Crimewatch
| Crimewatch | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Crimewatch UK |
| Genre | Factual |
| Based on | Aktenzeichen XY... ungelöst |
| Presented by | 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 |
| Opening theme | "Rescue Helicopter" |
| Composer | John Cameron |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 33 |
| No. of episodes | 321 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Joe Mather |
| Production locations | Television Centre, London (1984–2010) Broadcasting House, Cardiff (2011–2016) Various (2016–2017) |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production companies | BBC Studios BBC Cymru Wales |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC One |
| Release | 7 June 1984 – 20 March 2017 |
| Related | |
| Crime Limited Crimewatch File Crimewatch Solved Crimewatch Live | |
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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.
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. The move took place in January 2011. 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. 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. The daytime spin-off series Crimewatch Roadshow (now Crimewatch Live) would continue to air, but will also air more episodes per year. Over 40 years, more than 700 programmes have been broadcast with 7,000 appeals made on behalf of British police.