Married at First Sight UK cancelled after BBC revealed rape allegations
Channel 4 has cancelled the reality show Married at First Sight UK following a BBC Panorama investigation into serious allegations of sexual misconduct. The broadcaster is reinvesting the show's budget into new programming while implementing recommendations from a welfare review.
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By Noor Nanji Culture correspondent Published 15 minutes ago Married at First Sight UK will not return, Channel 4 has said, following a BBC Panorama investigation into the hit reality TV show.
The show's budget will be reinvested in "distinctive new programming", the broadcaster's chief executive Priya Dogra said on Thursday, and she repeated her apology to the women involved in the investigation , for the "distress they have clearly felt".
The Channel 4 show was plunged into crisis earlier this year, after a Panorama programme which revealed rape allegations from two female cast members on the show , while a third woman alleged a non-consensual sex act. The men involved have denied all the allegations against them.
A review was commissioned by Channel 4 shortly after the BBC first contacted the broadcaster, with details of the allegations we had heard.
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