The Jeremy Kyle Show#Cancellation

In late 2004, Trisha Goddard left from ITV to move her talk show to Channel 5. Radio broadcaster Jeremy Kyle was drafted in to host a talk show, The Jeremy Kyle Show, which was first broadcast on 4 July 2005 in ITV's weekday 9:25am slot.

During the launch week of the programme and the week of Kyle's 40th birthday, the show was overshadowed by news coverage of the London tube bombings. Earlier in that week, a transmission breakdown disrupted one of the first three showings.

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In 2007, the show was nominated for the "Most Popular Factual Programme" award at the 13th National Television Awards,{{Cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a77730/doctor-who-leads-tv-awards-nominees/|title='Doctor Who' leads TV Awards nominees|last=Hilton|first=Beth|date=15 October 2007|website=Digital Spy|language=en-GB|access-date=15 May 2019}} although lost in that category to Top Gear.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationaltvawards.com/winners|title=Winners|last=National Television Awards|website=www.nationaltvawards.com|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331155227/https://www.nationaltvawards.com/winners|archive-date=31 March 2019|url-status=live|access-date=15 May 2019}}

The guests were, according to the New Statesman, "poor, mainly white, always working-class families" who were concerned about the personal problems of someone they knew.{{cite news|last=Hawkins|first=Amy|url=https://www.newstatesman.com/media/2014/04/when-will-jeremy-kyles-day-be-done|title=When will Jeremy Kyle's day be done?|work=New Statesman|date=16 April 2014|access-date=13 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513204053/https://www.newstatesman.com/media/2014/04/when-will-jeremy-kyles-day-be-done|archive-date=13 May 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Ravenhill|first=Mark|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/tvandradioblog/2007/oct/01/ilovedaytimetvshows|title=I love daytime TV shows|work=The Guardian|date=1 October 2007|access-date=13 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513204916/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/tvandradioblog/2007/oct/01/ilovedaytimetvshows|archive-date=13 May 2019|url-status=live}} In the opinion of Anoosh Chakelian in the same publication, it curated "a morbidly chaotic picture of a British underclass – for those watching at home to scoff and sneer at – with the veneer of helping them".{{cite news|last=Chakelian|first=Anoosh|url=https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2019/05/human-bear-baiting-jeremy-kyle-show|title=The human bear-baiting of The Jeremy Kyle Show|work=New Statesman|date=13 May 2019|access-date=15 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513190358/https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2019/05/human-bear-baiting-jeremy-kyle-show|archive-date=13 May 2019|url-status=live}} In a 2007 article for The Independent, the journalist Paul Vallely referred to Kyle treating his guests "with a false mateyness, calling them 'babe', 'sweet' or 'Davey boy'".{{cite news|last=Vallely|first=Paul|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/tv-presenter-jeremy-kyle-meet-the-ringmaster-403846.html|title=TV presenter Jeremy Kyle: Meet the ringmaster|work=The Independent|date=29 September 2007|access-date=15 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060156/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/tv-presenter-jeremy-kyle-meet-the-ringmaster-403846.html|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=live}} A former producer has alleged that the show's guests had mental health problems; the producer commented anonymously that the guests were normally "at the very least depressed" and that "if they truly screened for mental health issues, there would be no one on that show".

Episodes featured guests discussing personal problems, with Kyle mediating between involved parties. Common problems shown in episodes included uncertainty over the biological father of a baby, a family member committing petty theft, infidelity, and addiction to drugs. The producers have stated that backstage and after-show support and counselling were offered, guided by Graham Stanier, Kyle's in-show psychotherapist and director of aftercare. With other guests, polygraphs and DNA tests were frequently used to claim that an individual had been lying or telling the truth, or to reveal whether two people were biological relatives.{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/martin_samuel/article2689747.ece|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130505081716/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/martin_samuel/article2689747.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 May 2013|title=Tune in tomorrow for more freaks, misfits and saddos|access-date=30 October 2007|work=The Times| location=London|first=Sadie|last=Gray}} {{subscription required}}

Frequently, when friends or relatives of the show's guests entered the stage having heard backstage what had been said, strong language and fights would break out, with the former resulting in the sound being dipped. The latter was similarly not shown; instead, the camera gave a view of the audience and Kyle until his security team had restored order. This led to the show being compared, by a former producer, with Roman gladiatorial combat in its brutality.

