A former district judge from Manchester has appeared in Channel 4’s latest documentary series on The Jeremy Kyle Show some 15 years after describing it in court as the ‘human form of bear baiting’.
The Channel 4 documentary, which aired across two episodes this week, looks at the tragic impact of the daytime programme, which ran on ITV from 2005 until 2019. The show, filmed at Salford's MediaCity, was pulled following the death of Steve Dymond.
The 63-year-old construction worker had taken part in a lie-detector test to determine whether he had cheated on his ex-fiancee. The Channel 4 documentary saw former staff and guests making shock claims against The Jeremy Kyle Show, including comments that participants were often 'goaded and persuaded' into conflict on-screen by producers.
