ITV has confirmed that The Jeremy Kyle Show has been axed following the death of a guest.

The ITV daytime series was initially suspended on Monday 13th May. However, on Wednesday 15th May, ITV chief executive Carolyn McCall confirmed that the show would be cancelled permanently.

“Given the gravity of recent events we have decided to end production of The Jeremy Kyle Show,” she said in a statement.

“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.”

Dymond was found dead on 9th May after reportedly taking part in a lie detector test during recording for the show.

ITV removed the programme from the schedules on Monday 13th May and announced that filming and future broadcasts would be suspended “with immediate effect” while an investigation into the episode featuring Dymond was carried out.

ITV has said that this review of the show would continue. The broadcaster has also confirmed that it will continue to work with presenter Jeremy Kyle on other projects.

A petition calling for the show to be permanently cancelled had been signed by 62,697 people at the time of writing. The petition claims that The Jeremy Kyle Show has “turned the real-life suffering of people into entertainment”.

“Given the gravity of recent events we have decided to end production of The Jeremy Kyle Show,” ITV chief executive Carolyn McCall said.

“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.”

The previously announced review of the episode of the show is underway and will continue.

ITV will continue to work with Jeremy Kyle on other projects.

Damian Collins MP, chair of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport select committee, had called on Ofcom to carry out an independent review of the programme.

ITV had defended the show’s welfare policies, saying in a statement on Tuesday 14th May: “The Jeremy Kyle Show has significant and detailed duty of care processes in place for contributors pre, during and post-show which have been built up over 14 years, and there have been numerous positive outcomes from this, including parties who have resolved complex and long-standing personal problems.”

The Jeremy Kyle Show was one of the most popular programmes in ITV’s daytime schedules, with regular viewing figures of over one million.

Previous episodes of the show have been removed from catch-up service ITV Hub. </s> The Jeremy Kyle Show has been permanently cancelled by ITV following the death of a guest.

The confrontational talk show was suspended indefinitely by the broadcaster following the death of the participant, 63-year-old Steve Dymond, a week after the programme was filmed.

The programme has now ended for good, following an outcry for it to be cancelled from MPs and members of the public.

ITV's CEO Dame Carolyn McCall said in a statement: "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."

The programme was initially pulled off air on Monday, and a review of the episode featuring Mr Dymond is under review. </s> The Jeremy Kyle Show has been permanently cancelled following the apparent suicide of guest Steve Dymond.

Carolyn McCall, ITV’s CEO, said today: “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.”

The statement comes after guest Steve Dymond was found dead in his bedroom just days after his appearance on the show.

During his appearance, according to reports from audience members, Dymond, 63, fell to the floor crying after failing a lie detector test that said he’d been unfaithful to his fiancée, Jane Callaghan. </s> The Jeremy Kyle Show has been permanently cancelled by ITV following the death of a guest, the broadcaster has said.

The confrontational talk show was suspended indefinitely by the broadcaster following the death of the participant, 63-year-old Steve Dymond, a week after the programme was filmed.

The programme has now ended for good, following an outcry for it to be cancelled from MPs and members of the public.

In a statement, ITV chief executive Carolyn McCall said: "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."

The broadcaster said that it will continue to work with Kyle on other projects. </s> Image copyright Shutterstock Image caption About one million people watched The Jeremy Kyle Show every day

ITV has axed The Jeremy Kyle Show after 14 years following the death of a guest who took part in the programme.

Steve Dymond was found dead on 9 May a week after filming the show, during which he took a lie detector test.

ITV's chief executive Carolyn McCall said the decision was a result of the "gravity of recent events".

Following the announcement, a committee of MPs launched an inquiry into whether enough support is offered to guests on TV shows during and after filming.

ITV's statement in full:

"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. The previously announced review of the episode of the show is under way and will continue.

"ITV will continue to work with Jeremy Kyle on other projects."

Damian Collins MP, chair of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport select committee, said the broadcaster had made the right decision.

"However, that should not be the end of the matter," he said. "There needs to be an independent review of the duty of care TV companies have to participants in reality TV shows."

Programmes like The Jeremy Kyle Show risked "putting people who might be vulnerable on to a public stage at a point in their lives when they are unable to foresee the consequences", he said.

The committee will question broadcasting executives and regulators. Love Island, another ITV show, has also come under scrutiny after the deaths of two former contestants.

The Jeremy Kyle Show was the most popular programme in ITV's daytime schedule, with an average of one million viewers and a 22% audience share.

More than 3,000 episodes have been broadcast since its debut in 2005. Following Mr Dymond's death, ITV initially took the show off air and suspended filming.

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The pre-recorded episode Mr Dymond took part in was based on the subject of infidelity.

A member of the audience who was at the recording told BBC News that Mr Dymond "collapsed to the ground" and was "sobbing" when he failed the lie detector test.

