A MUf-two whose personality was cut to ribbons on a reality TV show this week claims clever editing by programme makers made her look like a sergeant major.

Jude Sullivan, of Victoria Park Avenue, says the Wife Swap programme, on Tuesday night, failed to show how she had got up at 4am to walk the dog -- despite not being a pet lover -- and enjoyed family days out with her 'adopted' family.

And, although the 38-year-old admits to being a little bossy, she claims the Channel 4 programme made her look worse than she is and wrongly portrayed husband Roy, 52, as a control freak.

But, Jude claims, since the programme was filmed in summer this year, the couple have relaxed on some of their strict house rules and even allow the children to have small pets.

Civil servant Jude, 38, said: "It was clever editing. I can be bossy but the programme didn't show the other side of my character.

"I worked really hard to clean the house. It was disgusting. There were dead flies behind the toaster and it smelt of dogs.

"Geoff got up at 4am some mornings and I would get up with him and take the dog for a walk.

"I also supported him when he joined a running club, cheering him on, and we went out as a family a few times. None of that came across."

Jude, who has been married to civil servant Roy for three years, was coaxed into doing the wife swap challenge by colleagues at the Department of Work and Pensions, where the couple work.

She headed to Hertfordshire where she spent ten days with Geoffrey Millman and daughters Emma, 14, and Mary, nine.

Meanwhile in Leyland, Roy, was left to look after step-children Greg,13, and Deborah ten, pupils at Leyland St Mary's, with new 'wife' Belinda, a heavy smoker with no firm rules on bringing up children.

The Sullivans, however, pride themselves on running an efficient household with a strict regime where the children are fined for bad behaviour.

Jude said: "It has been a positive experience for the family and we now have meetings together before making any major decisions. Roy's study is now being turned into a family room.

"I guess going to Tescos will be a bit of a minefield with people pointing and talking, but I am a nice person really."