As the talk show's host, Kyle was known to react with hostility and anger towards those whom he saw as having acted improperly. Paul Vallely related an intervention by Kyle in 2007: "'I don't mean to be judgemental,' he adjudges. 'I'm just trying to help you in the little time I've got, but you two are both as bad as each other.' Minutes later he turns to one of them. 'Do something about your anger issues,' he says, evidently not realising he too is shouting". Accused of having a patronising attitude towards many of his guests, Kyle has been accused of exploitation. He has expressed a belief he was acting in the best interests of the guests and is intent on helping to solve their personal problems. After the show had been running for nearly four years, Kyle said over 300 people had entered rehabilitation funded by the programme.{{cite news|url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/jeremy-kyle-i-lick-phones-921056|title=Jeremy Kyle: I lick phones|work=Manchester Evening News|date=6 June 2009|access-date=16 May 2019}} (updated 12 January 2013) Critics, however, have said that Kyle's reactions and comments are repetitive and well-worn, such as "Put something on the end of it!" in the context of birth control, or his annoyance at unemployed fathers.

The validity of the help provided to guests has been called into dispute; professional psychotherapist and TV agony uncle Phillip Hodson, who was offered the chance to work on the show, said that he believed the audience ratings were more important to the show's producers than solving the guests' problems. A former producer for the show said in October 2007 that the production team encouraged guests to react angrily to one another.

In the show a polygraph (referred to as a "lie detector") is applied to cases of theft and infidelity and the method is claimed to indicate whether someone is being deceptive.{{cite web |url=https://www.itv.com/jeremykyle/be-a-guest/how-to-appear-on-jeremy-kyle-show |title=Do you want to appear on The Jeremy Kyle Show? {{pipe}} Be on the Show {{pipe}} Jeremy Kyle |website=ITV |date=30 October 2018 |access-date=14 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403092245/https://www.itv.com/jeremykyle/be-a-guest/how-to-appear-on-jeremy-kyle-show |archive-date=3 April 2019 |url-status=live }} However, the validity of polygraph tests have been seriously questioned by researchers,{{cite journal|doi=10.1037/0003-066X.40.3.355|title=The validity of polygraph testing: Scientific analysis and public controversy|journal=American Psychologist|volume=40|issue=3|pages=355|year=1985|last1=Saxe|first1=Leonard|last2=Dougherty|first2=Denise|last3=Cross|first3=Theodore}}{{cite news |last=Vergano |first=Dan |date=9 September 2002 |title=Telling the truth about lie detectors |url=https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/2002-09-09-lie_x.htm |newspaper=USA Today |access-date=14 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161001120633/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/2002-09-09-lie_x.htm |archive-date=1 October 2016 |url-status=live }} to the point that they are rarely cited as a source of legal evidence in countries such as the United States, and its use on the show has been criticised, in spite of the show asserting the results to be infallible. At one point, to prove the legitimacy of the "lie detector" test, Jeremy Kyle performed a live on-stage test with the question, "Are you, or have you ever been, a llama?" to which he replied yes, which was identified as a lie. Carole Cadwalladr wrote in The Observer in 2008: "Kyle regularly claims the lie detector is 96 per cent accurate, whereas a 1997 survey of 421 psychologists estimated it to be 61 per cent. Or not much better than chance." Towards the end of the show, an on-screen disclaimer was shown before polygraph results were read out on the programme, stating, "The lie detector is designed to indicate whether someone is being deceptive. Practitioners claim its results have a high level of accuracy, although this is disputed."{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKRVvZrT7nE |title=Jeremy Kyle – Lie detector results |publisher=YouTube |date=15 October 2014 |access-date=14 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160115174312/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKRVvZrT7nE |archive-date=15 January 2016 |url-status=live }} In a parliamentary inquiry, the producers at the time of cancellation said that they did not know how accurate the tests were.{{cite news | url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/itv-bosses-did-not-know-how-accurate-jeremy-kyle-lie-detector-tests-were-2pblqfbv5 | title=ITV bosses did not know how accurate Jeremy Kyle lie detector tests were }}

By May 2019, the programme had directly led to two court cases related to assault and leading to convictions.

