Crimewatch

{{short description|British television programme produced by the BBC}} {{About|the former evening television programme|the current daytime television programme|Crimewatch Live|the Singaporean television programme|Crimewatch (Singaporean TV series)|other uses|Crimewatch (disambiguation)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}} {{Infobox television | image = Crimewatchlogo.jpg | image_size = 250 | alt_name = ''Crimewatch UK'' | genre = Factual | based_on = ''[[Aktenzeichen XY... ungelöst]]'' | developer = | presenter = [[Nick Ross]] [[Sue Cook]] David Hatcher Helen Phelps [[Jacqui Hames]] [[Pattie Coldwell]] [[Jill Dando]] [[Fiona Bruce]] [[Rav Wilding]] [[Kirsty Young]] [[Matthew Amroliwala]] [[Martin Bayfield]] [[Jason Mohammad]] [[Sophie Raworth]] [[Jeremy Vine]] [[Tina Daheley]] | opentheme = "Rescue Helicopter" | composer = [[John Cameron (musician)|John Cameron]] | country = United Kingdom | language = English | num_series = 33 | num_episodes = 321 | list_episodes = #Transmissions | executive_producer = Joe Mather | editor = | location = [[Television Centre, London]] (1984–2010) [[Broadcasting House, Cardiff]] (2011–2016) Various (2016–2017) | camera = | runtime = 60 minutes | company = [[BBC Studios]] [[BBC Cymru Wales]] | network = [[BBC One]] | first_aired = {{Start date|1984|06|07|df=y}} | last_aired = {{End date|2017|03|20|df=y}} | related = ''[[Crime Limited]]'' ''[[Crimewatch File]]'' ''[[Crimewatch Solved]]'' ''[[Crimewatch Live]]'' }}

'''''Crimewatch''''' (formerly '''''Crimewatch UK''''') is  a British television programme produced by the [[BBC]], that reconstructs major unsolved crimes in order to gain information from the public which may assist in solving the case. The programme was originally broadcast once a month in a primetime slot on [[BBC One]], although in the final years before its relaunch in September 2016 it was usually broadcast roughly once every two months.

''Crimewatch'' was first broadcast on 7 June 1984, and is based on the German TV show ''[[Aktenzeichen XY... ungelöst]]'' (which translates as ''File Reference XY... Unsolved''). [[Nick Ross]] and [[Sue Cook]] presented the show for the first eleven years, until Cook's departure in June 1995. Cook was replaced by [[Jill Dando]]. After Dando was murdered in April 1999, Ross hosted ''Crimewatch'' alone until January 2000, when [[Fiona Bruce]] joined the show.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/517637.stm |title=Entertainment | Bruce takes Crimewatch job |work=BBC News |date=1999-11-12 |access-date=2016-07-01}}</ref>

[[Kirsty Young]] and [[Matthew Amroliwala]] replaced Ross and Bruce following their departures in 2007. The BBC announced on 15 October 2008 that they would move production of shows such as ''Crimewatch'' to studios in [[Cardiff]].<ref>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7672479.stm BBC evicts top shows from London] [[BBC News]], 15 October 2008</ref> The move took place in January 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/showbiz/crimewatch-team-ready-make-difference-1859394|title=Crimewatch team get ready to make a difference from Cardiff|date=22 January 2011|website=Wales Online|accessdate=24 July 2025}}</ref> Young and Amroliwala remained as the lead presenters until 2015. Following a brief period with guest presenter [[Sophie Raworth]] in 2016, it was announced that the show would relaunch in September 2016 with a new weekly format. The new presenters were announced as [[Jeremy Vine]] and [[Tina Daheley]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/08/04/jeremy-vine-to-become-new-crimewatch-presenter/|title=Jeremy Vine to become new Crimewatch presenter|first=Patrick|last=Foster|date=4 August 2016|website=www.telegraph.co.uk}}</ref> The new series began on 5 September 2016, with the final episode broadcast on 20 March 2017.

In October 2017, the BBC announced that the main ''Crimewatch'' series had been cancelled, citing declining viewership.<ref>{{cite web |title=Crimewatch AXED after 33 years as revamp of BBC favourite fails to save ratings nosedive |date=17 October 2017 |url=https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/867372/Crimewatch-axed-33-years-revamp-BBC-show-fails-save-falling-ratings-Crimewatch-Roadshow |publisher=Daily Express}}</ref> The daytime spin-off series ''Crimewatch Roadshow'' (now ''[[Crimewatch Live]]'') would continue to air, but will also air more episodes per year.<ref name="bbc-cancelled"/> Over 40 years, more than 700 programmes have been broadcast with 7,000 appeals made on behalf of British police.<ref Name=RTS>{{Cite web|url=https://rts.org.uk/article/looking-back-four-decades-crimewatch|title=Looking back at four decades of Crimewatch|date=8 October 2024|website=Royal Television Society|accessdate=24 July 2025}}</ref>

==History== The idea for the show came from the UK programme ''[[Police 5]]'' and the German ''[[Aktenzeichen XY... ungelöst]]'' (''File Reference XY... Unsolved'').<ref>Jewkes, Yvonne (2004) ''Media and crime'', SAGE, p. 153</ref> Producers viewed the shows and rejected the overt reconstructions with music to build suspense in ''[[America's Most Wanted]]'', and were also against the idea of filming the reconstruction from the perspective of the offender as in ''Aktenzeichen XY... ungelöst'' (particularly for sexual assaults).<ref name=st>Schlesinger, Philip; Tumber, Howard (1994) "Fighting the war against crime: Television, police and audience." ''The British Journal of Criminology.'' '''33''':19-32</ref> However, they favoured the idea of audience participation in the show.<ref name=st/>

Originally, ''Crimewatch UK'' (as it was then known) was due to run for only three programmes.<ref name=tim>[[Tim Newburn|Newburn, Tim]] (2007) ''Criminology'', Willan Publishing, p. 105</ref> It was regarded as an experiment when it was first shown due to doubts that the police would take part and<ref name=tim/> scepticism as to whether witnesses and victims would welcome the idea. There was also concern that it could be considered to prejudice a jury. In over 25 years, 57 murderers, 53 rapists and sex offenders, 18 paedophiles, and others were captured as a direct result of ''Crimewatch'' appeals.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/shortcuts/2017/oct/17/axed-who-killed-crimewatch-and-why "Axed! Who killed Crimewatch – and why?"] ''Guardian'', 17 October 2017</ref>

The original theme music was "Rescue Helicopter" (1980) by [[John Cameron (musician)|John Cameron]] ([[Bruton Music]]).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.discogs.com/release/3310240-Various-Emergency | title=Various - Emergency | website=[[Discogs]] | year=1980 }}</ref>

==Show format== ===Main programme=== [[File:Crimewatch title screen.png|thumb|Logo used after the show's name dropped the "UK" suffix (2008–2014)]] ''Crimewatch'' used to be shown once a month on [[BBC One]]. The start time varied slightly but it was generally aired for 45–50 minutes before being extended to an hour in the early 2000s. In the early years it followed the ''[[BBC Nine O'Clock News]]'' starting at around 9.30pm but in the mid to late 1990s was often moved to 10pm, always with a short ''Crimewatch Update'' programme airing later that evening (sometimes as late as after midnight due to scheduling). In June 1986 there was no edition of the programme due to [[1986 FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] football coverage from Mexico. In January 1987 the ''[[Grandstand (TV programme)|Grandstand]]'' studio was used for that month's edition due to a strike by the set designers. In later years, following the move of the flagship evening news programme, the main show was now aired at 9pm for an hour with ''Crimewatch Update'' now airing sometime after the ''[[BBC News at Ten|BBC Ten O'Clock News]]''. Since March 2011 the show aired less frequently, roughly once every two months.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ss27z |title=BBC One – Crimewatch – Episode guide |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |access-date=2016-07-01}}</ref>

It featured approximately three or four cases per show, with each case featuring reconstructions of the crime. It was one of the largest live factual studio productions. The films shown often feature interviews with senior detectives and/or relatives or friends of victims.<ref name=leish>Leishman, Frank; Mason, Paul (2003) ''Policing and the media: facts, fictions and factions'', Willan Publishing, p. 114</ref> Key evidence is usually shown, such as [[E-FIT]] profiles of suspects and details of certain lines of enquiry.

