The Vanessa Show

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The Vanessa Show
Presented by Vanessa Feltz
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original release
Network BBC One
Release4 January (1999-01-04) 
23 July 1999 (1999-07-23)

The Vanessa Show is a British chat show presented by Vanessa Feltz which was broadcast on BBC One from January to July 1999. It was cancelled following a scandal revealed by the Daily Mirror newspaper, in which the programme was found to have used paid actors as guests. [1] [2]

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Background

Feltz previously presented the ITV daytime television chat show Vanessa from 1994 to 1998, before moving to the BBC in a deal believed to be worth between £1 million [1] and around £2 million. [3]

Scandal and cancellation

In February 1999, one month after the show's premiere, it was reported by the Daily Mirror that at least three guests on the programme were actors recruited from an entertainment agency, and that their personal lives discussed on the show were fabricated. [2] [3] The programme's ratings declined as a result, and the BBC shortened it from 90 minutes to 75, then 45. [3] On 9 June, BBC One Controller Peter Salmon announced that the show had been cancelled. The final episodes were broadcast in the July. [1] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 McCann, Paul (10 June 1999). "'Vanessa Show' is axed by BBC" . The Independent. Archived from the original on 20 June 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Vanessa staff suspended over 'fake guests'". BBC News. 11 February 1999. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 Gibson, Janine (10 June 1999). "Vanessa show gets the chop". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 September 2021.