On 24 September 2007, a Manchester District Judge, Alan Berg, sentenced a man who headbutted his love rival while appearing on the show. Judge Berg said that the show's producers were partially to blame for the attack, that "the purpose of this show is to effect a morbid and depressing display of dysfunctional people whose lives are in turmoil", and that it was "a plain disgrace which goes under the guise of entertainment". He described it as "human bear-baiting" and said: "It should not surprise anyone that these people, some of whom have limited intellects, become aggressive with each other. This type of incident is exactly what the producers want. These self-righteous individuals should be in the dock with you. They pretend there is some kind of virtue in putting out a show like this."{{cite news|title=Judge blasts Kyle show as 'trash'|publisher=BBC News|date=25 September 2007|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7011962.stm|access-date=4 October 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011181158/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7011962.stm|archive-date=11 October 2007|url-status=live}}

An ITV spokeswoman responded in defence that "we take the safety and well-being of studio guests extremely seriously. It is made clear to all guests prior to going into the studio that no violence is ever tolerated."{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1564177/Jeremy-Kyle-show-is-human-bear-baiting.html|title=Jeremy Kyle show 'is human bear-baiting'|work=The Daily Telegraph|last=Bunyan|first=Nigel|date=25 September 2007|access-date=23 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171227124056/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1564177/Jeremy-Kyle-show-is-human-bear-baiting.html|archive-date=27 December 2017|url-status=live}} In an interview with the Daily Mirror, Kyle responded by saying: "Sometimes people need to be stripped bare before they can be helped."{{cite news|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/im-proud-of-what-we-do-says-bear-baiter-jeremy-kyle-7245037.html|title='I'm proud of what we do' says 'bear baiter' Jeremy Kyle|work=Evening Standard|date=26 September 2007|access-date=15 May 2019}}

An appearance on Kyle's programme by a couple on the issue of alleged infidelity led to a man's assault of his female partner and criminal charges being made against him.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/jul/23/itv-defends-jeremy-kyle-show|title=ITV defends Jeremy Kyle show after attack by judge|work=The Guardian|agency=Press Association|date=23 July 2019|access-date=13 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513122916/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/jul/23/itv-defends-jeremy-kyle-show|archive-date=13 May 2019|url-status=live}} The woman sustained a "shattered eye socket and cheekbone and bite marks".{{cite news|last=Cadwalladr|first=Carole|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2009/aug/02/carole-cadwalladr-itv-jeremy-kyle|title=A malign show on a bankrupt TV channel|work=The Observer|date=2 August 2019|access-date=13 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513124617/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2009/aug/02/carole-cadwalladr-itv-jeremy-kyle|archive-date=13 May 2019|url-status=live}} At Peterborough Crown Court in July 2009, Judge Sean Enright jailed the man for two years after he admitted causing grievous bodily harm. The judge said "there is plainly an element of cruelty and exploitation in what takes place" on Kyle's programme, and that the couple "must have both suffered considerable mortification and embarrassment".{{cite news|last=Savill|first=Richard|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/5894388/Jeremy-Kyle-Show-exploits-the-foolish-and-gullible-says-judge.html|title=Jeremy Kyle Show exploits the "foolish and gullible" says judge|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=23 July 2009|access-date=13 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513122049/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/5894388/Jeremy-Kyle-Show-exploits-the-foolish-and-gullible-says-judge.html|archive-date=13 May 2019|url-status=live}} Grant Cunningham, the head of ITV's factual programming, expressed surprise at the judge's comments, as the judge had not seen the programme, and disputed his claims.

There have been success stories as a result of guests being on the show, such as the case of a morbidly obese young woman who lost a lot of weight after her appearance on the show.{{cite web|url=http://www.bexhillobserver.net/479/Obese-Laura-is-looking-to.3361967.jp|title=Obese Laura is looking to the future|access-date=30 October 2007|publisher=Bexhill-on-Sea Observer|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071130234159/http://www.bexhillobserver.net/479/Obese-Laura-is-looking-to.3361967.jp|archive-date=30 November 2007|url-status=live}} Stanier told The Observer that he was "immensely proud" of the help provided to the show's guests, with "full shows of people coming back on the programme who have been successful in overcoming drug, alcohol or relationship problems, through the care that we have provided".

Carole Cadwalladr of The Observer attended the filming of a special for the DVD Jeremy Kyle... Live! In Your Street. Jamie, a guest for the special, told Cadwalladr that he "was totally stitched up", calling his appearance "public humiliation". Jamie says that he "just wanted the DNA test" but "didn't have the money to get it done" and claims that the researchers "didn't care about the feelings of the people". He stated that when he informed the producers of his bipolar disorder and borderline schizophrenia, "There wasn't really a reaction". His stepmother Karen commented that the show was "so, so very wrong" and "almost like ritual abuse". A spokesperson for ITV stated that a psychotherapist found "no evidence of mental illness" in Jamie and claimed that "guests had to produce identification and were processed through security checks prior to admission"; however, Cadwalladr was present for the filming and disputes this.

