''The Vanessa Show'' is a British

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presented by

Vanessa Feltz Vanessa Jane Feltz is an English television personality, broadcaster, and journalist. She has appeared on various television shows, including Vanessa (British TV series), ''Vanessa'' (1994–1998), ''The Big Breakfast'' (1996–1998), ''The Vane ...

which was broadcast on

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from January to July 1999. It was cancelled following a scandal revealed by the ''

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'' newspaper, in which the programme was found to have used paid actors as guests.

Background

Feltz previously presented the ITV daytime television chat show ''

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'' from 1994 to 1998, before moving to the BBC in a deal believed to be worth between £1 million and around £2 million.

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. The programme's ratings declined as a result, and the BBC shortened it from 90 minutes to 75, then 45. On 9 June, BBC One Controller Peter Salmon announced that the show had been cancelled. The final episodes were broadcast in the July.

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