Crimewatch

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 on BBC One, although in the final years before cancellation 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.

Related Pages

 * Crimewatch UK Episode Guide

Spinoff series:
 * Crimewatch File
 * Crimewatch solved
 * Crime Limited
 * Crimewatch Live
 * Crimewatch Extra
 * Crimewatch Live
 * Crimewatch Specials

Books:
 * Crimewatch UK (1980's)
 * Crimewatch solved: The inside story (2001)
 * Crimewatch: Book of True Crime Stories (1994)