Cadwalladr interviewed another person who appeared on the show, Kevin Lincoln. Although Lincoln rang up the show and wanted to take part, he signed the consent form only minutes before filming. Lincoln believes he was there "under false pretences" and says the show was "completely the opposite of what I was told it would be". He expected to discuss "his ex-girlfriend of trying to force him out of the wrestling gym where they both trained", but the segment was captioned "Ex, get out of my life!" and featured his ex-girlfriend "basically [accusing him] of being a stalker". Lincoln spent the two months between filming and broadcasting trying to prevent the episode from airing to no avail; once it aired, Lincoln reports that "I was forced out of my gym and all of my wrestling gigs were cancelled".

It has also been alleged that the producers "plied an alcoholic guest with beer before he appeared on the programme".{{cite web|url=http://www.tvscoop.tv/2007/10/more_shock_and.html|title=More shock and scandal regarding The Jeremy Kyle Show|access-date=30 October 2007|publisher=TV Scoop|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071231113628/http://www.tvscoop.tv/2007/10/more_shock_and.html|archive-date=31 December 2007|url-status=live}} ITV has denied these charges, claiming that "two of the guests were given alcohol to counteract withdrawal symptoms while the third had not mentioned a drink problem", that "guests are not deliberately agitated before appearing", and that the show provided to its guests "proper, professional help, funded by the programme, which has really and undeniably helped hundreds of people".

In 2015, the show received both criticism and interest following a segment where the show's audience laughed at a guest, Geoff, as he described being a male domestic abuse victim. Geoff said he had been locked in a flat three storeys up by his abusive girlfriend and had to escape by jumping from a balcony, sustaining significant injuries. Kyle criticised the audience's laughter.{{cite news|last=Barrell|first=Ryan|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/05/14/jeremy-kyle-domestic-abuse-male-audience-members_n_7281454.html|title=Jeremy Kyle Slams Audience Members Who Laughed At Male Domestic Violence Victim|work=The Huffington Post|date=22 February 2015|access-date=2 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160209014356/http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/05/14/jeremy-kyle-domestic-abuse-male-audience-members_n_7281454.html|archive-date=9 February 2016|url-status=live}}

It has also been alleged by a former guest on the show that due to Ofcom rules, they were forced to change out of a jumper with a branded logo into a tracksuit before being vilified by Kyle for their clothing choice.{{cite web|last=Wyatt|first=Daisy|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/jeremy-kyle-guest-branded-exdrug-dealer-in-a-tracksuit-by-host-claims-producers-told-him-to-change-into-outfit-10029104.html|title=Jeremy Kyle guest branded 'ex-drug dealer in a tracksuit' by host claims producers told him to change into outfit|work=The Independent|date=6 February 2015|access-date=30 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925021721/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/jeremy-kyle-guest-branded-exdrug-dealer-in-a-tracksuit-by-host-claims-producers-told-him-to-change-into-outfit-10029104.html|archive-date=25 September 2015|url-status=live}} It has been alleged, by Zoe Williams of The Guardian and others, that guests were separated prior to the show and assigned separate researchers who would "wind up" guests in order to bring about a reaction when they appeared together during the programme's recording.{{cite news|last=Williams|first=Zoe|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/apr/22/life-after-jeremy-kyle-treatment|title=Fight club: Life after the Jeremy Kyle treatment|work=The Guardian|date=22 April 2011|access-date=30 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170114154510/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/apr/22/life-after-jeremy-kyle-treatment|archive-date=14 January 2017|url-status=live}}{{cite news|work=The Guardian Weekend|title=Theatre of Cruelty|date=1 May 2021}}

The Jeremy Kyle Show received extreme critical disdain throughout its run. In The Observer, Carole Cadwalladr was of the opinion that "the show is built around creating a spectacle out of the damaged fragments of people's lives" and summarised it as an "explosive spectacle of anger, vitriol and confrontation". Of Kyle, Cadwalladr said that "Some of his opinions are so well-worn they're almost catchphrases" and wrote in 2008 that the show was "more like a witchcraft trial. Where the judge and jury is Jeremy Kyle". Cadwalladr further criticised the "lie detector" as "the modern equivalent of the ducking stool, or at least about as scientifically accurate".

