Crimewatch Live

Crimewatch Roadshow
Also known as	Crimewatch Roadshow Live
Genre	Factual
Based on	Aktenzeichen XY … ungelöst
Presented by	Rav Wilding Ginny Buckley Miriam O'Reilly Dave Guest Sian Lloyd Jacqui Hames Michelle Ackerley Sonali Shah Tina Daheley
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	12
No. of episodes	260 (list of episodes)
Production
Production location	Multiple location(s)
Running time	45 minutes
Original release
Network	BBC One
Release	1 June 2009 (2009-06-01) – present

Crimewatch Roadshow (also known as Crimewatch Roadshow Live) 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 is broadcast on BBC One.

History

First broadcast on 1 June 2009, Crimewatch Roadshow is a daily version of BBC's Crimewatch programme, in a similar vein to its predecessor Crimewatch Daily (2000–01), that broadcasts on weekdays from 9:15 to 10:00am. As of 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 broadcasts 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.

As of 2020, 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.

Show format

Broadcasting on weekdays from 9:15 to 10:00am, 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: 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 'show the credits in reduced size'.

Viewers can contact the show by phoning 08000 468 999, with the phone lines remaining open until 11am on the morning of the programme. Viewers can 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 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 Roadshow website until the criminals are caught or suspects convicted. Each programme can be watched on the BBC iPlayer catch-up service for 24 hours from broadcast.

Presenters

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

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 Lloyd Jacqui 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 2018	35		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 Ackerley John Paul Davies

Crimewatch Daily

Crimewatch Daily history

First aired on 27 November 2000, Crimewatch Daily was a 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.

Crimewatch Daily transmissions

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

See also

• Crimewatch

External links

• Crimewatch Live at BBC Online