Crimewatch Live
Introduction '''''Crimewatch Live''''' (previously known as '''''Crimewatch Roadshow Live''''' or simply '''''Crimewatch Roadshow''''' and originally as '''''Crimewatch Daily''''') is a British television programme produced by BBC Studios Documentary Unit Cymru Wales, that reconstructs major unsolved crimes in order to gain information from the public which may assist in solving them. The programme is broadcast on BBC One.
History ===2000–2001: ''Crimewatch Daily''===First aired on 27 November 2000, ''Crimewatch Daily'' was the initial daily version of the original ''Crimewatch'' programme, aired between 10:00 and 11:00am on weekday mornings, that appealed for help with unsolved cases not covered in the main programme. Broadcast from a specially designed studio at New Scotland Yard, the series was presented by Phil Gayle and Jane Moore. Two further series aired throughout 2001, before the final edition was broadcast on 7 December 2001.===2009–2020: ''Crimewatch Roadshow''===First broadcast on 1 June 2009, ''Crimewatch Roadshow'' was the second daily version of the BBC's ''Crimewatch'' programme, that was broadcast on weekdays from 9:15 to 10:00am. From 2009, the main ''Crimewatch'' programme did not broadcast in June, being instead replaced by twenty shows broadcast on a daily basis throughout the month. The ''Crimewatch Roadshow'' broadcast live from a different area of the country for each episode, often containing features on how the local police force helps to solve everyday crime. In October 2017, it was announced that following the cancellation of the main programme, it would now broadcast two series per year.12 series of the show have been broadcast. Rav Wilding has presented all 12 series, first appearing as a co-presenter alongside Sophie Raworth before being promoted to main anchor from the second series onwards. Ginny Buckley, Miriam O'Reilly, Dave Guest, Alice Bandhukvari, Nicola Rees, Sian Lloyd, Sonali Shah, Michelle Ackerley and Tina Daheley have all appeared as co-presenters throughout the series' run. During the fifth series, former ''Crimewatch'' presenter Jacqui Hames co-presented every Friday, updating viewers on success stories from years past.===2021: ''Crimewatch Live''===First broadcast on 8 March 2021, ''Crimewatch Live'' is the third and current daily version of the BBC's ''Crimewatch'' programme, that broadcasts on weekday mornings orginially from 11:00 to 11:45am before moving an hour earlier from September 2021.It is now filmed in BBC Cymru Wales New Broadcasting House, Cardiff, with presenters Rav Wilding and Michelle Ackerley in the studio, and John Paul Davies reporting on scene.
Show format Broadcasting on weekday mornings, at various times over the years, it features approximately three or four cases per show with each case featuring reconstructions of the crime. It is one of the largest live factual studio productions. The films shown often feature interviews with senior detectives and/or relatives or friends of victims. Key evidence is usually shown, such as E-FIT profiles of suspects and details of certain lines of enquiry.Other features to the show include a "CCTV section", which showed crimes caught on CCTV with enhanced imagery of suspects. A "Wanted Faces" section was also featured: four 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 four photos are shown upon the programme's closing credits, one of the few programmes in which the BBC do not 'show the credits in reduced size'.Viewers can contact the show by phoning 08000 468 999, with the phone lines remaining open until 12:30pm on the morning of the programme. Viewers can also send text messages to 63399 24/7.Due to the high demand for cases to be shown on the programme, many other cases are added to the 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 Live website until the criminals are caught or suspects convicted. Each programme can be watched on the BBC iPlayer catch-up service for 24 hours (later increased to seven days) from broadcast.
Presenters ===''Crimewatch Daily''=== Presenter Year Additional information Phil Gayle 2000–2001 Main presenter of the original ''Crimewatch Daily'' series Jane Moore 2000–2001 Co-presenter of the original ''Crimewatch Daily'' series=== Crimewatch Roadshow (''Crimewatch Live'' since 2021) === Presenter Year Additional information Rav Wilding 2009–present Presenter of ''Crimewatch Roadshow'' for every series. Sophie Raworth 2009 Main presenter during the first series in June 2009.Ginny Buckley 2010 Co-presenter during the second series in 2010.Miriam O'Reilly 2011 Co-presenter during the third series in 2011.Dave Guest 2012 Co-presenter during the fourth series in 2012.Sian Lloyd 2013–2015 Second longest-serving co-presenter. Sonali Shah 2015 Co-presenter during third and final week of series 7 in June 2015.Michelle Ackerley  2015–present Longest-serving co-presenter, since June 2015.John Paul Davies 2020–present Co-presenter since the twelfth series
Transmissions ===''Crimewatch Daily''=== Series  Start date  End date  Episodes  Main presenter(s)  Co-presenter(s) '''1'''  27 November 2000  1 December 2000  5 Phil Gayle Jane Moore '''2'''  29 January 2001  9 March 2001  29 '''3'''  5 November 2001  7 December 2001  24=== ''Crimewatch Roadshow'' (''Crimewatch Live'' since 2021) === Series  Start date  End date  Episodes  Main presenter(s)  Co-presenter(s) '''1'''  1 June 2009  26 June 2009  20  Sophie Raworth  Rav Wilding '''2'''  7 June 2010  2 July 2010  20 Rav Wilding  Ginny Buckley '''3'''  6 June 2011  1 July 2011  20  Miriam O'Reilly '''4'''  11 June 2012  6 July 2012  20  Dave Guest  '''5'''  10 June 2013  5 July 2013  20  Sian LloydJacqui Hames (Episodes 5, 10, 15 & 20) '''6'''  9 June 2014  4 July 2014  20  Sian Lloyd '''7'''  8 June 2015  3 July 2015  20  Sian Lloyd (Episodes 1–10)Michelle Ackerley (Episodes 11–15)Sonali Shah (Episodes 16–20) '''8'''  6 June 2016  1 July 2016  20  Michelle Ackerley '''9'''  12 June 2017  7 July 2017  20  Michelle Ackerley (Episodes 1–15)Tina Daheley (Episodes 16–20)'''10'''  4 June 2018  29 June 201835 Michelle Ackerley 4 March 2019 22 March 2019'''11'''  9 September 2019  27 September 2019 30 9 March 2020 27 March 2020 '''12'''  7 September 2020  25 September 2020  15  Michelle AckerleyJohn Paul Davies'''13'''8 March 202126 March 202115'''14'''6 September 202124 September 202115'''15'''7 March 202225 March 202215Michelle Ackerley'''16'''3 October 202221 October 202215'''17'''6 March 202324 March 202315
See also *''Crimewatch''*''Crimewatch File''*''Crime Limited''
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