Other features to the show included a "CCTV section", which showed crimes caught on CCTV with enhanced imagery of suspects. A "Wanted Faces" section was also featured: eight close-up pictures of suspects police are trying to trace are shown on screen. This section also frequently involves information about suspects, including aliases. These eight photos are shown upon the programme's closing credits, one of the few programmes in which the BBC do not '[[Marginalized closing credits|show the credits in reduced size]]'.

Viewers could contact Crimewatch by phoning 0500 600 600, with the phone lines remaining open until midnight the night following the programme. Viewers could also send text messages to 63399. Due to the high demand for cases to be shown on the programme, many other cases are added to the Crimewatch website. These are joined by reconstructions, CCTV footage and wanted faces that have been shown on previous programmes. All reconstructions, CCTV footage, faces and cases remain on the Crimewatch website until the criminals are caught or suspects convicted. ''Crimewatch'' could be watched on the [[BBC iPlayer]] catch-up service for only 24 hours from broadcast due to legal reasons.

===''Crimewatch Update''=== Following the main programme, there was a 10–15 minute follow-up after the ''[[BBC News at Ten]]'', with updates on calls and results from the earlier broadcast. This was removed when the show relaunched in September 2016. From the start of the fourth series in October 1987, additional updates were also featured as part of the following morning's edition of ''[[Open Air]]'' but later moved into magazine programme ''Daytime Live'' (a replacement for ''[[Pebble Mill at One]]'') from November 1989 until May 1990.

==Police involvement== Despite initial police concerns about involvement<ref name=tim/><ref name=RTS/> (only three forces out of more than 40 agreed to participate initially), ''Crimewatch'' developed a special status with police and was credited with an expertise of its own, notably through Nick Ross' long experience with public appeals. Unlike the American equivalent, ''America's Most Wanted'', ''Crimewatch'' itself usually appeals for unsolved cases inviting viewers to be armchair detectives. According to the producers, about a third of its cases are solved, half of those as a direct result of viewers' calls.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/262813.stm|title=BBC News | Entertainment | Keeping trust with victims and viewers|website=news.bbc.co.uk|access-date=24 July 2025}}</ref> Its successes have included some of Britain's most notorious crimes, including the kidnap of [[Michael Sams|Stephanie Slater]] and murder of [[Michael Sams|Julie Dart]], the M25 rapist, the road-rage killing by [[Kenneth Noye]], and the capture of two boys for the abduction and [[murder of James Bulger]].<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41649334 "The big cases ''Crimewatch'' helped solve"] BBC News, 17 October 2017</ref> Over the years, ''Crimewatch'' has featured appeals from all 43 police forces in the country.{{citation needed|date=June 2010}}

Several police officers have appeared on the programme from the studio, including David Hatcher, Helen Phelps, Jeremy Paine, Jacqui Hames, Jonathan Morrison, Jane Corrigan, and [[Rav Wilding]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2004/05_may/24/crimewatch.shtml|title=BBC - Press Office - Crimewatch UK new police presenters|website=www.bbc.co.uk|date=24 May 2004|access-date=12 April 2024}}</ref> For many years the programme also included antiques experts [[John Bly]], [[Eric Knowles]] and [[Paul Hayes (antiques expert)|Paul Hayes]] to help with 'treasure trove' details of recovered goods believed to have been stolen.<ref name=leish/>

==Ratings and public response== At its peak, ''Crimewatch'' was seen by 14 million viewers per week. However, by 2017, credited to competition from other programmes, it had fallen to an average of 3 million.<ref name="bbc-cancelled">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-41648972|title=Crimewatch axed by BBC after 33 years|date=2017-10-17|work=BBC News|access-date=2017-10-25|language=en-GB}}</ref> At the time of the programme's 150th episode in January 1999, it was reported that the average viewing figures were 8 million.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/262813.stm|title=BBC News | Entertainment | Keeping trust with victims and viewers|website=news.bbc.co.uk|date=26 January 1999|access-date=12 April 2024}}</ref>

A study by the Broadcasting Standards Council found that ''Crimewatch'' increased the fear of crime in over half of its respondents, and a third said it made them feel "afraid".<ref>Palmer, Gareth (2003) ''Discipline and liberty: television and governance'', Manchester University Press ND, p. 80–81</ref> However, according to John Sears, senior English lecturer at [[Manchester Metropolitan University]],<ref>{{cite web|title=John Sears|url=https://mmu.academia.edu/JohnSears/About|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121210063109/http://mmu.academia.edu/JohnSears/About|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-12-10|publisher=Academia.edu|access-date=2012-07-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Academic Staff|url=http://www2.hlss.mmu.ac.uk/english/academic-staff/|work=Faculty of Humanities, Law and Social Sciences – English and Creative Writing Department|publisher=Manchester Metropolitan University|access-date=2012-07-19|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120904190129/http://www2.hlss.mmu.ac.uk/english/academic-staff/|archive-date=4 September 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> it provides a beneficial role, performing "a social function by helping to solve crime, and drawing on the collective responsibilities, experiences and knowledge of the viewing audience in order to do so."<ref>Bignell, Jonathan (2004) ''An introduction to television studies'', Routledge, p. 197</ref>

