{UAH} Jeremy Kyle show suspended after death of guest

Dr Georges Kololo/ Ikanos,

Should TV shows which encourage guests to talk about deeply troubling  sometimes traumatic experiences be banned? They have now proliferated, a bit like evangelical churches, where presenters, many of whom do not have any training in counselling or pyschological intervention, lead very vulnerable people into a public narrative about their lives. Some of these individuals are often on the tip of the edge, many suicidal. I have never believed in the confession as a  means of solving any problem- in fact I believe my inner most problems best kept to myself- and I am the only one who can keep my secrets who can save myself from worldly or spiritual turmoil. Now this Jeremy Kyle, a famous Confessional Presenter, who runs a daily programme on prime time TV last week conducted a very disturbing interview with a disturbed guest, and now the man has apparently killed himself. Would the man not have been better off talking to the men in the white coats rather than to a presenter of a TV programmw whose main motive is ratings and audience numbers?

Bobby

Jeremy Kyle show suspended after death of guest

The Jeremy Kyle Show has been pulled from TV screens and suspended indefinitely after the death of a guest.

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The Jeremy Kyle Show has been pulled from TV screens and suspended indefinitely after the death of a guest.

ITV bosses said they would not screen the episode due to be aired this morning which featured the individual. The person died a week after the recording.

ITV bosses said "their thoughts are with their family and friends."

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.

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"ITV will not screen the episode in which they featured."

The Jeremy Kyle show has been pulled off air indefinitely

The Radio Times said of today's cancelled episode: "The host invites guests to air their differences over family and relationship issues, and provides them with his own brand of no-nonsense advice."

Viewers first noticed the show was axed this morning when they tuned in to watch. 

The episode was supposed to be a "family feud special"

One person wrote online: "Anyone got it? Any explanation?" 

Another wrote: "Where the hell is Jeremy Kyle this morning?"

A third person said: "Why have i got Dickinson's real deal on my tv when it should be Jeremy Kyle?"

This morning's programme, that was due to be aired at 930am today, was replaced at short notice with an episode of Dickinson's Real Deal.

Viewers were left baffled when the show did not air this morning

The Jeremy Kyle show, which first aired in July 2005, has seen more than 3,100 episodes over 15 series.

The ITV programme features its host, Jeremy Kyle, aiming to resolve confrontations and issues between two or more guests.

Guests are asked to discuss personal problems with Kyle, who provides mediation between involved parties, with common issues on the show including uncertainty paternity of a child, petty theft amongst family members, infidelity or addiction to drugs.

The show has garnered negative reviews but continues to draw in high ratings. A US version even aired in 2011 for two seasons.

Kyle was a former life insurance salesman, who moved into radio as a sport show host until he joined ITV in 2005 to host the eponymous show.  

This story is being updated

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