In Vice, Joel Golby opined that instead of being about the guests, the show was "about Jeremy, purring and padding around the studio", whom Golby called a "shark in the prime of its life". Writing that the show was "built on repetition", Golby called it "exemplar of the British fighting style" and commented that "in less artful hands, the misery would become a miasma. With Kyle at the helm, it becomes something else – characterful, textured misery".{{cite news |last=Golby |first=Joel |date=26 February 2016 |title=Jeremy Kyle: the Man, the Show, the Dickhead |url=https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/8g3k4v/jeremy-kyle-the-angry-uncle-britain-needs-in-its-hour-of-need |newspaper=Vice |access-date=24 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171225041940/https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/8g3k4v/jeremy-kyle-the-angry-uncle-britain-needs-in-its-hour-of-need |archive-date=25 December 2017 |url-status=live}}

In The Times, columnist Martin Samuel described the show as "a tragic, self-serving procession of freaks, misfits, sad sacks and hopelessly damaged human beings" and its guests as "a collection of angry, tearful and broken people, whose inexperience of talking through painful, contentious, volatile issues leaves them unprepared and inadequate for a confrontation of this nature" whilst noting that they "can only appear intellectually inferior to the host, too, with his sharp suit and well-rehearsed confidence".{{cite news|last=Samuel|first=Martin|author-link=Martin Samuel|url=http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A170005944/GPS?sid=GPS&xid=84f0f2e8|title=Tune in tomorrow for more freaks, misfits and saddos|work=The Times|date=19 October 2007|access-date=23 February 2019|page=23|url-access=subscription}}

Reviewing for The Guardian, Charlie Brooker wrote that the show was "completely and utterly horrid". Brooker described Kyle as "unafraid to hurl abuse at his hapless idiot guests" and commented "not that I'm saying Kyle himself is an agent of Satan, you understand. I'm just saying you could easily cast him as one. Especially if you wanted to save money on special effects".{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/oct/22/tvandradio.theguide|title=The vile show|work=The Guardian|last=Brooker|first=Charlie|author-link=Charlie Brooker|date=22 October 2005|access-date=23 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171224101742/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/oct/22/tvandradio.theguide|archive-date=24 December 2017|url-status=live}} In an episode of Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe, Brooker later described the show as "a non-stop bellowing festival, in which a cast of people who resemble a sort of aquatic livestock chart the outer limits of incomprehension."{{cite news |last=Warman |first=Matt |author-link=Matt Warman |date=2 March 2006 |title=Today's TV & radio choices |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/3650613/Todays-TV-and-radio-choices.html |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=29 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330022747/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/3650613/Todays-TV-and-radio-choices.html |archive-date=30 March 2018 |url-status=live}}

Derek Draper, writing in The Guardian, said that Kyle "effectively projects himself as a strong father figure, setting boundaries and trying to teach responsibility and restraint" to those on his show.{{cite news |last=Draper |first=Derek |author-link=Derek Draper |date=26 September 2007 |title=In defence of talk show 'bear-baiter' Jeremy Kyle |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/sep/26/comment.television |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=30 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141005182250/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/sep/26/comment.television |archive-date=5 October 2014 |url-status=live}} Johann Hari of The Independent called the show's morality "unconsciously but wonderfully progressive", as it attacked "Men who treat women badly. Homophobes. Misogynists. Neglectful parents." However, Hari believed that "[t]here are good reasons to be worried". Hari summarised the show by saying that "distressed people [...] have their wounds ripped open for our enjoyment", suggested that all guests should receive ongoing counselling, and commented on how the working class were treated on the show: "[t]here are also ugly prejudices encoded in the sneers".{{cite news |last=Hari |first=Johann |author-link=Johann Hari |date=1 November 2007 |title=Jeremy Kyle, a moral hero of our time |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/commentators/johann-hari/johann-hari-jeremy-kyle-a-moral-hero-of-our-time-395600.html |newspaper=The Independent |access-date=23 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171224213617/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/commentators/johann-hari/johann-hari-jeremy-kyle-a-moral-hero-of-our-time-395600.html |archive-date=24 December 2017 |url-status=live}}