==Presenters== ===Lead presenters=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! style="width:130px;"|Presenter ! style="width:80px;"|Year ! Additional information |- | [[Nick Ross]] | 1984–2007 | The main anchor and longest-serving presenter of the series since its inception. His catchphrase, "Don't have nightmares, do sleep well" (which closed out most episodes), became a household phrase and was often spoofed in numerous other TV shows. During his time on the show, he had three co-presenters: Sue Cook, Jill Dando and Fiona Bruce. From May 1999 until January 2000, Ross presented the show alone following the murder of Jill Dando. He left the programme in July 2007 to concentrate on other broadcasting projects. |- | [[Sue Cook]] | 1984–1995 | British broadcaster and author, and first co-presenter of the series. Unlike her successors, Cook acted more as a second main anchor, sometimes presenting a larger segment of the programme than Ross. Cook left the series in June 1995 to focus on other broadcasting projects. |- | [[Jill Dando]] | 1995–1999 | British broadcaster and newsreader. Second co-presenter of the series, appointed following Sue Cook's departure. The edition of ''Crimewatch'' broadcast on 20 April 1999 would be Dando's last; she was murdered six days later (26 April). Her murder was reconstructed on the May 1999 programme, where an appeal for witnesses was made. Calls made by viewers initially draw the police onto a new line of enquiry, in which they identified suspect [[Barry George]], who was later convicted of the killing, but was acquitted in August 2008 following an appeal. No further appeals for information were ever made on the programme, and the murder remains unsolved to this day. |- | [[Fiona Bruce]] | 2000–2007 | British broadcaster and newsreader. Third co-presenter of the series, appointed in January 2000 following the murder of Jill Dando the previous year. Bruce co-hosted with Ross until his departure in July 2007, but left the show in December 2007 to host ''[[Antiques Roadshow]]''. |- | [[Kirsty Young]] | 2008–2015 | Former newsreader for [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] and [[Five (TV channel)|Channel Five]] who became the main anchor of the show in January 2008. Young departed the series in December 2015 after seven years.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-34942220 |title=Kirsty Young to leave Crimewatch – BBC News |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date=2015-11-27 |access-date=2016-07-01}}</ref> |- | [[Matthew Amroliwala]] | 2008–2015 | British newsreader who became the show's fourth co-presenter, Amroliwala hosted both the "How they were caught" and "update" segments. He left the show in March 2015 to focus on his other role of international affairs correspondent for BBC News. |- | [[Martin Bayfield]] | 2012–2016 | Former rugby player and policeman turned sports commentator, who took over from [[Rav Wilding]] in January 2012 as the presenter of the "Caught on Camera" segment. Bayfield was the only remaining full-time presenter on the show when the BBC chose to reboot the format, and did not return. |- | [[Jason Mohammad]] | 2015–2016 | British rugby commentator and journalist, who initially took over from Amroliwala for two months on a temporary basis, before returning in October 2015 as a full-time presenter. Mohammad did not return to the show when the format was rebooted in September 2016. |- | [[Jeremy Vine]] | 2016–2017 | British newsreader, presenter and journalist who took over as main anchor as part of a new rebooted format in September 2016, which saw the programme travel across the country and broadcast from the scene of one of the main appeals featured in the episode. |- | [[Tina Daheley]] | 2016–2017 | British newsreader and former [[BBC Radio 1]] journalist who took over as co-presenter in September 2016, taking over the roles of both Mohammad and Bayfield, presenting the "Caught on Camera", "How they were caught" and "update" segments. |}

===Police officers=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! style="width:150px;"|Presenter ! style="width:80px;"|Year ! Additional information |- | Chief Supt. David Hatcher | 1984–1999 | At the time of his appointment a Chief Inspector, Hatcher presented the "Photocall" and "Incident Desk" sections for 15 years. The first and longest-serving police officer to feature on the programme, Hatcher retired from the programme in July 1999 and the force in 2004, having reached the rank of Chief Superintendent. During his time on the show, he had two co-presenters: PC Helen Phelps and later DS Jacqui Hames and was replaced by DCS Jeremy Paine. |- | PC Helen Phelps | 1984–1989 | Co-presenter of the "Photocall" and "Incident Desk" sections alongside David Hatcher for six years. Phelps' last appearance as a co-presenter was in March 1989; she subsequently left the police to become a researcher for the programme and was eventually replaced by Jacqui Hames a year later. |- | DS [[Jacqui Hames]] | 1990–2006 | Succeeded Helen Phelps as co-presenter of the 'Photocall' section alongside David Hatcher. Remained with the show for 16 years, before quitting in 2005. Hames made her last appearance on the programme in January 2006. Co-presented the Friday episode of ''Crimewatch Roadshow'' in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/jacqui-hames|title=BBC - Former Metropolitan Police detective Jacqui Hames returns to Crimewatch family - Media Centre|website=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> |- | DCS Jeremy Paine | 1999–2005 | Joined the show in September 1999; previously appeared as a Senior Investigating Officer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/crime/crimewatch/jeremypaine.shtml|title=BBC - Crimewatch Presenters - Jeremy Paine|date=9 April 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050409001009/http://www.bbc.co.uk/crime/crimewatch/jeremypaine.shtml |archive-date=9 April 2005 }}</ref> Paine made his last appearance on the programme in April 2005. |- | PC Jonathan Morrison | 2004–2005 | Morrsion joined in May 2004 and was the first ethnic police presenter in the programme's history,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/493295.crimewatch-gets-black-presenter/ | title=Crimewatch gets black presenter }}</ref> but left in April 2005. |- | [[Rav Wilding]] | 2004–2011 | A Detective Constable at the time of joining the show in June 2004 on its 20th anniversary, Wilding hosted a segment entitled "Caught on Camera", which replaced the previously featured "Photocall" section. Wilding departed the main show in December 2011, but continues to present the daytime spin-off series. |- | DS Jane Corrigan | 2006–2007 | Succeeded Hames as co-presenter alongside Wilding but did not return in 2008; also appeared on ''Crimewatch Roadshow''. |}

===Stand-in presenters=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! style="width:100px;"|Presenter ! style="width:80px;"|Year ! Additional information |- | [[Pattie Coldwell]] | 1988 | Co-presented episode broadcast in April 1988 as Sue Cook was on maternity leave. |- | [[Sian Williams]] | 2012, 2015 | Williams acted as main anchor in episodes broadcast in July 2012, May 2015 and October 2015, as Kirsty Young was unavailable. |- | [[Sonali Shah]] | 2015 | Presented four shows in the wake of Amroliwala's departure, before Jason Mohammad was appointed as a main presenter. |- | [[Sophie Raworth]] | 2012, 2016 | Took over as temporary main anchor following Kirsty Young's departure. She presented the first three shows of 2016, before the show was taken off-air and rebooted with Jeremy Vine as main anchor. |}

