A pensioner says she fell in love with Watchdog presenter Matt Allwright after appearing in the latest series of his show.

The consumer affairs expert headed into homes across the borough that have fallen into disrepair as part of BBC One show, The Housing Enforcers.

Trained housing and environmental health officers joined him in his quest to address everything from bad landlords and tenants to nightmare neighbours.

But last year, Margaret Crabb, of Vicarage Road in Milton Regis, was rescued by the series after she struggled to use her bathroom.

Together with Swale council’s housing team, the presenter helped her apply for a disabled facilities grant.

Mrs Crabb said: “Matt really lifted me out a black hole and I just fell for him.

“He made me laugh in a way I hadn’t done in a long time.”

In the new series Mr Allwright revisited the 84-year-old widow when the council installed a new wet room, with a flush floor shower.

“He wasn’t supposed to come back but he did,” said Mrs Crabb.

“I wrote him a letter after his first visit and when he came back he still had it.”

She said the pair bonded over their connection to Berkshire, where she lived as a girl.

“I was chatting with him over a cup of tea and telling him about the time I was evacuated to Reading during the war,” she said.

“He loved it, because that’s where he’s from.

“He was just so kind.

“I couldn’t believe I had a celebrity in my house; he was very humble and said he wasn’t, but I knew better as I saw him on Watchdog.”

A spokesman for Swale council said: “These kinds of works help people like Mrs Crabb avoid potentially life-changing accidents, and make a significant improvement to their overall quality of life.”

The current series, which airs daily at 9.15am, will visit a number of homes in Sittingbourne and Sheppey.