Married at First Sight Australia reviews UK safety findings as production continues

The team behind Married at First Sight Australia is examining a British review of participant safeguards while production on the Australian edition continues, according to Deadline.

Australian broadcaster Nine and producer Endemol Shine Australia told Deadline in a report published Nov. 11 that they were examining the findings and that many of the recommended measures were already in place. Endemol Shine Australia said it regularly reviews its participant safeguards and confirmed that production continues. Deadline’s reporting

On Nov. 5, Channel 4 announced it was ending the UK edition after an external review of participant welfare. The broadcaster commissioned the review after the BBC’s Panorama presented serious allegations involving former participants, who deny wrongdoing. The review examined safeguards and how concerns were handled. The allegations themselves remain unresolved.

Channel 4 said implementing the recommendations in full would require substantially more monitoring and intervention, changing the format of the show. It also said it would shelve the unaired sixth series and redirect the show’s budget to new programming. Channel 4’s review announcement

In the United States, producer Kinetic Content declined to comment to Deadline on the UK review and whether it would adopt any of the recommendations. An open question for the U.S. edition is whether participants can report welfare concerns directly to someone outside the production team.

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