On 29 September 2007, Learndirect, the government-backed sponsors of The Jeremy Kyle Show, cancelled their £500,000 a year deal over concerns about its content following a letter of protest from Welsh Member of Parliament David Davies.{{cite web|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/tm_headline%3Dkyle-tv-money-pulled%26method%3Dfull%26objectid%3D19869170%26siteid%3D50082-name_page.html|title=Kyle TV money pulled|access-date=30 October 2007|publisher=icWales.co.uk|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090204174642/http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/tm_headline%3Dkyle-tv-money-pulled%26method%3Dfull%26objectid%3D19869170%26siteid%3D50082-name_page.html|archive-date=4 February 2009}} Ufi, which runs the Learndirect adult learning service, said continuing the deal would not "protect and enhance" its reputation.{{cite news |title=Sponsors cancel Jeremy Kyle deal |publisher=BBC News |date=29 September 2007 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7019266.stm |access-date=4 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018084322/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7019266.stm |archive-date=18 October 2007 |url-status=live }} The former sponsor of the show in Scotland, Shades Blinds, retained their association with the programme although they did raise the possibility of withdrawing their sponsorship.{{cite news|url=http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2007/09/30/scots-sponsor-to-pull-blinds-down-on-jeremy-kyle-78057-19870643/|title=Scots Sponsor To Pull Blinds Down On Jeremy Kyle|access-date=30 October 2007|work=Sunday Mail|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202152725/http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2007/09/30/scots-sponsor-to-pull-blinds-down-on-jeremy-kyle-78057-19870643/|archive-date=2 February 2009|url-status=live}} It was subsequently sponsored by The Sun Bingo,{{Cite web|last=Farey-Jones|first=Daniel|date=16 July 2018|title=Sun Bingo kicks off Jeremy Kyle sponsorship on ITV|url=https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/sun-bingo-kicks-off-jeremy-kyle-sponsorship-itv/1487809|access-date=27 August 2021|website=Campaign}} and has been sponsored by several bingo companies such as Wink Bingo, Foxy Bingo, Cheeky Bingo and Gala Bingo.{{Cite web|date=14 February 2008|title=Foxy Bingo signs deal to sponsor Jeremy Kyle Show|url=https://www.marketingweek.com/foxy-bingo-signs-deal-to-sponsor-jeremy-kyle-show/|access-date=27 August 2021|website=MarketingWeek}}{{Cite web|last=McCarthy|first=John|date=19 May 2019|title=Should the Jeremy Kyle reality TV probe worry sponsors?|url=https://www.thedrum.com/news/2019/05/19/should-the-jeremy-kyle-reality-tv-probe-worry-sponsors|access-date=27 August 2021|publisher=The Drum}}

On 9 May 2019, Hampshire Police found a man dead at an address in Portsmouth. He was confirmed to be 63-year-old Steve Dymond and the police said "the death is not being treated as suspicious".{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/may/14/jeremy-kyle-itv-urged-to-ditch-show-after-guests-suicide|title=Jeremy Kyle: ITV says it acted to protect show after guest's death|last1=Mohdin|first1=Aamna|date=14 May 2019|work=The Guardian|access-date=15 May 2019|last2=Waterson|first2=Jim|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}} Dymond had been a guest on an episode of The Jeremy Kyle Show that had been filmed a week before his death and had not yet been aired. He took part in the show's polygraph test, which determined he was being unfaithful to his partner after he had initially denied being so. During the episode, Kyle accused Dymond of being a "serial liar" and made other disparaging comments and allegations about Dymond.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/nov/24/jeremy-kyle-called-tv-guest-steve-dymond-serial-liar-a-week-before-his-death?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

|title=Jeremy Kyle 'called TV guest serial liar' a week before his death

|date=24 November 2020|website=The Guardian|access-date=24 November 2020}}{{Cite news |last=Kleeman |first=Jenny |date=1 May 2021 |title=Inside the rise and fall of The Jeremy Kyle Show: 'It was a ticking timebomb' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/may/01/inside-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-jeremy-kyle-show-it-was-a-ticking-timebomb |access-date=8 November 2023 |issn=0261-3077}} The death was suspected to be a suicide.{{cite web |title=The Jeremy Kyle Show axed by ITV after death of guest |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-48279613 |website=BBC News |access-date=15 May 2019 |date=15 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190515091452/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-48279613 |archive-date=15 May 2019 |url-status=live }}

On 13 May 2019, it was reported that ITV had suspended the recording and broadcasting of the series, including broadcasts on ITV, ITV2 and its on-demand service ITV Hub.