==Featured cases== ===Victims=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! style="width:350px;"| Title !! Notes !! Airdate |- | The [[murder of Sheila Anderson]]|| ||26 February 2009, 30 March 2009<ref>{{cite news |title=Appeal response to 1980s murder |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7915135.stm |access-date=14 July 2023 |work=BBC News |date=27 February 2009}}</ref> |- | The [[murder of Colette Aram]]||The first case to be featured on the show<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/nottinghamshire/7990989.stm|title=Man remanded in 1983 death case|work= BBC News|date=9 April 2009|access-date=2009-04-11}}</ref>||7 June 1984 |- | The [[death of Helen Bailey]]|| || |- | The [[murder of Penny Bell]]|| One of Britain's most famous unsolved murders<ref>{{cite news |title=The Inside Story of Britain's Most Notorious Cold Case Murder |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-inside-story-of-britains-most-notorious-cold-case-murder/ |access-date=2 April 2022 |work=Vice |date=15 November 2015}}</ref> || 12 September 1991<ref>{{cite web |title=Crimewatch: 12 September 1991 |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/53b86c930de643f58f4299c57581bda0 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402150547/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/53b86c930de643f58f4299c57581bda0 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 April 2022 |website=BBC Programming Index |date=12 September 1991 |publisher=BBC}}</ref> |- |The [[disappearance of Lee Boxell]]|| || |- |The [[murder of Emma Caldwell]] | |15 June 2005<ref>{{Cite news |date=2005-06-14 |title=Crimewatch appeal over Emma death |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/4092792.stm |access-date=2024-04-06 |language=en-GB}}</ref> |- |The [[murder of Deborah Linsley]]|| || 14 April 1988<ref>{{Cite news|last1=The Times|title=BBC1|date=14 April 1988d|work=The Times|issue=63055}}</ref> |- |The [[murder of Sally Anne Bowman]]|| || |- |The [[murder of Janet Brown]]|| || 18 May 1995<ref>{{cite web |title=Crimewatch UK: 18th May 1995 |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/41569bbcfb8f4ca79d774914ff576cf3 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240420093337/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/41569bbcfb8f4ca79d774914ff576cf3 |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 April 2024 |website=BBC Programme Index |date=18 May 1995 |publisher=BBC |access-date=2 April 2022}}</ref> |- |The [[murder of James Bulger]]|| || 18 February 1993<ref name="Tiltman"/> |- ||The [[Jill Dando#Death|murder of Jill Dando]]|| ||18 May 1999<ref>{{cite news |title=Dando reconstruction filmed for Crimewatch |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/344619.stm |access-date=16 May 2022 |work=BBC News |date=15 May 1999}}</ref> |- ||The [[murder of Milly Dowler]]|| || |- ||The [[disappearance of Charlene Downes]]|| || 4 December 2014<ref>{{cite web |title=04/12/2014 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ss27z |website=BBC One Crimewatch}}</ref> |- |The [[murder of Caroline Glachan]] | |1996 and September 2016<ref>{{Cite news |date=2016-09-04 |title=Crimewatch appeal over Caroline Glachan murder in 1996 |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-37256625 |access-date=2023-12-07}}</ref> |- ||The [[murder of Helen Gorrie]]|| || 15 October 1992<ref>{{cite web |title=Crimewatch UK: 15th October 1992 |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/f69eb3c6e7a24a1fa484faa27a0a8bce |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220831144636/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/f69eb3c6e7a24a1fa484faa27a0a8bce |url-status=dead |archive-date=31 August 2022 |website=BBC Programme Index |date=15 October 1992 |publisher=BBC |access-date=31 August 2022}}</ref> |- |The [[murder of Daniel Handley]]|| || |- |The [[killing of Ann Heron|murder of Ann Heron]]|| || 4 October 1990<ref>{{cite web |title=Crimewatch UK: 4th October 1990 |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/bea1d1c050514a729459759e56046ca9 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024083158/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/bea1d1c050514a729459759e56046ca9 |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 October 2014 |website=BBC Programme Index |date=4 October 1990 |publisher=BBC |access-date=2 April 2022}}</ref> |- |The [[murder of Danielle Jones]]|| || |- |The [[murder of Rhys Jones]]|| || |- |The [[murder of Sophie Lancaster]]|| || |- |The [[murder of Stephen Lawrence]]|| || |- |The [[Brian McDermott (murder victim)|murder of Brian McDermott]]|| || 22 October 2003<ref>{{cite web |title=Crimewatch UK - Broadcast - BBC Programming Index |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/3646722fd17a4eb881df4a2bd553805e |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402150531/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/3646722fd17a4eb881df4a2bd553805e |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 April 2022 |access-date=2 April 2022 |work=BBC|date=22 October 2003 }}</ref> |- |The [[murder of Rachel Nickell]]|| || |- |The [[Nisha Patel-Nasri|murder of Nisha Patel-Nasri]]|| || |- |The [[murder of Sarah Payne]]|| || |- |The [[murders of Eve Stratford and Lynne Weedon]]|| DNA shows both were killed by the same person in separate incidents in London, 1975 || 23 April 2015<ref>{{cite news |title=Police receive more than 50 calls after appeal for help with 1975 murders |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/apr/24/police-50-calls-appeal-information-1975-murders |access-date=2 April 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=24 April 2015}}</ref> |- |The [[death of Damilola Taylor]]|| || |- |The [[murder of Mark Tildesley]]|| || |- |The [[stabbing of Abigail Witchalls]]|| || |- |The [[Soham murders#Murders|murders of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman]]|| || |- |The [[disappearance of Suzy Lamplugh]]|| || |- |The [[murders of Jacqueline Ansell-Lamb and Barbara Mayo]]|| Unsolved murders in 1970 believed to be committed by the same person || 17 January 1991<ref name="MayoandJAL">{{cite web |title=Crimewatch UK: 17th January 1991 |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/e45706cf584a4f81b71a06b181959c70 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402160547/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/e45706cf584a4f81b71a06b181959c70 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 April 2022 |website=BBC Programme Index |date=17 January 1991 |publisher=BBC |access-date=2 April 2022}}</ref> |- |The kidnapping and murder of [[Julie Dart]]|| || |- |The [[murder of Julie Pacey]]|| Featured again after a new DNA development. The 2015 appeal caused the arrest of the actor who played the murderer, after viewers mistakenly identified him as the killer<ref name="Indie">{{cite news |title=Confused viewers accuse Crimewatch actor of murder he helped to reconstruct 21 years ago |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/confused-viewers-accuse-crimewatch-actor-of-murder-he-helped-to-reconstruct-21-years-ago-10496322.html |access-date=1 July 2023 |work=The Independent |date=11 September 2015}}</ref> || 3 November 1994,<ref name="Pacey1st">{{cite web |title=Crimewatch: Thu 3rd Nov 1994|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/91d7a31cd07843a8aa863d53e002d6c4 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230701213021/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/91d7a31cd07843a8aa863d53e002d6c4 |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 July 2023 |website=BBC Genome |date=3 November 1994 |access-date=1 July 2023}}</ref> 28 July 2015<ref name="Pacey2">{{cite web |title=Crimewatch: 28/07/2015 |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/b064d7qf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230701213022/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/b064d7qf |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 July 2023 |website=BBC Genome |date=28 July 2015 |access-date=1 July 2023}}</ref> |- |The [[kidnapping]] of Stephanie Slater || |- |The [[murder of Claire Tiltman]]|| || 18 February 1993<ref name="Tiltman">{{cite web |author1=Crimewatch |author1-link=Crimewatch UK |title=Crimewatch 18/2/1993 |website=[[YouTube]] |date=November 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omTHaoCda5M&t=863s |access-date=2 April 2022}}</ref> |- |The [[disappearance of Claudia Lawrence]]|| || |- |The [[New Cross double murder]]|| || |- |The [[Murder of Joanna Yeates|Joanna Yeates]] murder|| || |- |The [[Missing person|disappearance]] and [[murder of Melanie Hall]]|| Her case featured both after she disappeared in 1996 and after her remains were finally discovered in 2009 || 5 November 1996,<ref>{{cite web |title=Crimewatch UK 5th November 1996 |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/0be3971e5cf34868b1690357ec7aabe8 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402150544/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/0be3971e5cf34868b1690357ec7aabe8 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 April 2022 |website=Crimewatch UK - Broadcast - BBC Programming Index |date=5 November 1996 |publisher=BBC |access-date=2 April 2022}}</ref> 28 October 2009<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC Crimewatch: 28/10/2009 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ss27z |website=BBC One Crimewatch |publisher=BBC |access-date=2 April 2022}}</ref> |- |The [[murder]] of Elaine Doyle in [[Greenock]]|| || |- |The murders of the Sharkey family||Whose house was deliberately set on fire in [[Helensburgh]], Scotland.|| |- |The murder of [[Rachel Hudson]] |Her case featured after her remains were discovered in 2004 | |- |The 2007 [[Penhallow Hotel fire]] || || 20 February 2008<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC One - Crimewatch, 20/02/2008 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ss27z |website=BBC.co.uk |publisher=BBC|access-date=16 May 2022}}</ref> |- |The [[disappearance of Madeleine McCann]]|| || |}

