BBC Pulls Ashley Cain's Documentary Series Over Misogynistic Posts

The BBC has confirmed that it has shelved a new season of Ashley Cain’s documentary series after misogynistic social media posts of his were unearthed.

Earlier this week, The Guardian reported on the former footballer and Ex On The Beach star’s past social media activity, which included a series of posts on X that were derogatory about women, referring to them using terms like “bitches”, “sluts”, “slags” and “psychos”.

According to the outlet, Ashley repeatedly made jokes about hitting women and used derogatory language towards female users, as well as referring to “degrading sexual practices”.

Last year, Ashley landed his own BBC documentary, Into The Danger Zone, a second season of which was filmed earlier in 2026.

On Friday morning, the BBC said this represented a “failure” of its social media vetting processes, and confirmed it had “no plans” to air season two of Ashley’s doc.

“The posts by Ashley Cain, albeit from many years ago, are completely unacceptable,” a spokesperson said. “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.”

During his professional football career, he played for a number of British teams, most notably Coventry City, where he served in the winger position between 2008 and 2010.

In 2014, he was one of the original cast members on the reality show Ex On The Beach, returning on a number of occasions over the years, as well as competing on MTV’s The Challenge and the BBC’s Celebrity MasterChef.

His BBC documentary saw him travelling to different dangerous locations around the world and speaking to different groups of men who live on the outskirts of society.

An official synopsis explains: “No judgement, no agenda. Ashley Cain enters a different world with different rules, in some of the most brutal, intense places to be a young man. What does it take to survive?”