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Will Other Programmes Learn From The Jeremy Kyle Show Being Axed?

"It's television at its most voyeuristic" After the death of a guest on The Jeremy Kyle Show, the 14...
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Stewart Griffin

2:34 PM - 15 May 2019



Dave Moore

Will Other Programmes Learn From The Jeremy Kyle Show Being Axed?

Stewart Griffin
Stewart Griffin

2:34 PM - 15 May 2019

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"It's television at its most voyeuristic"

After the death of a guest on The Jeremy Kyle Show, the 14-year-old programme has been cancelled.

Steve Dymond committed suicide after taking a lie-detector test and being "laid into" on screen by the host.

It's certain this was never the intention of Jeremy or the production team behind the scenes, but was it only a matter of time?

To find out more, Dermot and Dave chat to Today FM News Editor Sineád Spain about this kind of daytime TV "poverty porn".

With ITV having "no option but to axe it", what does this mean for other shows of a similar vein?

The recent death of ex Love Island contestant Mike Thalassitis is another sad reminder of how cruel and difficult these series can be.

Check out the chat in full by pressing the play button on screen.

 


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