Comedy video clip show You've Been Framed is reported to have been axed by ITV after 33 years. The show, which compiles homemade video clips of accidents and funny moments, was launched in 1990 with Jeremy Beadle narrating the footage.
More recently, Harry Hill has been fronting the show - which attracted an audience of 15million people in its prime. An insider told The Sun: “The fact that You’ve Been Framed has been shelved is a sad sign of the times.
“It’s a different world to Jeremy Beadle’s heyday. Why would viewers tune in to a show featuring funny videos when they could see the same sort of thing on the internet?
“Silly clips are hugely popular on social media and the right video can go viral. There’s a thrill in achieving that — even though you don’t earn the £250 fee which You’ve Been Framed paid for contributions.”
Harry Hill has helmed the show since 2004, fronting 341 episodes, and the most recent new editions aired last summer. He took over from Jonathon Wilkes who fronted one series after Lisa Riley, who took over from Jeremy Beadle in 1998.
There have been more than 700 episodes of the popular show.
ITV has removed the ability to submit clips to You’ve Been Framed from its website.
The show's format is based on the Japanese show Fun TV with Kato-chan and Ken-chan, which was also the basis for America's Funniest Home Videos. The show is also similar in format to a number of other shows worldwide, such as Australia's Funniest Home Video Show. In a deal with various foreign producers of similar shows, many imported clips are used, in exchange for home-grown videos from the United Kingdom.