===Suspects and criminal offenders=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Title !! Notes !! Airdate |- |[[Sidney Cooke]]||Suspected murderer of Mark Tildesley|| |- |[[John Cooper (serial killer)|John Cooper]]||Murderer|| |- |[[Tony Alexander King|Tony Alexander King a.k.a. Tony Bromwich]]||Originally known as the "Holloway Strangler", fled to southern Spain after he featured on ''Crimewatch'' before murdering two people<ref name="Netflix">{{cite web |title=Murder by the Coast |url=https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81179778 |publisher=Netflix |access-date=27 March 2022 |date=2021}}</ref>||2 September 1997<ref name="Netflix" /> |- |[[Delroy Grant]]||'The night stalker', burglar and [[serial rape|serial rapist]] [[gerontophilia|of elderly women]].|| |- |[[Allan Grimson]]|| Suspected [[serial killer]] who always killed on 12 December, and who is believed to have killed up to 20 people across naval bases around the world. Prime suspect in the [[Simon Parkes|disappearance of sailor Simon Parkes]] from Gibraltar on 12 December 1986.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Newton|first1=Michael|title=The encyclopedia of serial killers|date=2006|publisher=Facts On File|location=New York|isbn=0-8160-6195-5|page=352|edition=2nd}}</ref><ref name="Ofcom"/> || 5 October 2005<ref name="Ofcom">{{cite journal |author1=Ofcom |author1-link=Ofcom |title=Not Upheld Complaint by Mr Michael Purdon (Solicitor) on behalf of Mr Allan Grimson |journal=Ofcom Broadcast Bulletin |date=4 June 2007 |issue=86 |url=https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0031/47677/issue86.pdf |access-date=2 April 2022|page=14}}</ref> |- |[[Christopher Halliwell]]|| Discussed in relation to media speculation linking him to the unsolved murder of Sally Ann John<ref name="Halliwell">{{cite web |title=Crimewatch: 20 March 2017 | date=5 November 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQOWkg_qRac |publisher=BBC One |access-date=2 April 2022}}</ref> || 20 March 2017<ref name="Halliwell" /> |- |[[Antoni Imiela]]||The M25 rapist|| |- |[[Bible John]]||A serial killer who murdered three young women in [[Glasgow]], Scotland in the late 1960s|| |- |Fred Lawlor||Child abuser and murderer|| |- |[[Fiona Mont]]||Formerly ''Britain's Most Wanted Woman''|| |- |[[The Motorway Monster]]|| Unidentified murderer who killed two hitchhikers in separate incidents on motorways in 1970 || 17 January 1991<ref name="MayoandJAL" /> |- |[[Kenneth Noye]]||Murderer|| |- |'[[Overalls Man]]'<ref name="Pacey1st" /><ref name="Pacey2" /> ||Mysterious [[prime suspect]] in the [[murder of Julie Pacey]]. After a 2015 re-appeal on the case, confused viewers mistakenly called in to report that the (innocent) actor who played the suspect, Steve Watson, was the killer<ref name="Indie" />||3 November 1994, 28 July 2015<ref name="Pacey1st" /><ref name="Pacey2" /> |- |[[Batman rapist]]|| Subject to Britain's longest-running serial rape investigation. The offender is still unidentified<ref>{{cite news |title=Net closes on 'Batman rapist' |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/754031.stm |access-date=2 April 2022 |work=BBC News |date=18 May 2000}}</ref> || 25 January 2000<ref>{{cite news |title=Police link 11 attacks to serial rapist |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/jan/25/nickhopkins |access-date=2 April 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=25 January 2000}}</ref> |- ||[[Michael Sams]]||Rapist, kidnapper, [[extortion]]ist and murderer|| |- |[[Joel Smith (murderer)|Joel Smith]]||Murderer|| |- |[[Michael Stone (murderer)|Michael Stone]]||Murderer|| |- |[[Dena Thompson]]||Woman known as the 'Black Widow', murdered her second husband for financial gain and also stole money from many other partners. She was also tried for the attempted murder of her third husband.|| 6 January 2009<ref>{{cite AV media |people=''Crimewatch'' |date=6 January 2009 |title=Crimewatch Solved: Tuesday 6th January 2009 |trans-title= |type=TV documentary |language= |url= |access-date= |format= |time= |location=[[Crimewatch Solved]] |publisher=[[BBC]] |id= |isbn= |oclc= |quote= }}</ref> |- |[[Peter Tobin]]||A serial killer who murdered Vicky Hamilton, Dinah McNicol and Angelika Kluk|| |- |[[Steve Wright (serial killer)|Steve Wright]]||A serial killer in the [[Ipswich serial murders]]|| |- |[[2011 England riots]]||A special edition was aimed at identifying those who committed offences during that month's riots.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/8709138/London-riots-CCTV-shows-thugs-blasting-man-defending-shop-with-fire-extinguisher.html|title= London riots: CCTV shows thugs blasting man defending shop with fire extinguisher|publisher= Telegraph Media Group|work= The Telegraph|first= Andrew|last= Hough|location= London|date= 18 August 2011|access-date=2011-08-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/9205324.Police_release_shocking_fire_extinguisher_attack_footage/|title= Police release shocking fire extinguisher attack footage from Battersea riots|work= The Guardian|date= 19 August 2011|access-date=2011-08-19}}</ref>||18 August 2011 |}

