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Season 1

  • S01E01 Legal Highs

    • January 8, 2015
    • ITV1

    Jeremy speaks to a teenager who had a near-fatal heart attack after taking a legal high and finds out how some high street stores sell potentially dangerous drugs over the counter.

  • S01E02 Knife Crime

    • January 15, 2015
    • ITV1

    Jeremy speaks to young victims’ families left to deal with the devastating consequences, meets gang members, and exposes how easy it is for teenagers to buy lethal weapons on the Internet.

  • S01E03 Young Drinkers

    • January 22, 2015
    • ITV1

    Jeremy speaks to police and ambulance services who clear up afterwards, visits party mecca Magaluf, and back in the UK uses undercover reporters to find out how straightforward it is to get served underage.

  • S01E04 Fake and Dangerous

    • January 29, 2015
    • ITV1

    Jeremy investigates the scale of the business by visiting a trading standards warehouse, speaking to victims, going online to see how easy it is to buy fake medicine, and confronting rogue traders on their doorsteps.

  • S01E05 Cosmetic

    • February 5, 2015
    • ITV1

    Jeremy investigates the world of cosmetic surgery including controversial and potentially dangerous procedures.

  • S01E06 Fighting for Your Money

    • February 12, 2015
    • ITV1

    Jeremy follows bailiffs as they make raids and he talks to victims scammed out of thousands of pounds.

Season 2

  • S02E01 Episode 1

    • January 5, 2016
    • ITV1

    Jeremy investigates gun crime in Britain. He heads to a community just 24 hours after their homes were shot at. He finds out more about how gun crimes are solved at a secret location and comes face to face with a gang who openly admit to carrying guns.

  • S02E02 Episode 2

    • January 12, 2016
    • ITV1

    Jeremy returns to Magaluf to explore if the reputation the resort has is changing or now, due to the new regulations introduced by the authorities. He also tries to track down the security guard who pepper sprayed him in the show last year.

  • S02E03 Episode 3

    • January 26, 2016
    • ITV1

    In this episode Jeremy looks at the dangers of the internet, meeting a organisation that catches child predators and discovering how anyone can access the web to purchase anything from guns to drugs to fake passports. Jeremy also confronts a online troll.

  • S02E04 Episode 4

    • February 2, 2016
    • ITV1

    Jeremy looks at the problem of drugs on the streets of Britain. Stories featured include the case of taking cocaine in coffee shop toilets, using the baby changing facilities.

  • S02E05 Episode 5

    • February 9, 2016
    • ITV1

    Jeremy Kyle continues the hard-hitting investigation show by tackling the food industry and confronting takeaway owners after discovering food fraud.

  • S02E06 Episode 6

    • February 16, 2016
    • ITV1

    Jeremy investigates what life is like living on benefits in the UK.

Season 3

  • S03E01 Extreme Eaters

    • February 27, 2017
    • ITV1

    Jeremy looks at Britain's obesity crisis, lifting the lid on the competitive world of eating challenges, a craze from America which involves people consuming huge portions of food within a time limit. He meets a woman from the West Midlands who claims to be able to take on any eating challenge. The programme also visits a fast food restaurant in Las Vegas which encourages customers to eat calorie laden, unhealthy meals - apparently in the name of education - and Jeremy confronts its owner about his approach.

  • S03E02 Danger At The Wheel

    • March 6, 2017
    • ITV1

    This episode focuses on the issue of irresponsible driving, particularly when combined with the use of mobile phones at the wheel. He goes out on patrol with a specialist police team who tackle what they call the ‘Fatal Five' - speeding, driving without a seatbelt, driving while distracted, careless driving, and being behind the wheel under the influence of drugs or drink. And he meets a man who openly admits to having driven under the influence of hard drugs.

  • S03E03 Dangers Of A Night Out

    • March 13, 2017
    • ITV1

    In this programme, Jeremy explores drinking culture and the dangers revellers face on a night out in Britain. He visits Norwich, which perhaps surprisingly appears in statistics as one of the top five places for drink-related hospital admissions in the UK. He asks the man who represents the night-time industry in Britain whether licensees should take responsibility for the scenes he has witnessed. And the programme hears from two families affected by tragedies caused directly by drinking.

  • S03E04 Dangerous Dogs

    • March 20, 2017
    • ITV1

    Jeremy investigates how dogs bred to attack are being used by gangs as weapons and by individuals as status symbols. He meets members of the Met Police's status dogs unit, and speaks to gang members who tell him how they train the canines to be more aggressive. He also speaks to a pitbull fan who believes the banned dog has been given a bad press, meets a dog trainer who says with the right training any pooch can be tamed, and is set upon by a trained attack dog to gain an insight into the experience.

  • S03E05 Britain's Homeless

    • March 27, 2017
    • ITV1

    Following reports that homelessness in Britain is rising, Jeremy looks into the plight of Britain's rough sleepers. He visits a tent city protest, and his team spends a day with a homeless man, learning about his daily struggles and happy former life. The programme goes undercover to investigate the issue of abuse against rough sleepers, and Jeremy goes out in disguise with a homeless man to experience life on the streets. He also meets hairdresser Josh Coombes - who offers free trims to the homeless.

