Damian Collins, Chair of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, has called for a “proper review of what went wrong” after ITV cancelled the Jeremy Kyle Show following the death of a guest.
Steven Dymond was found dead on May 9th, a week after filming a show during in which he had taken a lie detector test. This led to ITV axing the show today.
Collins also called for a review of the duty of care for participants of reality TV shows “in general”. He said his committee was due to discuss “what should be done to review the duty of care support for people appearing in reality TV shows” in a private meeting.
Greg Dyke, the former Director General of the BBC, said: “It was always a pretty unsavoury programme and it’s amazing it lasted 15 years.”