The British Journal of Criminology, Vol. 33, No. 1 (Winter 1993), pp. 19-32 (14 pages) This article analyses the origins of the popular BBC TV crime programme, Crimewatch UK, and the initial ...

After 33 years of appeals and reconstructions, Crimewatch will be hanging up its phone lines for the last time as the BBC axes the ground-breaking programme. The BBC One institution called on the ...

SINCE it first aired in 1984 Crimewatch has broadcast more than 700 programmes and helped bring hundreds of criminals to justice. High profile cases covered include the murder of Julie Dart in 1991, ...

For 40 years, Crimewatch has been keeping criminals up at night... while urging the rest of us: “Don’t have nightmares, do sleep well.” The show, complete with reassuring sign-off from original host ...

It's like the Scooby-Doo Mystery of property stories. Who is the owner of the Notting Hill townhouse bought for £950,000 in 1993 and sold for £35m this week? Could it be Simon Cowell, the ...

Since it first appeared on our screens in 1984, Crimewatch UK has been helping police with their investigations into some of the country’s most vicious and violent crimes. Both Staffordshire and ...

In the files of the UK police forces, many serious crimes remained unsolved. For the first time, these forces were brought together in a regular nationwide programme that sought audience help in ...