Married at First Sight UK cancelled after BBC revealed rape allegations
Summary
Channel 4 says Married at First Sight UK will not return, and its budget will go to new programming. The decision follows a BBC Panorama investigation into allegations by three women against men they were paired with on the show; the men deny the allegations.Key Facts
- Channel 4 chief executive Priya Dogra announced the cancellation on Thursday.
- Two women alleged that their onscreen husbands raped them, and one of them also alleged a threat of an acid attack.
- A third woman, Shona Manderson, alleged sexual misconduct by her onscreen husband.
- The women said the show did not do enough to protect them.
- A Channel 4-commissioned review found that welfare protocols met Ofcom's broadcasting code, but were not always fully implemented.
- A separate review found the show's welfare protocols thorough and said it would be reasonable to make future series with changes.
- Channel 4 released only a summary of the reviews' findings and recommendations, not the full reports.
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