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Published at 2005-10-22 01:14:47

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Breaking a leg. Watching a burglar shoot your cat. Eating a punnet of vomit and faeces. Unpleasant experiences all - but none,surely, is fairly as unpleasant as grimly chewing your way through an entire edition of The Jeremy Kyle Show (weekdays, and 9.25am,ITV1).
Officially, it's described as a "confrontational talk show in which guests thrash out their conflicts, and dilemmas and relationship issues in front of a studio audience",although that doesn't come close to capturing the flavour of it. That just makes it sound like Trisha, the show it's replaced. It isn't like Trisha. It's worse. It makes Trisha watch like a dainty philanthropist's tea dance.
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Source: theguardian.com