  • S03E06 Hate Crime

    • April 3, 2017
    • ITV1

    Following Brexit, and with the news that levels of hate crime were on the rise even before June 2016, Jeremy investigates how tensions between different groups are simmering. The programme visits Bolton to witness a demonstration against plans for a new mosque, and Jeremy attends a mediation meeting between the two sides aimed at reaching an amicable resolution. He also looks at a rise in homophobic attacks, joining revellers at Pride Manchester, and meeting a participant who has been physically abused because of his sexuality. The programme also features a social experiment to find out who might intervene when a waitress starts abusing a gay couple.

Season 4

  • S04E01 Cannabis

    • March 5, 2018
    • ITV1

    In the first episode in a new series of 'The Kyle Files, Jeremy Kyle investigates the law surrounding cannabis. Opinion is still divided; some think that it's no worse than having a pint, but others see it as a gateway to more addictive drugs. However, clinical trials are suggesting that cannabis could be beneficial for conditions like MS and epilepsy, so is it time to think again about changing the law?

  • S04E02 Overstretched Services

    • March 12, 2018
    • ITV1

    With regular headlines appearing in the newspapers about how public services are overstretched - from patients being treated in hospital corridors to the fire service being put under pressure, Jeremy goes out with frontline staff to find out the real impact of government cuts. During the show, he rides along with paramedics, police and firefighters as well as visiting a GP's surgery to see how cuts are affecting staff morale, and their fears about the future.

  • S04E03 Body Obsession

    • March 19, 2018
    • ITV1

    In the light of successful programmes like Love Island, Jeremy investigates the latest trend for men to risk their health by using steroids to create the perfect body. He hears from a grieving mother the true danger men put themselves in when injecting steroids, he confronts a steroid dealer, a user tells his story, and laboratory tests reveal shocking results from steroids purchased from different gyms.

  • S04E04 War On Drugs

    • March 26, 2018
    • ITV1

    This time, Jeremy looks into how authorities are dealing with users and dealers of class A drugs like heroin and cocaine. He speaks to a former undercover policeman who after years of putting dealers behind bars now believes the only way to win the war is the regulation of drugs. Two teenagers tell him how they have been selling drugs since the age of 14 in rural towns and cities - known as the ‘county lines'. And he talks to a gang that says the vast amounts of money they can make is their main draw to dealing.

  • S04E05 Dangers of The Internet

    • April 2, 2018
    • ITV1

    While using the internet, social media, and free wifi hotspots is now an everyday occurrence for many, Jeremy asks whether people should be better educated about the danger they could be putting themselves in. He meets paedophile hunters Dark Justice, who tell him online grooming is a growing issue and give him a demonstration of how they detect it. And he sets up a social media experiment which reveals how little people know about the risks of posting details about their lives online.

  • S04E06 Acid Attacks

    • April 9, 2018
    • ITV1

    This time, Jeremy investigates what the authorities are doing to clamp down on the growing trend of acid attacks in London. He follows Met Police officers as they show him how they deal with an acid attack, and what they are doing to try to limit the availability of the ingredients that gangs are using to perpetrate their crimes. The programme hears from the victim of an unprovoked random attack about the impact on her life - not just from the physical disfigurement but from mental scars which meant she was left fearing leaving her home. And Jeremy confronts an ex-gang member who admits he has thrown acid on someone before.

Season 5

  • S05E01 Sex For Rent

    • March 4, 2019
    • ITV1

    Jeremy Kyle investigates a sinister new phenomenon caused by the housing crisis in which landlords are offering free accommodation in return for sex.

  • S05E02 Moped Crime

    • March 11, 2019
    • ITV1

    In the second episode, Jeremy investigates a massive rise in moped muggings - 2017 saw a huge spike in this type of crime and the Metropolitan Police are fighting back with their controversial, tactical contact operations. Jeremy goes out on a patrol to see why they say this approach is necessary, meets the victims of attacks to understand the impact on their lives - and gets caught in the middle when he tries to confront youths involved in it.

  • S05E03 Episode 3

    • March 18, 2019
    • ITV1

    Jeremy Kyle investigates our relationship with alcohol. Every day in the UK more than 20 people die from excessive drinking and that number is rising.

  • S05E04 Episode 4

    • April 1, 2019
    • ITV1

    Jeremy Kyle investigates problems in the private rented sector. More than three million people are thought to be living in properties that are not only unfit for purpose but some are even dangerous.

  • S05E05 Episode 5

    • April 8, 2019
    • ITV1

    Jeremy Kyle investigates the facial aesthetics industry, a sector thought to be worth billions of pounds but is largely unregulated.

  • S05E06 Knife Crime

    • April 15, 2019
    • ITV1

    In the final episode, Jeremy investigates knife crime after the number of people who lost their lives to knives in 2018 reached the highest level since records began. He goes out on a series of raids with the Metropolitan Police to tackle violent crime, hears from the families of those killed and injured in stabbings, meets youths who refuse to put their knives down and visits prison to see if there's another way to tackle the problem.