==Transmissions== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! Series !! Start date !! End date !! Episodes !! Main presenter(s) !! Co-presenter(s) !! Police officers |- | '''1''' || 7 June 1984 || 20 December 1984 || 6<ref name="BBC Genome">{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/120/20?order=desc&q=crimewatch+#search|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180703105648/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/120/20?order=desc&q=crimewatch+#search|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 July 2018|title=BBC Genome - Crimewatch - TV Listings|website=BBC|access-date=4 July 2018}}</ref> || rowspan="23"|[[Nick Ross]] || rowspan="11"|[[Sue Cook]] [[Pattie Coldwell]] (April 1988) || rowspan="6"|David Hatcher Helen Phelps{{efn|Absent for Episodes 2 and 3 of Series 4 (1987) and Episode 6 of Series 6 (1989)}} |- | '''2''' || 21 January 1985 || 12 December 1985 || 9<ref name="BBC Genome"/> |- | '''3''' || 30 January 1986 || 18 December 1986 || 10<ref name="BBC Genome"/> |- | '''4''' || 29 January 1987 || 8 December 1987 || 10<ref name="BBC Genome"/> |- | '''5''' || 12 January 1988 || 8 December 1988 || 10<ref name="BBC Genome"/> |- | '''6''' || 12 January 1989 || 7 December 1989 || 10{{efn|June's episode was postponed until July}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Crimewatch UK July 1989|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?order=-last&month=5%2C6&q=crimewatch+&after=1989-01-01T00%3A00%3A00.000Z&before=1989-12-31T23%3A59%3A59.999Z#top|work=[[BBC Genome Project]]|publisher=[[BBC]]|date=9 September 2025|access-date=9 September 2025}}{{dead link|date=September 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref name="BBC Genome"/> |- | '''7''' || 18 January 1990 || 6 December 1990 || 10<ref name="BBC Genome"/> || David Hatcher{{efn|Absent for Episode 4 and was replaced by Colin Fry}} [[Jacqui Hames]] (Episodes 4–10) Colin Fry (Episode 4) |- | '''8''' || 17 January 1991 || 5 December 1991 || 10<ref name="BBC Genome"/> || rowspan="8"|David Hatcher Jacqui Hames |- | '''9''' || 23 January 1992 || 10 December 1992 || 10<ref name="BBC Genome"/> |- | '''10''' || 21 January 1993 || 9 December 1993 || 10<ref name="BBC Genome"/> |- | '''11''' || 20 January 1994 || 2 December 1994 || 10<ref name="BBC Genome"/> |- | '''12''' || 19 January 1995 || 13 December 1995 || 10<ref name="BBC Genome"/> || Sue Cook (Episodes 1–6) [[Jill Dando]] (Episodes 7–10) |- | '''13''' || 25 January 1996 || 10 December 1996 || 10<ref name="BBC Genome"/> || rowspan="3"|Jill Dando |- | '''14''' || 14 January 1997 || 16 December 1997 || 13<ref name="BBC Genome"/> |- | '''15''' || 27 January 1998 || 15 December 1998 || 13<ref name="BBC Genome"/> |- | '''16''' || 26 January 1999 || 14 December 1999 || 10<ref name="BBC Genome"/> || Jill Dando (Episodes 1–4) No co-host (Episodes 5–10) || David Hatcher (Episodes 1–8) Jacqui Hames |- | '''17''' || 25 January 2000 || 13 December 2000 || 11<ref name="BBC Genome"/> || rowspan="7"|[[Fiona Bruce]] || rowspan="4"|Jacqui Hames |- | '''18''' || 24 January 2001 || 20 December 2001 || 12<ref name="BBC Genome"/> |- | '''19''' || 13 February 2002 || 18 December 2002 || 13<ref name="BBC Genome"/> |- | '''20''' || 5 February 2003 || 17 December 2003 || 11<ref name="BBC Genome"/> |- | '''21''' || 27 January 2004 || 14 December 2004 || 11<ref name="BBC Genome"/> || Jacqui Hames [[Rav Wilding]] (Episodes 6–11) |- | '''22''' || 1 February 2005 || 20 December 2005 || 12<ref name="BBC Genome"/> || Jacqui Hames Rav Wilding |- | '''23''' || 31 January 2006 || 20 December 2006 || 11<ref name="BBC Genome"/> || Rav Wilding Jacqui Hames (Episode 1) Jane Corrigan (Episodes 2–11) |- | '''24''' || 8 February 2007 || 20 December 2007 || 10<ref name="Crimewatch Episode Guide">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ss27z|title= BBC - Crimewatch - Episode Guide|website=BBC|access-date=2 July 2018}}</ref> || Nick Ross (Episodes 1–6) [[Fiona Bruce]] (Episodes 7–10) || Fiona Bruce (Episodes 1–6) || Rav Wilding Jane Corrigan |- | '''25''' || 23 January 2008 || 15 December 2008 || 10<ref name="Crimewatch Episode Guide"/> || rowspan="4"|[[Kirsty Young]] || rowspan="4"|[[Matthew Amroliwala]] || rowspan="4"|Rav Wilding{{efn|Absent for Episodes 2 and 3 of Series 28 (2011)}} |- | '''26''' || 27 January 2009 || 21 December 2009 || 10<ref name="Crimewatch Episode Guide"/> |- | '''27''' || 27 January 2010 || 14 December 2010 || 10<ref name="Crimewatch Episode Guide"/> |- | '''28''' || 26 January 2011 || 15 December 2011 || 8<ref name="Crimewatch Episode Guide"/> |- | '''29''' || 26 January 2012 || 21 November 2012 || 8<ref name="Crimewatch Episode Guide"/> || Kirsty Young [[Sophie Raworth]] (Episode 2) [[Sian Williams]] (Episode 5) || Matthew Amroliwala [[Martin Bayfield]] (Episodes 2–8) || rowspan="7" {{N/A}} |- | '''30''' || 14 February 2013 || 28 November 2013 || 8<ref name="Crimewatch Episode Guide"/> || rowspan="2"|Kirsty Young || rowspan="2"|Matthew Amroliwala Martin Bayfield |- | '''31''' || 22 January 2014 || 4 December 2014 || 8<ref name="Crimewatch Episode Guide"/> |- | '''32''' || 21 January 2015 || 14 December 2015 || 8<ref name="Crimewatch Episode Guide"/> || Kirsty Young Sian Williams (Episodes 3 & 6) || Martin Bayfield (Episodes 1–5, 7–8) Matthew Amroliwala (Episodes 1–2) [[Sonali Shah]] (Episodes 3–6) [[Jason Mohammad]] (Episodes 6–8) |- | '''33''' || 8 February 2016 || 10 March 2016 || 2<ref name="Crimewatch Episode Guide"/> || Sophie Raworth || Martin Bayfield Jason Mohammad |- | '''34''' || 5 September 2016 || 26 September 2016 || 4<ref name="Crimewatch Episode Guide"/> || rowspan="2"|[[Jeremy Vine]] || rowspan="2"|[[Tina Daheley]] |- | '''35''' || 27 February 2017 || 20 March 2017 || 3<ref name="Crimewatch Episode Guide"/> |- |}

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==Spin-offs and regional versions== ''Crime NI'', a similar live monthly programme in partnership with [[Crimestoppers UK]], was aired from 3 September 2021 to 11 April 2022 on [[BBC One Northern Ireland]] and presented by [[Wendy Austin]] and journalist Dearbhail McDonald.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000zr8m|title=BBC One - Crime NI|website=BBC|access-date=14 September 2021}}</ref> Previously, a localised version of the programme was aired in the English Midlands region on [[BBC Two]] from 1987 until 1991. Presented originally by [[Peter Purves]] and ''[[BBC Midlands Today]]'''s Kathy Rochford, who was later replaced by fellow newsreader [[Sue Beardsmore]], ''Crimewatch Midlands'' was broadcast live from [[Pebble Mill Studios]] in Birmingham and ran for five series.

===''Crimewatch File''=== {{Main|Crimewatch File}}

First aired on 10 August 1988, ''Crimewatch File'' is an hour-long programme devoted to the reconstruction and investigation of a single case including cases that the programme has previously helped to solve.<ref name="Crimewatch File">{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/9d1cdb5292b240c08c3730f97f60e673|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180226032943/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/9d1cdb5292b240c08c3730f97f60e673|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 February 2018|title=Crimewatch File - BBC One London - 10 August 1988 - BBC Genome|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk|date=10 August 1988 |access-date=4 July 2018}}</ref> Presented by Nick Ross and Sue Cook concurrently (with Jill Dando taking over from Cook in 1996), more than thirty editions aired until April 2000, when the final edition, fronted by Ross, was broadcast. Following this, in latter years of the main ''Crimewatch'' programme, episodes would regularly feature segments and reports in a very similar vein to ''Crimewatch File''.

