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The body of Steve Dymond was found at his home last May, days after he took a lie-detector test on the show.

Hampshire coroner Jason Pegg's written comments were made in July, but have been released following a request from the Press Association. They follow a preliminary hearing at which the coroner said Mr Kyle would be an "interested person" in the inquest.

During the hearing on Friday, Mr Pegg said the presenter "may have caused or contributed" to Mr Dymond's death. Mr Dymond died of a morphine overdose and a heart problem at his home in Portsmouth on 9 May Seven days earlier he took a lie detector test on the programme, which was not aired, to show whether he had cheated on his ex-fiancee.

When he failed the test he became "distressed", the hearing was told. The show was axed shortly after his death. Like Jerry Springer and Trisha Goddard before him, Jeremy Kyle had built his appeal on a model pioneered on s US talkshows by the likes of Oprah Winfrey and Phil Donahue: the promise of chaotic people thrown together in confrontational scenes.

The tragedy was a catastrophe for ITV, but it was by no means unique. In the days that followed, the cross-party digital, culture, media and sport DCMS select committee announced it would launch an inquiry into the treatment of vulnerable people on reality TV, and took evidence from two former Jeremy Kyle guests as part of its investigation.

In February , there was another death linked to The Jeremy Kyle Show: that of year-old Natasha Reddican, who took her own life at her home in Salford, nine months after the show was taken off air.

She had worked on it for eight years, beginning as a runner and eventually becoming a producer. So far, the concerns over the duty of care owed by production companies have largely been confined to those who appear on screen. This was a contributing factor that led to her feeling depressed. We deeply miss our beautiful daughter. How was this programme made? What checks were in place to ensure the safety of vulnerable guests?

And were the people who worked on the programme vulnerable too? You could come from Salford or Bolton and there would be opportunities for you as a runner to go in and work your way up. Letts is a Jeremy Kyle veteran who rose through the ranks on the show some years ago. The television industry is a small world of precarious contracts where no one wants to burn bridges if they can avoid it.

It feels like a betrayal for a lot of people to tell the truth about the show. Nick Grant also a pseudonym had a more junior role on the programme. He was there after Letts left, and I interviewed them independently. You could get promoted quickly, Letts says. There have always been rumours about how The Jeremy Kyle Show found stories, tales of researchers hanging around outside bookies or on council estates, offering desperate people fistfuls of cash.

Grant and Letts tell me the truth is far more prosaic. But more often than not, you found yourself really struggling to get stories on board. The skill was to convince the other side to come on. Wrongly accused of cheating on your wife? But it was later revealed by chairman Damian Collins that the TV host had " declined " the invitation. Kyle through his representatives. And we have received word back from them that he has declined to appear in front of the committee on Tuesday next week.

It was announced on May 15 that the show had been permanently axed by ITV after the guest died from an overdose. This followed the show being pulled off air on May 13, and suspended indefinitely after Steven Dymond died shortly after filming. Vicky Burton , 35, is Jeremy Kyle's fiance. On February 5, , The Sun revealed that the pair were planning to get wed. On February 12, while presenting Good Morning Britain Jeremy admitted that he was "very happy" to be engaged.

Vicky gave birth to their son in February Gallagher said Dymond called his brother as he was taken home by taxi from the show. The coroner accepted that another preliminary hearing may be needed to decide who would be called to give live evidence and whose testimony could be read.

The hearing was told Dymond was originally turned down to appear on the show but was accepted as a guest after gaining a letter from his doctor.