Production on Ross Kemp's new show about dangerous prisons has been halted because of an "incident".
Production on Ross Kemp documentary series halted amid incident
The 59-year-old TV star is fronting the Channel 5 series 'Ross Kemp: 72 Hours In … ' and crew were just about to head out for the next leg of filming in South Africa but, according to Deadline, an "incident" has forced production to be stopped for the moment as "conversations are taking place between the Paramount UK network" and producers of the show.
A spokeswoman for Channel 5 said: "Filming had begun on the series, but due to unforeseen production challenges, we have made the practical decision to halt filming at the moment."
The former 'EastEnders' actor has fronted a slew of documentaries in recent years and recently explained that he thought he had seen it all until he arrived to film the latest series.
He told The Sun: "I’ve been to some of the world’s toughest prisons. I thought I’d experienced it all, but this time we’re going even further. The great thing is the dark sense of humour that comes with being someone who operates in those kinds of environments. We also use trauma risk management which means sitting down and talking through trauma with your colleagues."
The documentary maker - who has been married to Renee O'Brien since 2012 and has Leo, eight, and six-year-old twins Ava and Kitty with her - then admitted that his biggest fear would in fact not being around for his children.
He said: “That can be being shot at, you can be in a road traffic accident or your son has been killed by drug dealers.
“What keeps me up now isn’t necessarily those events, it’s worrying about not being around for my kids.”
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