I’m probably the last person you’d expect to be doing a ‘Why I Love…‘ article. I mean, normally I like nothing better that kicking the living dung out of tellyfolk, and boy oh boy… I really do love it. That said, for every group of abhorrent idiots on the box, there is a sneaky few who I completely fall for.

You may be surprised that I’m picking Kim and Aggie (from How Clean Is Your House?) but I have very good reason to. It’s easy to extol the virtues of people like Armando Iannucci (who brought us The Thick Of It, Time Trumpet and helped out with Brasseye) and the like, but the unsung heroes of mindless TV can be found up to their necks in other people’s muck. Kim and Aggie are real national treasures.

So why do I love this pair? I mean, they surely stand for the kind of TV that I hate. Well, on the surface of things, K&A go around prodding people because they’re not clean enough. I’m the first to stick a size 10 into anyone telling anyone else how to live their life. There are far too many shows featuring ‘experts’ sticking their beaks in and bothering me about the shape I’m in. I’m too fat. I should eat nothing but spinach from a shot glass. I need a chemical peel. I need to learn how to look good naked. I need to stop feeding children sweets for their breakfast or they’ll grow up into vicious rapists and muggers. I need to be greener. I need to get on the property ladder… and possibly move to Croatia.

I’ll tell you what I need. I need to stop listening to these idiots and get a big cuddle from Kim and Aggie.

So what makes these two different from the rest? Well, Kim and Aggie blatantly take great pleasure in pleasing others. Theirs is not a personal crusade against those dirty beggars with filthy windows or whatever. Kim and Aggie are actually there to help those that need it. Not only that, these roguish cacklers bring buckets of glee as well as dustpans full of genuinely helpful tips. For instance, I dropped an egg on the floor, and after recalling a tip from this lovable pair, the job was easily done. For the record, you pour salt all over it and it wipes up with the greatest of ease.

The most refreshing thing about Kim and Aggie is their evident love for people. Any ‘bile’ that is thrown a participants way is so obviously good natured that it’s impossible to take it any other way. When the amazingly camp Kim pouts “You dirty beggar! Be off with you!” she’s always ready to pop a loving arm around and help shift the grease. This hands on approach (literally) is what makes this dynamic duo one of the finest things on the box.

Don;t agree? Be off with you… dirty beggars. [Mof Gimmers]