Crimewatch UK Episode Guide

This page attempts to list all the full reconstructions for every episode of Crimewatch UK. Incident Desk appeals, Photo Call, and Aladdin's Cave segments are not included here. Episodes are grouped according to year.

Episode 1
Originally Aired: June 7, 1984
 * Murder: Colett Aram
 * Murder:  Eila Karjalainen
 * Disappearance: Mark Tildesley

Episode 2
Originally Aired: July 12, 1984
 * Murder: Caroline Osborne
 * Robbery: Guildford Armed Robbery
 * Burglary: After-Time Gang

Episode 3
Originally Aired: August 16, 1984
 * Murder: Christopher Laverack
 * Fraud: Manchester Con-man
 * Murder: Gary Collins

Episode 4
Originally Aired: October 1, 1984
 * Murder: Janice Weston
 * Arson: Northeast Church Fires

Note: It is with this episode that Crimewatch becomes a regular monthly series.
 * Murder: London Mini-cab Murders

Episode 5
Originally Aired: November 6, 1984
 * Robbery: Battering Ram Raiders


 * Murder: Shelley Morgan
 * Murder: Lloyd Simpson

Episode 6
Originally aired: December 20, 1984
 * Murder: Sgt. John Speed
 * An unidentified female murder victim found Kent in 1979
 * Murder: Yvonne Coley

Episode 7
Originally Aired: January 21, 1985
 * Murder: Mark Yendell
 * Rape: Hertfordshire serial rapist
 * Burglary: Mitchell family home burglary

Episode 8
Originally Aired: March 14, 1985
 * Murder: Elizabeth Sutherland


 * Missing: Veronique Mireille Marre
 * Murder: Hilda Murrell

Episode 9
Originally Aired: May 2, 1985
 * Arson: A fire that killed two children in Hastings
 * Missing: The disappearance of two women in North Wales
 * Robbery: An attack on former singer Karen Young in which two rings, one of which was over £300,000, were stolen.

Episode 10
Originally Aired: June 13, 1985
 * Missing: Mark Tildesley
 * Robbery: Wallace and Mary Foster

Episode 11
Originally Aired: July 11, 1985
 * Murder: Jackie Waines

Episode 12
Originally Aired: August 29, 1985
 * Murder: Imraan Vohra
 * Robbery: The robbery of ten building societies by the same man
 * Murder: Roy Page

Episode 13
Originally aired: October 17, 1985
 * Robbery: A bungled Securicor wages snatch
 * Missing: The disappearance of a woman on Halloween in 1984
 * Robbery: Series of robberies of businessmen in Liverpool

Episode 14
Originally Aired: November 14, 1985
 * Robbery: London security van robberies using remote-controlled explosives
 * Robbery: Derbyshire bank raid

Episode 15
Originally Aired: December 12, 1985
 * Robbery: London flat robbery

Episode 16
Originally Aired: January 30, 1986
 * Murder: Barry Lewis
 * Robbery: Merseyside jewellery shop robbery

Episode 17
Originally Aired: February 27, 1986
 * Robbery: Manchester wages snatch
 * Murder: Alison Day

Episode 18
Originally Aired: March 27, 1986
 * Murder: Steve Whitnell
 * Robbery: Hertfordshire jewellery shop robbery

Episode 19
Originally Aired: April 24, 1986
 * Murder: Richard and Helen Thomas
 * Murder: Susan Maxwell and Caroline Hogg

Episode 20
Originally Aired: May 22, 1986
 * Murder: Maartje Tamboezer
 * Missing: Anne Locke
 * Murder: Jason Swift

Episode 21
Originally Aired: July 10, 1986
 * Murder: Georgina Davies
 * Robbery: Birmingham bank robbery
 * Missing: Anne Locke

Episode 22
Originally Aired: September 18, 1986
 * Murder: Diane Sindall
 * Robbery: Series of museum robberies by the same gang
 * Murder: Raymond Che Keng Fung

Episode 23
Originally Aired: October 16, 1986
 * Kidnapping: Jamie Thomas
 * Robbery: Elm Bond Street jewellery robbery

Episode 24
Originally Aired: November 13, 1986
 * Murder: Karen Hadaway and Nicola Fellows
 * Robbery: Serial robberies in the north of England

Episode 25
Originally Aired: December 18, 1986
 * Murder: Dawn Ashworth
 * Fraud: Pension frauds
 * Robbery: Lollipop bank raid

Episode 26
Originally Aired: January 29, 1987
 * Murder: Dougie Latter
 * Fraud: Robbery of elderly in Northamptonshire
 * Murder: John Gaspa

Episode 27
Originally Aired: February 26, 1987
 * Murder: Marina Monti and Rachel Applethwaite

Episode 28
Originally Aired: March 26, 1987
 * Murder: London car park attendant murdered
 * Robbery: Cigarette lorry robberies

Episode 29
Originally Aired: April 23. 1987
 * Robbery: Hertfordshire artwork theft
 * Murder: Daniel Morgan
 * Robbery: Midlands gun shop robbery

Episode 30
Originally Aired: May 21, 1987
 * Murder: Shani Warren
 * Murder: Helen Fleet

Episode 31
Originally Aired: June 18, 1987
 * Murder: Barry Oldham
 * Assault: Sheffield woman attacked in her own home

Episode 32
Originally Aired: July 16, 1987
 * Murder: Christopher Comely
 * Murder: Rachel Mewes

Episode 33
Originally Aired: October 13, 1987
 * Murder: Wendy Knell
 * Rape: Notting Hill serial rapist
 * Robbery: Central Railway Station wages hold-up

Episode 34
Originally Aired: November 10, 1987
 * Murder: Rachael Partridge
 * Fraud: Hertfordshire bank fraud
 * Fraud: West London car thefts

Episode 35
Originally Aired: December 8, 1987
 * Murder: Lynda Hunter
 * Robbery: Knutsford farmhouse robbery
 * Fraud: Bogus callers prey on the elderly in Cardiff

Episode 36
Originally Aired: January 12, 1988
 * Arson: Northampton Arson
 * Robbery: Salisbury post office robbery
 * Murder: Ivy Batten

Episode 37
Originally Aired: February 18, 1988
 * Murder: Kathy Walsh
 * Robbery: Oxford security van robbery
 * Murder: Fiona Gallant

Episode 38
Originally Aired: March 17, 1988
 * Robbery: Hartlepool raid
 * Fraud: Yarmouth fraud
 * Murder: Lynette White

Episode 39
Originally Aired: April 14, 1988

Note: Pattie Coldwell fills in for Sue Cook who is on maternity leave.

Episode 40
Originally Aired: May 12, 1988

Episode 41
Originally Aired: June 9, 1988
 * Murder: Joan Macan
 * Fraud: Redditch con man

Episode 42
Originally Aired: September 8, 1988


 * Murder: Suzanne Greenhill
 * Kidnap: Merseyside supermarket kidnap
 * Rape: Sussex serial rapist

Episode 43
Originally Aired: October 6, 1988