UK TV channel, Five has confirmed that it will be dropping Trisha Goddard’s chat show later in 2009.

The channel are blaming the current economic climate for the decision. Goddard said: “I have enjoyed my time at Five but I look forward to exciting new challenges ahead.”

“I am particularly sorry for the fantastic crew and contributors who made the show,” she added.

“People up and down the country are losing their jobs and their homes in the current recession so I don’t feel sorry for myself.”

Five chief executive Dawn Airey said Goddard had been “a tremendous asset to Five’s daytime schedule”.