On 14 May 2019, ITV released a statement regarding the programme, detailing their duty of care processes on Jeremy Kyle. The statement concluded:

everyone at ITV and The Jeremy Kyle Show is shocked and saddened at the news of the death of a participant in the show a week after the recording of the episode they featured in and our thoughts are with their family and friends. We will not screen the episode in which they featured. Given the seriousness of this event, ITV has also decided to suspend both filming and broadcasting of The Jeremy Kyle Show with immediate effect in order to give it time to conduct a review of this episode of the show and we cannot comment further until this review is completed.{{Cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/statement-itv|title=Statement from ITV|website=ITV Press Centre|author=Farrelly, Jo|language=en-GB|date=14 May 2019|access-date=15 May 2019|archive-date=14 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514195928/https://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/statement-itv}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/may/19/jeremy-kyle-more-tv-show-guests-killed-themselves-it-emerges|title=Jeremy Kyle: more TV show guests killed themselves, it emerges|author=Walker, Amy|newspaper=The Guardian|language=en-GB|url-status=live|date=19 May 2019|access-date=2 January 2025|archive-date=19 May 2019|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190519170503/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/may/19/jeremy-kyle-more-tv-show-guests-killed-themselves-it-emerges}}

As a result of this incident, several individuals called for the show to be permanently taken off the air, including former ITV executive chairman Michael Grade,{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-48265711/jeremy-kyle-former-itv-exec-says-it-should-be-taken-off-air|title=ITV is right to take the show off air|work=BBC News |language=en-GB|access-date=15 May 2019}} Members of Parliament Damian Collins, Charles Walker and Julie Elliott and psychiatrist Simon Wessely. A statement from 10 Downing Street referred to the incident as "deeply concerning".{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-48265740|title=Calls for Jeremy Kyle show to be axed|date=14 May 2019|access-date=15 May 2019|language=en-GB}} Media regulator Ofcom stated that they were "discussing this programme with ITV as a priority to understand what took place."{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-48253358|title=Jeremy Kyle Show suspended after guest death|date=13 May 2019|work=BBC News|access-date=13 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513094657/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-48253358|archive-date=13 May 2019|url-status=live}}

On 15 May 2019, ITV's chief executive Carolyn McCall announced that the programme was cancelled, stating:

Given the gravity of recent events we have decided to end production of The Jeremy Kyle Show. The Jeremy Kyle Show has had a loyal audience and has been made by a dedicated production team for 14 years, but now is the right time for the show to end. Everyone at ITV's thoughts and sympathies are with the family and friends of Steve Dymond.

ITV also stated that the review into the Dymond episode would continue.

Following the cancellation, all of the official online channels for the show were removed along with all their content, including its YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts, along with its official website, effectively eliminating any traces of the show from circulation.{{Cite news |url=https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/celebs-tv/jeremy-kyle-show-social-media-2871606 |title=Jeremy Kyle Show social media accounts removed |last=Sansome |first=Jessica |date=15 May 2019 |work=Plymouth Herald |access-date=15 May 2019}}

On 19 May, it was revealed that a guest on another show hosted by Kyle, Britain's Worst Husband, died by suicide after her appearance.{{Cite news |last=Walker |first=Amy |date=19 May 2019 |title=Jeremy Kyle: more TV show guests killed themselves, it emerges |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/may/19/jeremy-kyle-more-tv-show-guests-killed-themselves-it-emerges |access-date=8 November 2023 |issn=0261-3077}}

On 18 June 2019, it was announced that Kyle declined to appear before MPs investigating reality television, although senior executives (including McCall and Stanier) had appeared.{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-48676367 |title=Jeremy Kyle declines DCMS inquiry appearance |date=18 June 2019 |work=BBC News |access-date=19 June 2019}}

In February 2020, it was reported that Natasha Reddican, an ITV producer who had worked on the show, had died. A coroner later ruled her death to be a suicide. Colleagues speaking anonymously to Channel 4 said she had struggled with feelings of guilt. {{Cite news |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/jeremy-kyle-producer-who-took-26436492 |title= Double Jeremy Kyle horror as producer who worked on tragic guest's episode also found dead |date=11 March 2022}}{{Cite news |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/jeremy-kyle-producer-suicide-reddican-b1775808.html |title= Natasha Reddican: Jeremy Kyle Show producer took own life nine months after programme shut down, inquest hears |date=17 December 2020}}

