Rape claims involving Channel 4’s Married at First Sight (MAFS) UK show are “serious” and there must be consequences for “criminality or wrongdoing”, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has said.
Regulator Ofcom said broadcasters needed to take “due care” over the welfare of show participants.
Holiday company Tui told it was pausing sponsorship of the show.
Channel 4 has now removed all episodes of the programme from its streaming and linear services, alongside MAFS UK social channels.
In a statement released shortly broke the story on Monday, Channel 4 said it had commissioned an external review of welfare on the show last month “after being presented with serious allegations of wrongdoing”.
Lawyers for CPL, an independent production company which makes the UK version of the show, said its welfare system was “gold standard” and industry-leading, and that it had acted appropriately in all these cases.
