Steven Dymond died after appearing on the Jeremy Kyle Show. The episode he was in was not broadcast
ITV have asked for more time to report back on what happened on The Jeremy Kyle Show, the chief of broadcasting regulator Ofcom said today.
Following the death of participant Steve Dymond, Ofcom asked ITV to give it information within five working days but have have for an extension to 'complete their enquiries', the watchdog's boss told MPs.
It comes as the regulator considers whether to demanded reality TV shows provide aftercare to their participants.
Ofcom chief executive Sharon White told the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee Ofcom was 'particularly concerned about what has... happened to participants after' reality TV programmes.
Ofcom's chief executive told the committee: 'As well as the most recent tragedy with Steve Dymond, alarm bells were particularly rung with the two suicides, Love Island, some months after the broadcasts.'
This morning Ms White told MPs that it was investigating what changes were needed following the the death of guest Steven Dymond, 63, in a suspected suicide after he failed a lie detector test on a recording.
She also highlighted the tragic deaths of Sophie Gradon and Mike Thalassitis who both killed themselves after appearing on the hit programme Love Island.
Ms White told the Culture, Media and Sport Committee that people who appear on reality shows can face 'months and months where the media and social media pressure is building and very significant on some of the participants'.
She said the watchdog had been 'particularly concerned about what has... happened to participants after' reality TV programmes, saying: 'As well as the most recent tragedy with Steve Dymond, alarm bells were particularly rung with the two suicides, Love Island, some months after the broadcasts.'
