See you tonight, BBC3, 9pm. I'll be the one with the nose-peg on. Bring air freshener and remember to breathe through your mouth.

Tonight's one-off reality show claims it does for cleanliness what Morgan Spurlock did for McDonalds. Which is a bit odd, because I think the point is to show that not washing is good for you. A lady called Nicky Taylor decided to give up bathing, cleaning her teeth, using shampoo and deodorant for six LONG weeks. In the past, she has subjected herself to an orgy of binge-drinking, tried out a barrage of anti-ageing treatments and made a film about her own search for love. Presumably not all at the same time.

It's like one of those shows about surviving in wartime or something. Poor Nicky was rationed to just one pair of socks and three pairs of knickers. She had to be pretty inventive with the recipes, I'll bet.

Nicky is alarmed by the possibility that deodorants could be linked to breast cancer, and is worried about what the cocktail of 'chemicals' we use (and drink, by the looks of her) every day might be doing to our bodies. "And do we really need them anyway?" asks The Mirror. Well, yes. Yes, we do.

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