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Crimewatch File

Crimewatch File is a British television programme which reconstructed the investigation of a single case that had previously been covered by Crimewatch which viewers had previously helped to solve.

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Crimewatch File
GenreFactual
Presented byNick Ross
Sue Cook
Jill Dando
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes32
Production
Production locationMultiple location(s)
Running time45–60 minutes
Original release
NetworkBBC One
Release10 August 1988 (1988-08-10) –
4 April 2000 (2000-04-04)

Crimewatch File is a British television programme which reconstructed the investigation of a single case that had previously been covered by Crimewatch which viewers had previously helped to solve.1

History

Broadcast on BBC One, it was aired on an ad hoc basis and presented by Nick Ross and Sue Cook concurrently (with Jill Dando taking over from Cook in 1996 until her death), more than thirty editions aired until April 2000, when the final edition, fronted by Ross, was broadcast. Following the show's demise, in latter years of the main Crimewatch programme, episodes would regularly feature segments and reports on solved cases previously featured on the programme in a very similar vein to Crimewatch File.

Transmissions

Entitle Airdate Case
Double Supergrass 10 August 19881 One of a gang of London-based armed robbers turns into a double supergrass and makes criminal history
The Railway Murders 17 August 19882 The murders of Alison Day, Maartje Tamboezer and Anne Lock
The Murder of Police Sergeant Speed 12 October 19883 The Murder of Police Sergeant John Speed
The Shirley Banks Murder 16 August 19894 The murder of Shirley Banks
Operation Osprey 23 August 19895 The UK-wide search by Greater Manchester Police for rapist Andrew Longmire
The Red Connection 15 August 19906 The 1986 murder of a Lake District hotelier
Murder Unearthed 22 August 19907 The investigation into a dismembered body found in 1986 in Sussex
Operation Trigger 24 July 19918 How police forces across the UK cornered one of the UK's most reckless gang of armed robbers
A Party to Murder 5 September 19919 The murder of Karen Price
A Chapter of Revelations 24 September 199210 The murder of Ronald Harrison
Without Consent 1 October 199211 The hunt for a rapist who lured girls into his car by posing as a taxi driver
Murder Without Motive 8 October 199212 The murder of Dr David Birkett
A Murderer's Game 21 September 199313 The kidnapping of Stephanie Slater
Double Identity 28 September 199314 Investigating why a supermarket manager was forced to rob his own store while his family was held hostage
Burden of Proof 1 March 199415 The murder of Elizabeth McCormack
In the Line of Fire 8 March 199416 The shooting of David Paterson
Sorry, Sarah 29 March 199417 Rapist Tony Snow
Death of a Gentleman 6 September 199418 The murder of Christoph Scliack
The Lost Boys (Part 1) 4 October 199419 The murder of Jason Swift
The Lost Boys (Part 2) 11 October 199420 The follow-up investigation Operation Orchid which established links between Jason's murder and the murders of other young boys in the 1980s
Armed and Dangerous 28 February 199521 The capture of armed robbers which involved seven police forces, Interpol and the Spanish judicial authorities
Scarred 10 October 199522 The rape of a young woman in south west London
Going Under 7 November 199523 The murders of Fred Maltby and Alan “Joe” Rylatt
The Iceman 17 September 199624 The murder of Harry and Nicola Fuller
Daniel Handley — A Stolen Life 12 November 199625 The murder of Daniel Handley
Crimewatch File: Manhunt 11 March 199826 The murder of a garage owner and his assistant in Morecambe
Dreams of Gold 18 March 199827 The investigation into Olympic swimming coach Paul Hickson
Left for Dead 26 May 199828 The brutal attack on Merlyn Nuttall
Murder Without Motive 13 October 199829 The murder of Margaret Wilson
Sorrow 27 October 199830 The murder of Glenda Hoskins
Wanted 28 April 199931 How police caught conman Leslie Salter
The Hunter and the Hunted: DJ Rapist 4 April 200032 The hunt for rapist Richard Baker
See also

See also

References

References

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