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Timeline of The Jeremy Kyle Show’s downfall – from ‘human bear-baiting’ to Steve Dymond’s death and ultimate axe

Nearly six years on since the curtain came down on controversial ITV talk show The Jeremy Kyle Show, the show's host appears on Life Stories.

Jeremy, 59, told interviewer Kate during the TV chat there can’t be any way back for the daytime series, which was described by a judge in 2007 as “human bear-baiting” as he passed sentence on a guest who headbutted another in front of the cameras. MP Damian Collins said in October 2019: “It is clear that once the cameras started rolling on The Jeremy Kyle Show there was no safe space for anyone in a highly distressed state, verified by the behind the scenes footage passed to the committee by a whistleblower. Steve Dymond appeared as a guest a week before his passing (Credit: 5 News YouTube) An inquest between in September 2024 concluded it was “speculative” to suggest The Jeremy Kyle Show had a role in his death.

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