Price, Andre chatshow axed by ITV2

Katie Price and Peter Andre's ITV2 chat show has been axed by the channel.

The celebrity couple presented Katie and Peter: Unleashed in autumn last year, but the programme was not a hit with viewers.

Guests who appeared on the show were also unhappy; Coronation Street actor Jack P. Shepherd (David Platt) described it as "crude", while Pussycat Dolls singer Nicole Scherzinger branded the format "ridiculous".

An insider told The Sun: "It was always a risk. Jordan and Peter are an engaging couple and people like them but it soon became apparent that they are not chat show hosts. No one ever took it that seriously but we hoped it would be a flirty, cheeky show like Charlotte Church does or Lily Allen.

"They're not too fussed. They know it wasn't their finest hour."

The pair will still appear in a new run of their fly-on-the-wall show. A previous series, The Baby Diaries, was criticised by media regulator Ofcom last week for infringing the privacy of the couple's former nanny.