A coroner's ruling published in November 2020 stated that "acts or omissions" by Kyle "may have caused or contributed to" Dymond's death. However, on 10 September 2024, Hampshire coroner Jason Pegg found "no causal link" between the show and Dymond's suicide, noting how "aftercare records indicate Steve Dymond was 'emotionally contained' and expressed no dissatisfaction towards his treatment during the recording with a plan for follow-up CBT support".{{Cite web |date=10 September 2024 |title=No 'clear link' between Jeremy Kyle Show and guest death – coroner |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9857e92443o |access-date=10 September 2024 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}

A documentary about the cancellation, Jeremy Kyle Show: Death on Daytime aired on Channel 4 on 13 and 14 March 2022.{{cite news|last=Honebeek|first=Talya|title=Channel 4 Death on Daytime: Why was The Jeremy Kyle Show cancelled and where is the ITV host now?|url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/showbiz-tv/channel-4-death-daytime-jeremy-23356783|work=Birmingham Mail|date=13 March 2022|access-date=22 March 2022}}

The Jeremy Kyle Show has been the subject of parody by at least two BBC comedy shows. In the programme Dead Ringers, a parody of the show has appeared.{{cite news|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article2525537.ece|title=The judge, the daytime chat show and a case of 'human bear-baiting'|access-date=30 October 2007|work=The Times|location=London|date=25 September 2007|first=Adam|last=Sherwin|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615064001/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article2525537.ece|archive-date=15 June 2011|url-status=dead}} Also, in October 2007, the BBC began broadcasting The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle, a sitcom starring and co-written by Jennifer Saunders and Tanya Byron.{{cite news|last=Smith|first=Rupert|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2007/sep/26/television.comedy|title=We hardly even exaggerated|work=The Guardian|date=26 September 2007|access-date=13 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513210147/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2007/sep/26/television.comedy|archive-date=13 May 2019|url-status=live}} David Walliams had a series of sketches parodying the show as if it involved middle class guests in his sketch show Walliams & Friend in 2016.{{cite web |title=BBC – Walliams And Friend Christmas Special – Media Centre |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2016/52/walliams-and-friend-christmas-special |website=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=15 May 2019}}{{cite web |last1=Lawson |first1=Mark |title=David Walliams and the rise of comedy infidelity |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/nov/25/david-walliams-and-friend-the-rise-of-comedy-infidelity |website=The Guardian |access-date=15 May 2019 |date=25 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170718230034/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/nov/25/david-walliams-and-friend-the-rise-of-comedy-infidelity |archive-date=18 July 2017 |url-status=live }}

In the webcomic Scary Go Round, the character Desmond Fishman goes on The Jeremy Kyle Show as part of a scheme to parlay his freakish fish-like biology into fame and fortune.{{Cite web |title=Scary Go Round vol 8: Recklessly Yours |url=https://scarygoround.gumroad.com/l/THilu |access-date=2024-11-06 |website=Gumroad |language=en}}

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A behind-the-scenes DVD, titled Jeremy Kyle: Access All Areas, was released in late 2009, following the series' structure and how each programme was prepared and produced.{{Cite journal|last=Yang|first=Han-Shiou|date=July 2014|title=The use of questions and the consequences for face work in media discourse: An empirical analysis of The Jeremy Kyle Show|url=https://cris.brighton.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/4754814/HS+Camille+YANG+final.pdf|journal=The University of Brighton|pages=57|access-date=27 August 2021}}

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In January 2010, ITV announced an agreement to take a pilot version of the show to the United States in 2010, in partnership with Lions Gate Entertainment subsidiary Debmar-Mercury. The pilot proved successful, and in November 2010, the American version was picked up in 70% of the U.S. television markets, ahead of its 19 September 2011 debut.{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/exclusive-jeremy-kyle-cleared-70-plus-country-111411|title=Exclusive: 'Jeremy Kyle' Cleared in 70%-Plus of the Country|first=Paige|last=Albiniak|website=Broadcasting & Cable|date=22 November 2010 }} In December 2012, the American version of The Jeremy Kyle Show was cancelled due to lower than expected ratings.{{cite web|url=http://www.tdogmedia.com/2012/12/jeremy-kyle-canceled-2.html|title="Jeremy Kyle" canceled|work=T Dog Media|access-date=29 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629211239/http://www.tdogmedia.com/2012/12/jeremy-kyle-canceled-2.html|archive-date=29 June 2018|url-status=live}}

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