Plot Synopsis

HOARDING: BEHIND CLOSED DOORS explores Britain's growing number of extreme hoarders and their quest for a cure with the help of friends and family. There are an estimated 1.2 million hoarders in Britain, and this series reveals that many of them lead seemingly ordinary lives on the outside, but behind their front door lies a shocking reality of rooms packed to the brim with clutter, unsanitary living conditions, and families pushed to the brink. Their lives are being torn apart by their condition, but now psychotherapist Stelios Kiosses works to uncover the psychological reasons behind the hoard, and straight-talking professional de-clutterers Zoe Steel and Allyson Pritchard work to clear out the clutter. Discovery Life Channel aired the U.S. premiere of this series on Sunday, January 18, 2015 at 10pm ET/PT, showing "Michelle and Carl," the first episode of the third season of this series' run in the UK, where it originally aired with the title THE HOARDER NEXT DOOR.