Ashley Cain’s axed BBC documentary is still on iPlayer after channel bosses admits vetting failure
ASHLEY Cain’s axed BBC documentary is still available to watch on iPlayer.
The reality TV star, 35, came under fire this week after historic tweets were exposed, in which the reality star allegedly made degrading comments about women.
The second series of Ashley Cain: Into The Danger Zone, which was filmed earlier this year, will not air on the BBC – yet the first series remains on the channel’s catch-up service.
It’s after the BBC acknowledged that its vetting process had “clearly failed”.
The Twitter posts made in 2011 and 2013 are said to have referenced extreme sex acts and appeared to make light of consent.
He reportedly used offensive, sexualised and aggressive language about women.
Despite this, series one of Ashley Cain: Into the Danger Zone aired in April 2025.
It followed his journey to the world’s most dangerous places, interviewing young men who live on the fringes of society.
Filming for a second series took place earlier this year however, it will no longer air following The Guardian‘s report accusing Ashley of writing derogatory terms in 2014 and 2015 including “sl**s”, “b***hes” and “psychos”.
The newspaper also revealed Ashley was secretly sacked from a BBC job last year for being “drunk on set”.
After the success of his documentary, he was picked to host, Sin City: The Real Las Vegas.
Ashley was flown out to Nevada to film the show but concerns were raised about his conduct.
Appearing to be drunk during filming of the show, the production was suspended and Ashley was ultimately dropped from the project and replaced by another presenter.
Despite this, the incident went largely ignored as Ashley returned to filming with the BBC earlier this year for the second series of his Into The Danger Zone series.
A BBC spokesperson told The Sun: “The posts by Ashley Cain, albeit from many years ago, are completely unacceptable.”
“The BBC has clear requirements around vetting and social media checks, which are undertaken by the production company.
“In this instance, the process clearly failed and we are investigating why.
“We are continuing to strengthen our processes to ensure everyone working for, and on behalf of, the BBC meets our values and standards.
“We have no plans to broadcast the new series of ‘Into the Danger Zone’, and no future projects with Ashley Cain.”