This Morning: ITV employees allege toxic culture following Schofield exit
 

A "large number" of current and former ITV employees have made claims about a toxic working culture on daytime shows including This Morning, an MP has said.

The House of Commons media committee has received allegations of harassment, bullying and discrimination, according to its chair Dame Caroline Dinenage.

The claims have been made since the MPs questioned ITV's boss in June.

ITV said it took complaints seriously, but that it could not act unless such allegations were made directly.

The broadcaster's chief executive Dame Carolyn McCall appeared before the committee following the fallout from an affair This Morning's former presenter Phillip Schofield had with a much younger colleague.

That sparked allegations from people including Dr Ranj Singh, who used to regularly present segments on This Morning, of a wider toxic culture at the programme.

However, Dame Carolyn told the MPs she did "not recognise that in This Morning".

In a letter published on Wednesday, Dame Caroline Dinenage told the ITV boss she and other committee members had been contacted by a "large number of individuals" in the weeks after her appearance in Parliament.

"These individuals speak with great pride about working at ITV and are hugely positive about many of their colleagues," Dame Caroline said.

"However, they also raise claims of toxic working cultures, bullying, discrimination and harassment."

Some "have described how their decision to raise concerns within ITV has led to further bullying and discrimination, and in some cases having to leave the organisation with a settlement agreement", Dame Caroline wrote.

"It is easy to understand why those individuals, especially where they have left ITV and do not wish to relive their traumatic experiences, do not feel capable of attempting to report their concerns, or that ITV will take them seriously."

In her letter, Dame Caroline also raised questions about the number of complaints ITV had previously said it had received from staff on the programme.

When she appeared before the committee, the ITV chief executive said the company had received two complaints about This Morning in five years.

However, Dame Caroline wrote that the committee had subsequently been contacted by other former and current employees who said they were "personally aware of multiple cases".

These individuals "appear to contradict your evidence that there have been only two complaints", the MP said.

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Yes, it's the Female CEO's
fault

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itv found out yet again

ITV it does seem needs to be looked into very closely.

As for This Morning, well that's had its day now, it's time it was scrapped in my view.
Really TV overall needs a shake up.

It's hard to actually work out who and how many the channels of ITV and BBC are really now entertaining much at all.

No
The CEO
has spent alot of Money on that
Massive staff team

I couldn't care what they've spent on it.
It looks a tired worn out format and all most likely think of now as to it is the scandal attached to it via its previoys main presenters.
Serving next to no purpose at all.

Agree, its the same old rehashed stuff year in, year out, yet keeps winning awards its mind boggling

i've stopped watching network tv. There are the occasional good series on the bbc, but enough to justify the tv licence? I don't think so. The news and current affairs are all driven by agenda, whether that be left, right or anything in between. They seem to have lost the ability to present facts without conveniently leaving one side out. When they feign balance, its always skewed, one way or another

Everyone understands that itv is filled with less than wholesome presenters, but i don't have to pay for it, and i certainly don't have to watch it :laugh: