Trisha Goddard (TV series)
British talk show known for lie detector and DNA tests.
Trisha Goddard, originally titled Trisha, is a British tabloid talk show that aired on ITV from 1998 to 2004 before moving to Channel 5 from January 2005 until December 2010. The programme was hosted by Trisha Goddard and became known for its focus on personal conflicts, lie detector tests, and DNA tests. It also spawned a spin-off called Trisha: Extra and was shown in double bills on ITV2.
Quick Facts
- Genre
- Tabloid talk show
- Presenter
- Trisha Goddard
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 60 minutes (inc. adverts)
- Company
- Anglia in association with Universal Television (ITV); Town House TV (Channel 5)
- Channel
- ITV; ITV2
- First aired
- 21 September 1998
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Format
The programme began by taking over from The Vanessa Show after Vanessa Feltz moved to the BBC. Initially, Trisha Goddard continued with light-hearted debates on topics such as men who wore women's clothing and interviewed ordinary people in the news. From around 2001, the show shifted its style to resemble The Jerry Springer Show, increasingly focusing on working-class or underclass guests and their problems, typically involving infidelity, paternity issues, troublesome teenagers, or surprise family reunions. Goddard hosts the programme, which is known for conducting lie detector and DNA tests whose results are revealed on air. Body language expert Robert Phipps frequently appears. The show has been accused of exploiting its subjects and copying American formats like The Maury Povich Show. Verbal abuse and physical fights sometimes break out; physical fights are never shown, with the camera cutting to the audience or Trisha until security restores order. When the show moved to Channel 5, some experts including Robert Phipps, counsellor Ricky Maczka, and head security guard Pete went with it, while others like counsellor Claire Evans and polygraph expert Bruce Burgess stayed with ITV to work on The Jeremy Kyle Show. Production moved from ITV Anglia studios in Norwich to The Maidstone Studios in Kent.
Dispute and move to Five
Production of Trisha ceased in 2004 after ITV refused to allow Goddard's production company, Town House TV, to make future episodes. Goddard did not renew her contract and moved to Channel 5 to present a similar series, Trisha Goddard, produced by Town House TV. ITV mounted a spoiler campaign by stockpiling its remaining episodes of Trisha until the launch date of the new series. Trisha Goddard debuted on Channel 5 on Monday 24 January 2005 in an afternoon slot, not directly opposite ITV's show, though ITV scheduled a double bill of Trisha on ITV2 to clash with it. The first episode drew 500,000 viewers on Channel 5, compared to 1.3 million for ITV's show. Repeats of the ITV version continued until 15 April 2005. When ITV exhausted its episodes, it replaced them with The Springer Show in June 2005; Channel 5 then moved Trisha Goddard to its usual morning slot. From 16 October 2006, it aired on both Channel 5 and in a double bill on Fiver. On 9 January 2009, Channel 5 announced the show had been cancelled, citing the current economic climate.
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