Lie detectors were a regular fixture on the programme, which often featured disputes between partners and family members.

Broadcasting regulator Ofcom has told ITV to report back its initial findings on Mr Dymond's participation in the programme by Monday.

"While ITV has decided to cancel the programme, its investigation into what happened is continuing and we will review the findings carefully," an Ofcom spokesperson said.

The watchdog is now examining whether to update its code of conduct to protect people taking part in reality and factual shows.

"We're examining whether more can be done to safeguard the welfare of those people, similar to the duty of care we have in the broadcasting code to protect under-18s," the spokesperson said.

A lot has changed in 24 hours.

Yesterday morning, ITV were minded to wait for the coroner's verdict before deciding what to do with the show. In the past 24 hours, the evidence has grown that his appearance on the show had a devastating impact on Steve Dymond.

That evidence, and the fact that ITV is plastered across front pages once again, will have weighed heavily on the board's mind.

The company's director of television Kevin Lygo has tried to reinvent the broadcaster, and this programme was an anomaly within his offering: different in tone and editorial approach.

Nevertheless, it was a ratings hit, and much of its loyal audience will be despondent about it being pulled.

For all that, it's vital to remember that this is ultimately an exceptionally sad story of a troubled individual who was found dead in his flat.

Owen Jones, author of Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class, was among those who welcomed the decision to pull the show, which he said "consisted of putting vulnerable people from disadvantaged backgrounds in stocks to have eggs thrown at them".

Piers Morgan, who hosts Good Morning Britain - a show Jeremy Kyle has previously guest presented - defended the host on Twitter, saying there was "so much snobbery an hypocrisy being spewed by his critics".

Former EastEnders actress Danniella Westbrook, who has appeared on The Jeremy Kyle Show, praised the care she was given.

Appearing on Channel 5's Jeremy Vine Show, she said: "If it wasn't for Jeremy Kyle I probably wouldn't be alive myself."

She added: "They really have looked after me and you know, since I've been in rehab I've spoken to Jeremy all the time and [psychotherapist] Graham [Stanier] and the team, and went I went back on the show, reassessed and [I was] really looked after."

TV critic Emma Bullimore told BBC Radio 5 Live she was surprised by the speed of ITV's decision to cancel the show.

'A loyal audience'

"Usually these things take a review, and it's ages, but with this one the public opinion and the pressure they were under was so strong that they didn't really have another option," she said.

ITV has said it will still work with the host, who also fronts The Kyle Files.

"I don't think this is the end of this kind of television," Bullimore added. "There's no getting away from the fact that whether you like it or you find it reprehensible, there is a loyal audience for this show."

Speaking to BBC Radio 4's World At One programme, former ITV chief executive Stuart Prebble said the cancellation was "a good decision", but that producers "do take seriously their duty of care".

'Tip-toeing close to the edge'

He said: "The producers of these programmes walk a very thin line and and they know they do. If you are always tip-toeing close to the edge as I think this show did, perhaps it is not surprising that something like this will eventually happen.

"They [ITV] have done the right thing - a speedy and effective review, and the faster these things are dealt with the better."

All previous episodes of The Jeremy Kyle Show have been taken down from the channel's catch-up service, ITV Hub. Episodes will not air on ITV2 either, and the show's YouTube channel has been deleted.

A spokeswoman for Portsmouth coroner's office said an inquest into Mr Dymond's death would be likely to be opened within the next few days, following the result of the post-mortem investigation.

What does a lie detector test involve?

The lie detectors used on The Jeremy Kyle show are supplied by a company called UK Lie Tests, which declined to comment to the BBC.

A lie detector test, or polygraph test, involves an examiner using various instruments to measure the subject's reaction to a series of questions - and determine whether or not they are giving truthful answers.

According to the British Polygraph Association (BPA), two convoluted rubber pneumograph tubes are placed around the subject's chest and abdomen to record breathing and movement.

Sensors attached to the subject's fingers or hand monitor changes to skin resistance during the test, while a cardiosphygmograph traces changes to the subject's blood pressure and pulse.

Various charts are then generated, which the examiner reviews to establish the test results.

The BPA says the tests are "the most reliable technique to test if someone is being deceptive to a specific issue".

However the results of lie detector tests are considered too unreliable for use in UK criminal trials.

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Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk. </s> It was ITV’s highest rating daytime show and ran for 14 years. Today the channel pulled the plug on The Jeremy Kyle Show after the death of a guest, just a week after he’d failed a lie detector test on an episode about infidelity.

It’s raised uncomfortable questions, not just for ITV, but the whole television industry. A powerful committee of MPs has now launched an investigation into reality TV and the support offered to participants after filming. </s> The Jeremy Kyle Show has been removed from the ITV Hub after the programme was suspended indefinitely following the death of a guest.