===''Crime Limited''=== {{Main|Crime Limited}} ''Crime Limited'' was the second spin-off from Crimewatch which took cameras behind the scenes of the crimes. The first series aired on [[BBC One]] over ten episodes in 1992 and was presented by [[Nick Ross]]<ref>[http://www.nickross.com/broadcasting/programmes/ Programmes.] Nick Ross. Retrieved 16 September 2017.</ref> and [[Sue Cook]]. A second series ran in 1993 and a third series ran in 1994.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20141020092747/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/3ff1923becd447ccb7cb46157dd78116 Crime Limited, 1993.] BBC Genome. Retrieved 16 September 2017.</ref><ref>"Choice", Peter Waymark, ''The Times'', 5 August 1993, p. 39. Retrieved 16 September 2017.</ref>

===''Crimewatch Extra''=== First aired in late 1998,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kk8TEsVHNWE |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/kk8TEsVHNWE |archive-date=2021-12-20 |url-status=live|title=Crimewatch Extra — 23rd November 1998|date=14 December 2018 |website=www.youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref> ''Crimewatch Extra'' was a short-lived spin-off from the main programme, which would give updates and reports received on the cases featured in the previous month's programme. Broadcast on [[BBC Choice]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://realscreen.com/1998/11/01/23587-19981101/|title=The British Innovation|publisher=Realscreen|date=1 November 1998|access-date=26 March 2020}}</ref> the series was presented by Emma Howard.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.specialistspeakers.com/?p=676|title=Emma Howard Speaker Profile|first=Specialist Speakers|last=Profile|access-date=4 July 2018}}</ref> Around ten episodes were broadcast, with the final episode airing on 25 August 1999.<ref name="Crimewatch Extra">{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/4332761e2f4941b985df6ca162dfbec8|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705005213/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/4332761e2f4941b985df6ca162dfbec8|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 July 2018|title=Crimewatch Extra - BBC Choice - 8 February 1999 - BBC Genome|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk|date=8 February 1999 |access-date=4 July 2018}}</ref>

====''Crimewatch Extra'' transmissions==== {| class="wikitable" |- ! style="width:150px;"|Title !! Airdate !! Presenter(s) |- | ''Crimewatch Extra 1'' || 8 February 1999<ref name="Crimewatch Extra"/>|| rowspan=8|Emma Howard |- | ''Crimewatch Extra 2'' || 9 March 1999<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/c52a1362815c4ddda888fcb529cc4763|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705004921/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/c52a1362815c4ddda888fcb529cc4763|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 July 2018|title=Crimewatch Extra - BBC Choice - 9 March 1999 - BBC Genome|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk|date=9 March 1999 |access-date=4 July 2018}}</ref> |- | ''Crimewatch Extra 3'' || 6 April 1999<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/646575bee9744036b4501f2860f87a30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705010145/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/646575bee9744036b4501f2860f87a30|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 July 2018|title=Crimewatch Extra - BBC Choice - 6 April 1999 - BBC Genome|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk|date=6 April 1999 |access-date=4 July 2018}}</ref> |- | ''Crimewatch Extra 4'' || 6 May 1999<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/191c71bbd9f3482cb62d288a472a3008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705004534/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/191c71bbd9f3482cb62d288a472a3008|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 July 2018|title=Crimewatch Extra - BBC Choice - 6 May 1999 - BBC Genome|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk|date=6 May 1999 |access-date=4 July 2018}}</ref> |- | ''Crimewatch Extra 5'' || 2 June 1999<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/2eb097783116496f884a4930561d0b25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705004518/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/2eb097783116496f884a4930561d0b25|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 July 2018|title=Crimewatch Extra - BBC Choice - 2 June 1999 - BBC Genome|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk|date=2 June 1999 |access-date=4 July 2018}}</ref> |- | ''Crimewatch Extra 6'' || 30 June 1999<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/7fd9e6fe21bd4ebc9609847c3ffe02a3|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705010047/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/7fd9e6fe21bd4ebc9609847c3ffe02a3|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 July 2018|title=Crimewatch Extra - BBC Choice - 30 June 1999 - BBC Genome|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk|date=30 June 1999 |access-date=4 July 2018}}</ref> |- | ''Crimewatch Extra 7'' || 28 July 1999<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/5056f11ce345472fadc88759ae699705|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705010053/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/5056f11ce345472fadc88759ae699705|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 July 2018|title=Crimewatch Extra - BBC Choice - 28 July 1999 - BBC Genome|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk|date=28 July 1999 |access-date=4 July 2018}}</ref> |- | ''Crimewatch Extra 8'' || 25 August 1999<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/85b8ec8af9c84c08977d996502b7f591|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705004711/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/85b8ec8af9c84c08977d996502b7f591|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 July 2018|title=Crimewatch Extra - BBC Choice - 25 August 1999 - BBC Genome|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk|date=25 August 1999 |access-date=4 July 2018}}</ref> |}

===''Crimewatch Solved''=== {{Main|Crimewatch Solved}}

Beginning on 10 August 1999, a new yearly programme entitled ''Crimewatch: Solved'' was transmitted, showing cases previously featured on the programme that resulted in convictions.<ref name="Crimewatch Solved">{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/1dd754dbe2cf423ba9c47bb7d3cdad3d|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180704215657/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/1dd754dbe2cf423ba9c47bb7d3cdad3d|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 July 2018|title=Crimewatch UK: Solved - BBC One London - 10 August 1999 - BBC Genome|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk|date=10 August 1999 |access-date=4 July 2018}}</ref> Aside from 2002, a new edition was broadcast every year until 2010, when the thirteenth and final edition aired on 1 September 2010.

===''Crimewatch Live''=== {{Main|Crimewatch Live}}

The BBC has aired a number of weekday ''Crimewatch'' programmes. Originally shown between 2000 and 2001, ''Crimewatch Daily'' was the first daily version of the programme, aired between 10:00 and 11:00am on weekday mornings, that appealed for help with unsolved cases not covered in the main programme. Originally shown between 2009 and 2020, ''Crimewatch Roadshow'' was the second daily version of the programme, that was broadcast on weekdays from 9:15 to 10:00am. From 8 March 2021, the show's name was changed to ''[[Crimewatch Live]]'' and is aired between 10.00 and 10:45am on weekday mornings.

===''Crimewatch Specials''=== ''Crimewatch'' also aired a number of one-off programmes.

First aired on 21 May 1997, ''Crimewatch: Hot Property'' was a one-off special presented by [[Jill Dando]]. The programme's aim was to help people find their stolen property that were recovered in police raids.<ref name="Hot Property">{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/0093773c029b4caab7070f0ca44117f4|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028200437/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/0093773c029b4caab7070f0ca44117f4|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 October 2014|title=Crimewatch Hot Property - BBC One London - 21 May 1997 - BBC Genome|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk|date=21 May 1997 |access-date=11 June 2018}}</ref>

