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The show was based on confrontations in which guests attempt to resolve personal problems, often related to family and romantic relationships, sex and addiction.<ref name="ITV">{{cite web|url=http://www.itv.com/jeremykyle/|title=The Jeremy Kyle Show|access-date=30 October 2007|publisher=ITV.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071113034824/http://www.itv.com/jeremykyle/|archive-date=13 November 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="ThePress">{{cite web|last=Hawthorn|first=Sara|url=https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/1741046.why-do-we-watch-all-these-vile-shows/|title=Why do we watch all these vile shows?|date=6 October 2007|access-date=14 May 2019|work=The Press}}</ref> It featured psychotherapist Graham Stanier,<ref name=":4" /> who assisted the guests during and after the show's broadcast, along with the use of [[lie detector]]s, despite lack of scientific evidence supporting the use of the equipment.
 
''The Jeremy Kyle Show'' became controversial for placing guests in confrontational situations, with Kyle often chastising guests whom he felt had acted in morally dubious or irresponsible ways and stressing the importance of traditional family values, while guests frequently displayed strong emotions such as anger and distress. Despite [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] disputing claims that guests were mistreated on the programme and misled by researchers,<ref name=":5"/><ref name=":6"/> a judge described the programme as "human [[bear-baiting]]" during a [[court case|prosecution]] of guests who had a violent altercation on the programme.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/sep/30/health.ITV|title=Therapy experts rap Kyle show|last=Smith|first=David|date=30 September 2007|work=The Observer|access-date=15 May 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0029-7712|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513125548/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/sep/30/health.ITV|archive-date=13 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> On 15 May 2019, the programme was cancelled, following the suicide of Steve Dymond, a guest, whose appearance had been filmed in the week before but not aired.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/statement-itv-regarding-jeremy-kyle-show|title=Statement from ITV regarding The Jeremy Kyle Show|website=ITV Press Centre|language=en|access-date=15 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=5 September 2024 |title=Jeremy Kyle denies humiliating guest who died as inquest views unseen TV footage |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz075r18ekvo |access-date=5 September 2024 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref> In September 2024, a coroner exonerated the programme as the cause of Dymond's suicide, finding there was "no causal link", ruling out the show as a contributory factor, proving ITV were unreasonable with the axing of the show.<ref name="nocausallink">{{Cite web|date=10 September 2024|title='No causal link' between Jeremy Kyle show and guest's suicide, coroner says|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cx293v0dy3kt}}</ref>
 
==Background==
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==Parodies==
''The Jeremy Kyle Show'' has been the subject of parody by at least two [[BBC]] comedy shows. In the programme ''[[Dead Ringers (comedy)|Dead Ringers]]'', a parody of the show has appeared.<ref name="TimesJudge">{{cite news|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article2525537.ece|title=The judge, the daytime chat show and a case of 'human bear-baiting'|access-date=30 October 2007|work=The Times|location=London|date=25 September 2007|first=Adam|last=Sherwin|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615064001/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article2525537.ece|archive-date=15 June 2011|url-status=livedead}}</ref> Also, in October 2007, the [[BBC]] began broadcasting ''[[The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle]]'', a [[sitcom]] starring and co-written by [[Jennifer Saunders]] and [[Tanya Byron]].<ref name="Ravenhill"/><ref>{{cite news|last=Smith|first=Rupert|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2007/sep/26/television.comedy|title=We hardly even exaggerated|work=The Guardian|date=26 September 2007|access-date=13 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513210147/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2007/sep/26/television.comedy|archive-date=13 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> [[David Walliams]] had a series of sketches parodying the show as if it involved middle class guests in his sketch show ''[[Walliams & Friend]]'' in 2016.<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC – Walliams And Friend Christmas Special – Media Centre |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2016/52/walliams-and-friend-christmas-special |website=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=15 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Lawson |first1=Mark |title=David Walliams and the rise of comedy infidelity |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/nov/25/david-walliams-and-friend-the-rise-of-comedy-infidelity |website=The Guardian |access-date=15 May 2019 |date=25 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170718230034/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/nov/25/david-walliams-and-friend-the-rise-of-comedy-infidelity |archive-date=18 July 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
==Episodes==