Broadcaster ITV confirmed Monday’s show would not air and it has now wiped all episodes of the programme from its on-demand service the ITV Hub. Episodes will not air on ITV2.

An ITV spokeswoman said: “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.

“ITV 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.”

Dickinson’s Real Deals was aired instead of the Jeremy Kyle Show at 09:30am on Monday (13 May) morning. </s> The Jeremy Kyle Show has been cancelled after a guest died one week after appearing on the show.

Steven Dymond, 62 was "sobbing and distraught" when he returned home to Portsmouth, England after filming the show with his on and off again girlfriend on May 2, his landlady told The Daily Mail.

"Four days later he was dead. I really believe it was the show that tipped him over the edge," she told The Daily Mail.

Tonight, ITV announced the long running show would be permanently cancelled in a press release which can be read below.

"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.

"The previously announced review of the episode of the show is under way and will continue.

"ITV will continue to work with Jeremy Kyle on other projects."

The show airs in New Zealand on TVNZ 2 and a spokesperson for the network said earlier this week, "We are speaking with ITV about this upsetting incident. TVNZ will air future episodes of Jeremy Kyle as delivered by ITV and approved for broadcast. We will not broadcast the episode featuring this guest at any point." </s> The Jeremy Kyle Show has been permanently cancelled by ITV this week after the death of a guest a week after filming.

Presented by former BRMB radio presenter Jeremy, the confrontational talk show sees guests open up about their conflicts, dilemmas and relationship issues in front of a studio audience.

An Ofcom investigation is currently underway.

Jeremy Kyle was a life insurance salesman before becoming a radio presenter in 1996.

He began presenting on Birmingham's BRMB radio station in 1997, with shows Late & Live and Jezza's Jukebox.

Perhaps the most famous moment in his BRMB career was the controversial competition Two Strangers and a Wedding - which led to two people being married after meeting for the first time on their wedding day.

Carla Germaine married fellow winner Greg Cordell having met for the first time on their wedding day.

However it didn't last and Carla hooked up with DJ Kyle, who was working for the station at the time.

She married Jeremy - but the couple split up in 2015 after 13 years of marriage.

Kyle left BRMB and later got a spot on Virgin Radio with his show Jezza's Virgin Confessions.

It was in 2005 he moved firmly into the spotlight with his new ITV show The Jeremy Kyle Show.

His TV career extended to two series of The Kyle Files from 2015 and a ten part series called Jeremy Kyle's Emergency Room.

It was on Kyle Files the presenter was pepper sprayed during a programme focusing on the impact drinking was having on the lives of young people in a Majorcan resort.

Earlier this year it was revealed that the former Birmingham DJ is going to marry his kids' former nanny in the Caribbean next year.

The 53-year-old got engaged to the 37-year-old last year and said "I'm very happy."

A source told the Mirror : “Jeremy has been telling those closest to make sure they are available next summer as that is when he is looking to marry.

"The pair haven’t confirmed an exact date but have started thrashing out plans – with the Caribbean being one of their main destination choices."

Jeremy owns a home in Barbados, where the couple regularly holiday.

In 2013 Kyle was diagnosed with suffering from testicular cancer and underwent chemotherapy treatment - eventually getting the all clear.

He has since campaigned for men to check themselves regularly and for more screening to take place.

What was The Jeremy Kyle Show?

The Jeremy Kyle Show was one of the most popular programmes in ITV's daytime schedules, with regular viewing figures of over one million.

It first aired on ITV in July 2015.

It saw guests open up about their conflicts, dilemmas and relationship issues in front of a studio audience, whilst Jeremy Kyle mediated between the involved parties.

Common problems included: uncertainty over the biological father of a baby, a family member committing petty theft, cheating and addiction to drugs.

Why was The Jeremy Kyle Show cancelled?

The talk show was pulled from the TV schedule indefinitely on Monday following the death of the guest a week after the programme was filmed - and it's now been confirmed it won't be returning .

Steve Dymond took a lie-detector test to convince fiancé Jane Callaghan he hadn't been unfaithful but they split after he failed, according to The Sun.

He was found dead on May 9, 2019 and the show was removed from schedules on May 13, 2019.

His son Carl Woolley, 39, said his father had been "distraught" over the breakdown of his relationship and hoped the show would help him "clear his name".

Carolyn McCall, ITV’s CEO, announced today: “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."

An examination by Ofcom is also being carried out.

An Ofcom spokesman said: "This is clearly a very distressing case.

"Although we can only assess content that has been broadcast, we are discussing this programme with ITV as a priority to understand what took place."
The Jeremy Kyle Show, one of the United Kingdom's most watched reality television programmes, is cancelled by ITV Studios following the suicide of a male guest shortly after taking part in the programme. The show has long been criticised for its style, with many describing it as poverty porn.