What happened to Jeremy Kyle, where is he now and why did his ITV show get cancelled?
13.03.2022 - 21:43
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The Jeremy Kyle Show was one of ITV's most popular daytime programmes, regularly drawing an audience of over 1 million people on weekday mornings.
But following the tragic death of a show participant in 2019, the controversial talk show was axed after 14 years on the air.
Over the years, the show had been involved in a number of controversies. In 2008 a 26-year-old man was jailed for grievous bodily harm against his girlfriend after the couple appeared on the show, while in 2007 a judge described the show as a form of 'human bear-baiting' after a defendant appeared in court for headbutting a love rival during a recording of the show.
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A new two-part documentary, Jeremy Kyle Show: Death on Daytime, vows to uncover the "scandal behind the hit series" after allegations of questionable production practices emerged, with former staff lifting the lid on what went on backstage.
ITV has hit back at the documentary makers insisting that the show was about "conflict resolution", adding that there were "detailed duty of care processes in place".
"ITV does not accept the central allegation of this programme of a “bad culture” within the production team. ITV would never condone any of its production staff misleading or lying to guests," a spokesperson for the network said.
The Jeremy Kyle Show first aired in July 2005 as a replacement for Trisha Goddard's talk show, which moved to Channel 5.
The premise of the show was that guests would attempt to resolve personal issues with their partners, family or friends. Confrontations were usually focused on family relationships, romantic relationships, sex, drugs and