Viewers of the Dale Winton documentary have criticized the show for ‘ruining the story’ with ‘ridiculous’ editing.
The Dale Winton Story: One Of A Kind aired on Channel 5 on Saturday night and was a celebratory tribute to the TV presenter’s life and career.
Radio DJ and TV presenter Dale presented the programs Supermarket Sweep from 1993 to 2001 and again in 2007, the National Lottery game show In It to Win It between 2002 and 2016 and the 2008 series of Hole in the Wall.
The much-loved star of the television screen and airwaves died on April 18, 2018 at the age of 62 of natural causes.
But viewers who watched the documentary were less than impressed with what they claimed was ‘ridiculous editing’ of the show.
Viewers of Dale Winton documentary have criticized the show for ‘ruining the story’ with ‘ridiculous’ editing
The Dale Winton Story: One Of A Kind aired on Channel 5 on Saturday night and was a tribute to the TV presenter’s life and career (seen on Supermarket Sweep)
One wrote on Twitter: ‘@channel5_tv congrats on ruining the Dale Winton story… What’s with the stupid interference on the picture and zooming in on the pictures ridiculous spoiled a good show had to switch off that… Sorry Dale…!’
Another viewer complained that there were too many interviews from his friends and not enough content about Dale himself.
She wrote: ‘I think there are more traits of Dale Winton in this book than there are in this show! Where are his facial features on this show instead of hearing from his mates doing ‘interviews’.’
Another said: ‘I wish this show would call ‘dale winton’s friends’ because I don’t see as much content from him as I would love!!! How dare they @channel5_tv #dalewinton.’
Another said: ‘They could have done Dale Winton better than this instead of showing him as a murderer on a board…’.
Dale used his final TV interview to admit that it was impossible for him to find love before he died because ‘nobody wants a camp, over 60-year-old man’.
The star, who was found dead at home in 2018 aged just 62, also revealed he couldn’t use internet dating because he feared he would look ‘desperate’ and ‘deeply unattractive’ to other gay men.
But viewers who watched the documentary were less than impressed with what they claimed was ‘ridiculous editing’ of the show
The much-loved star of the TV screen and airwaves died on 18 April 2018 aged 62 of natural causes (his funeral seen on Saturday night’s Channel 5 documentary)
Dale used his final TV interview to admit that it was impossible for him to find love before he died because ‘nobody wants a camp, over 60-year-old man’
In his last TV interview in 2016, he revealed that he couldn’t meet anyone to spend his life because he spent too much time chasing ‘vicious and ugly’ men.
He said: ‘No one wants a camp, over 60-year-old man. I can’t go on dating sites. I’m quite famous, so the moment you see the picture, it’s desperately unattractive for another gay man to find a guy in show business there. He added: ‘It’s time for me to go from troubled boys to nice guys’.
In June 2016, two months before he was last seen in public, he said: ‘I didn’t want to leave the house for five years. I wouldn’t put one foot in front of the other outside the house. I had a bad breakup and I had health problems and I thought, ‘I want to retire’.’
A year earlier, he failed to make his close friend Cilla Black’s funeral, sparking concerns about his health, and had undergone four operations in four years to repair crippling pain in his knees and shoulders.
In his 2002 autobiography, he came out as gay, but revealed his regret at not telling his mother before her death, saying in 2008 that no one had really ever asked him about his sexual orientation.
By 2018, he had relaunched his television career with a new Channel 5 show Dale’s Florida Fly Drive, but he died before the series aired in its entirety.
Dale was a household name in the mid-1990s and early 2000s, fronting shows such as Supermarket Sweep and The National Lottery: In It To Win It.
He was born in Marylebone, London, in May 1955 to Gary and Sheree, an actress.
He wrote in his autobiography, Dale Winton: My Storyin 2002, the much-loved star touchingly described his relationship with his beloved mother.
“In reality, though, I always felt that my mother would forgive me for anything. She believed in boundaries and was strict, but her love for me was genuine and unconditional.’
His parents divorced when he was 10, and his father died three years later on the day of Winton’s bar mitzvah.
A few days after he turned 21, Winton discovered that his mother, whom he loved, had died after taking an overdose of prescription drugs.
Distraught, Winton never quite got over the loss of his beloved mother and soon after her death sought help from the Samaritans.
“I had some really desperate personal moments shortly after my mother died,” he said in his autobiography. On one occasion I called the Samaritans and visited one of their volunteers.
“Whatever people say to comfort one, suicide is primarily seen as the ultimate rejection of loved ones as well as of life, and those left behind need time to get over these thoughts
The star, who was found dead at home in 2018 aged just 62, also revealed he couldn’t use internet dating because he feared he would look ‘desperate’ and ‘deeply unattractive’ to other gay men
His career in show business began when he worked as a DJ on the London club scene before moving into radio and television.
His big break came with Supermarket Sweep, which saw contestants race around a supermarket collecting items.
He hosted the show from 1993 to 2001 and was involved in a 2007 reboot.
From there, Winton moved on to primetime shows including The National Lottery’s In It To Win It, and went on to host his own Christmas specials as well as celebrity guest shows.