Jeremy Kyle

In a recent court case this programme was described by the judge as bear baiting and public humiliation. One of the down sides of being retired is that you are exposed to the risk of watching daytime television. I stumbled on the Jeremy Kyle programme this morning - and I have to say the judge is spot on. The host is arrogant, ignorant, angry and aggressive. He's supposed to be helping this people and getting them to solve their problems but he's just concerned about audience reaction - and he achieves this by provoking the participants and goading them into violence. My regret is that he doesn't get hit more often. This might induce both ITV1 and Mr Kyle to exit from our screens. Of course Jennifer Saunders is now playing a Kyleseque presenter in a comedy drama on BBC2 - one of the few good things to come out of this excuse for entertainment.