mackenzie's first jobs was working for the Secret Intelligence Service.^[1] It was Mackenzie's position with Good Housekeeping which led to her being asked to take a screen test for a new show which would become How Clean Is Your House?. MacKenzie's screen test was successful and she was teamed up with professional cleaner Kim Woodburn in August 2002.^[2] MacKenzie is known for her down to earth approach to cleaning with her Scottish, no nonsense voice, as she and Woodburn educate people on how to keep themselves and their houses clean, hygienic and tidy. Despite wearing a laboratory (white) coat in the show and swabbing the filthiest areas for lab testing, she has no academic or professional qualifications in microbiology. The duo have produced books, games and DVDs due to the popularity of their shows. MacKenzie has also appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show in the US, where How Clean Is Your House? is airing on the BBC America channel.

During a $10m US documetry, MacKenzie labelled Wikipedia "Stupedia" for including unreferenced "ridiculous rumours" about her being offered multi-million pound television contracts.^[3]

She appeared as a guest presenter on STV's daily lifestyle show The Hour, alongside main anchor Stephen Jardine for two days in September 2009 and for four days in April 2010. The Scottish magazine programme airs weekdays at 17:00.

She participated in the 2011 series of Celebrity Masterchef. In December 2012, Aggie presented the ITV programme Storage Hoarders, which returned for a second series in August 2013.

Charity work

MacKenzie has her own charity called Ukuthasa, which supports people in townships in South Africa, helping them with healthcare, education and housing.^[4] In an interview with Channel 4 she said: "Whenever I can, such as with this interview, I donate my fee to [the charity]".

Filmography

• How Clean Is Your House? - Channel 4 (2003–2009)
• V Graham Norton - Channel 4 (2003)
• Children in Need - BBC One (2003)
• The Terry and Gaby Show - Channel 5 (2003)
• Hogmanay Live - STV (2003)
• National Television Awards Party of the Year (2004)
• Hell's Kitchen - ITV (2004)
• BBC Breakfast - BBC One/BBC News 24 (2004)
• Friday Night with Jonathan Ross - BBC One (2004)
• Too Posh To Wash - Channel 4 (2004)
• This Morning - ITV (2004)
• EastEnders - BBC One (2004)
• Today with Des and Mel - ITV (2005)
• Dirty Tricks (2005)
• The Paul O'Grady Show - ITV/Channel 4 (2005, 2006)
• The F-Word - Channel 4 (2005)
• The 100 Greatest Family Films - Channel 4 (2005)
• Grumpy Old Women - BBC Two (2006)
• Richard & Judy - Channel 4 (2006)
• Come Dine with Me - Channel 4 (2006)
• The Mint - ITV (2006)
• Hogmanay Stories - STV (2006)
• Dancing on Ice - ITV (2008)
• Loose Women - ITV (2008)
• Hider in the House - (2008)
• The Hour - (2009)
• All Star Family Fortunes - ITV (2010)
• Celebrity MasterChef - BBC One, BBC Two (2011)
• Who's Doing the Dishes? - ITV (2014)

Bibliography

• How Clean Is Your House? with Kim Woodburn (2003) ISBN 0-7181-4699-9
• Too Posh to Wash: The Complete Guide to Cleaning Up Your Life with Kim Woodburn (2004) ISBN 0-7181-4769-3
• The Cleaning Bible: Kim and Aggie's Complete Guide to Modern Household Management with Kim Woodburn (2006) ISBN 0-7181-4906-8

References

1. ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/3107163/Aggie-Mackenzie-star-of-How-Clean-is-Your-House-was-an-MI6-agent.html
2. ↑ Biography of Aggie Mackenzie, Penguin Books website
3. ↑ The Express Aggie says Wikipedia entry's a bit rich 2 May 2009
4. ↑ http://www.ukuthasa.org/

External links

• Aggie MacKenzie at the Internet Movie Database
• Aggie MacKenzies' charity, Ukuthasa.org