====Episodes==== {| class="wikitable" |- ! style="width:250px;"| Subtitle !! Airdate !! Presenter(s) |- | ''Hot Property'' || 21 May 1997<ref name="Hot Property"/> || Jill Dando |- | ''Still Unsolved'' (1) || 2 December 1997<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/6c37bbe104c14386aadf46e6a245c336|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028160717/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/6c37bbe104c14386aadf46e6a245c336|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 October 2014|title=Crimewatch UK: Still Unsolved - BBC One London - 2 December 1997 - BBC Genome|date=2 December 1997|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk|accessdate=14 October 2024}}</ref> || rowspan="2"|Nick Ross Jill Dando |- | ''Still Unsolved'' (2) || 22 September 1998<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/80a6462a93c74dff8c6150570f831317|title=Crimewatch UK: Still Unsolved - BBC One London - 22 September 1998 - BBC Genome|date=22 September 1998|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk|accessdate=14 October 2024}}{{dead link|date=September 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> |- | ''Cracking Crime: Don't Have Nightmares'' || 18 September 2002<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/10407c905b9248929324c6dc80f187a5|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180704220025/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/10407c905b9248929324c6dc80f187a5|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 July 2018|title=Cracking Crime: Don't Have Nightmares - BBC One London - 18 September 2002 - BBC Genome|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk|date=18 September 2002 |access-date=4 July 2018}}</ref> || Nick Ross Fiona Bruce [[Peter Snow]] |- | ''Killer on Camera'' || 12 March 2008<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/59f06b190cb0402bbda5c810d78a4337|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022115157/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/59f06b190cb0402bbda5c810d78a4337|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 October 2014|title=Crimewatch Special: Killer on Camera - BBC One London - 12 March 2008 - BBC Genome|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk|date=12 March 2008 |access-date=4 July 2018}}</ref> || rowspan="3"|Kirsty Young |- | ''On the Streets 1'' || 17 March 2008<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/057fa053e7334e539a7c9eb0003d3258|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022061017/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/057fa053e7334e539a7c9eb0003d3258|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 October 2014|title=Crimewatch on the Streets - BBC One London - 17 March 2008 - BBC Genome|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk|date=17 March 2008 |access-date=4 July 2018}}</ref> |- | ''The Killing of Sally Ann Bowman'' || 8 April 2008<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/d0d2d0a2c2414c2e9a43adc230ac47f9|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021194857/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/d0d2d0a2c2414c2e9a43adc230ac47f9|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 October 2014|title=The Killing of Sally Anne Bowman -a Crimewatch Special - BBC One London - 8 April 2008 - BBC Genome|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk|date=8 April 2008 |access-date=4 July 2018}}</ref> |- | ''Innocent: the Colin Stagg Story'' || 18 December 2008<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ss27z|title=Innocent: the Colin Stagg Story, Crimewatch - BBC One|website=BBC|access-date=4 July 2018}}</ref> || {{N/A}} |- | ''On the Streets 2'' || 7 May 2009<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/e7a101ab9f6a4f5b8fc46c9177a34789|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180704214913/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/e7a101ab9f6a4f5b8fc46c9177a34789|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 July 2018|title=Crimewatch on the Streets - BBC One London - 7 May 2009 - BBC Genome|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk|date=7 May 2009 |access-date=4 July 2018}}</ref> || rowspan="2"|Kirsty Young |- | ''On the Streets 3'' || 11 August 2009<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/c8b6953829c24c34a7beb64ebe0022cf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180704214418/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/c8b6953829c24c34a7beb64ebe0022cf|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 July 2018|title=Crimewatch on the Streets - BBC One London - 11 August 2009 - BBC Genome|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk|date=11 August 2009 |access-date=4 July 2018}}</ref> |- | ''Catch Me If You Can: Murderers'' || 17 May 2011<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ss27z|title=Catch Me If You Can: Murderers, Crimewatch - BBC One|website=BBC|access-date=4 July 2018}}</ref> || [[Philip Glenister]] |- | ''Taken: The Milly Dowler Story'' || 30 June 2011<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b012hlmc|title=Taken: The Milly Dowler Story, Crimewatch - BBC One|website=BBC|access-date=15 April 2020}}</ref> || Kirsty Young |- | ''Riots Caught on Camera'' || 18 August 2011<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ss27z|title=Riots Caught on Camera, Crimewatch - BBC One|website=BBC|access-date=4 July 2018}}</ref> || Rav Wilding |- | ''Catch Me If You Can: Armed Robbers'' || 6 September 2011<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ss27z|title=Catch Me If You Can: Armed Robbers, Crimewatch - BBC One|website=BBC|access-date=4 July 2018}}</ref> || Philip Glenister |- | ''Caught in the Crossfire'' || 23 August 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ss27z|title=Caught in the Crossfire, Crimewatch - BBC One|website=BBC|access-date=4 July 2018}}</ref> || Kirsty Young |}

===''Crimewatch Caught''=== In addition to marking the programme's 40th anniversary, a new spin-off documentary series was commissioned in 2024. ''Crimewatch Caught'' reveals the inner workings of how detectives investigated and solved a range of complex crimes. Each half-hour episode features exclusive interviews with leading officers, alongside the crucial CCTV, forensic evidence and witness testimony that allowed them to bring the perpetrators to justice. Selected episodes of the fifteen part series were first aired, during the run of the live daytime series, on the [[BBC Scotland (TV channel)|BBC Scotland]] channel and [[BBC One Wales]] at primetime and later in full over three weeks on BBC One in a daytime slot. A second series began airing in late September 2025.

==New Zealand version== A New Zealand version of ''Crimewatch'' was broadcast on TVNZ from 1987 until 1996 and was replaced by ''NZI Crimescene'' which was aired in 1997 and 1998. It was shown once a month on [[TVNZ 1|TV One]].

In its first year, ''Crimewatch'' was shown on fourth Mondays at 8pm before moving to fourth Tuesdays at 8pm in 1988 and 8.30pm from 1989 (with a ''Crimewatch Update'' aired at around 11pm) until mid-1996. The programme moved to [[TVNZ 2|TV2]] on 1 August 1996 and aired at 8.30pm on a fourth Thursday until it ended later that year.

Ian Johnstone presented the New Zealand version throughout its entire run, and was joined by Natalie Brunt (1987–88), [[Carol Hirschfeld]] (1989–93), Tiana Tofilau (1994) and Mairanga White (1995–96) as successive co-presenters. Calls to the show's special phoneline helped police solve approximately 1,400 cases.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nzonscreen.com/profile/ian-johnstone/biography|title=Ian Johnstone | NZ On Screen|first=NZ On|last=Screen|website=www.nzonscreen.com|access-date=14 September 2021}}</ref>

==See also== {{Div col}} * ''[[Police 5]]'' (United Kingdom) * ''[[Manhunt – Solving Britain's Crimes]]'' (United Kingdom) * ''[[America's Most Wanted]]'' (United States) * ''[[Fugitive Watch]]'' (United States) * ''[[Unsolved Mysteries]]'' (United States) * ''[[Crime Watch Daily]]'' (United States) * ''[[The Hunt with John Walsh]]'' (United States) * ''[[Aktenzeichen XY... ungelöst]]'' (Germany) * ''[[Efterlyst]]'' (Sweden) * ''[[Crimecall]]'' (Ireland) * ''[[Ten 7 Aotearoa]]'' (New Zealand) * ''[[India's Most Wanted (TV series)|India's Most Wanted]]'' (India) * ''[[Police Report (TV series)|Police Report]]'' (Hong Kong) * ''[[Linha Direta]]'' (Brazil) * ''[[Crime Watch (TV series)|Crime Watch]]'' (Trinidad and Tobago)<ref>{{cite web|title=TnT Crime Watch|url=http://tntcrimewatch.org|access-date=2011-06-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110529191727/http://www.tntcrimewatch.org/|archive-date=29 May 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> * ''[[Crimewatch (Singaporean TV series)|Crimewatch Singapore]]'' {{Div col end}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{BBC programme}} *{{IMDb title|0185794|Crimewatch}}

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