Jeremy Kyle
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Jeremy Kyle | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 7, 1965 |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | TV talk show host |
| Known for | The Jeremy Kyle Show |
| Spouse | Carla Germaine |
| Children | Alice Ava |
Jeremy Kyle (born July 7, 1965 in Canning Town, London) is an English radio and television broadcaster, best known for his own daytime talk show on ITV, The Jeremy Kyle Show.
Radio career
Kyle began his broadcasting career in 1995 at Orchard FM where he worked in the Sales department.[1] After a brief stint presenting, he was signed by Kent's Invicta FM in 1996. In 1997, he joined Birmingham's BRMB, presenting Late & Live every Sunday - Friday from 10pm - 1am. He also presented Jezza's Jukebox.
In 2000, Kyle moved to the Century FM network, taking this format with him. The show was called Jezza's Confessions. It broadcast between 9pm and 1am. On July 1, 2002, he made his first broadcast on Virgin Radio, presenting Jezza's Virgin Confessions every weekday 8pm - Midnight. In mid 2003 he broadcast the show from 9pm - 1am every weekday and, in January 2004, the show went out 10pm - 1am Sunday - Thursday. The beginning of June 2004 saw his departure from Virgin Radio.
In July 2004, Capital Radio announced it had signed Kyle to present the Confessions show on London's Capital FM from September 5, 2004. The new programme aired from Sunday to Thursday 10pm - 1am including live calls on relationship issues of all kinds. Capital Confessions came to an end on December 22, 2005, to make way for The Jeremy Kyle Show, a similar show which ran from January 2006 to December 2006, at which point Kyle left radio altogether.
In late 2007 Kyle returned to Orchard FM where he hosts the Saturday morning show from 10am to noon. This programme differs from his previous shows as he now interviews other celebrities.
TV career
In 2005 Kyle moved his format to ITV, with a programme entitled The Jeremy Kyle Show. Here Kyle has reached his widest audience to date. His often aggressive manner with guests (parodied by Dead Ringers) has been the source of both popularity and criticism. He is seemingly unafraid of reprisal from his guests, believing that speaking his mind is better than holding his peace. Guests sometimes take offence at Kyle's comments, one guest even attempting to throw a chair at him, but he often justifies his criticism by claiming that he only wants to help them. Kyle recently claimed on air that his show was watched by 1.8 million viewers, a very high figure for a daytime chat show. The programme has also been parodied in the BBC comedy The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle.
Other shows Kyle is involved with include Kyle's Academy, a ten part series for ITV1 daytime. A team of experts (life coaches and pyschotherapists), headed by Jeremy Kyle take 5 people and work with them over an intensive fortnight to help them on the road to a happier more fulfilled life.
Kyle has also presented Half Ton Hospital, a show about morbidly obese people in the United States.
Magazine Career
Kyle regularly has a question and answer page in Pick Me Up Magazine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pick_Me_Up_Magazine) which is a woman's weekly real life title. The page is called 'The Jeremy Kyle Page'. Women with problems in their life or seeking advice write in and Kyle offers his frank advice.
Chrisjtb 17:09, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
Family life
Kyle has one daughter, Harriet, with his first wife Kirsty. He married former model Carla Germaine in 2003, the pair met when Kyle was presenting on a BRMB radio show and Germaine was a winning contestant to be a bride for a controversial Two Strangers and a Wedding contest hosted by the station.[2] They since have two daughters together named Alice and Ava.