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Australia's Most Wanted is a television program based on the format made popular by America's Most Wanted. It was screened on the Seven Network as a regular series from 1989 until 1998.[2][3]
Australia's Most Wanted | |
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Genre | Factual |
Based on | America's Most Wanted |
Presented by | Don Willesee (1988 pilot) Bryan Marshall (1989) Ann Sanders (1993) Sarah Henderson (1994) Roger Climpson (1997–1998) Hugh Riminton (1999) Kim Watkins (1999) |
Voices of | Alastair Duncan |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 6 (Seven Network) 1 (Channel Nine) |
Production | |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Production company | Grundy Television (Seven Network) |
Original release | |
Network | Seven Network (1988–1998) Nine Network (1999) |
Release | February 17, 1988[1] – 1999 |
Related | |
Wanted (2013) |
The show was often in the headlines due to its graphic crime scene re-enactments which many deemed too distressing for the show's 7:30pm Monday timeslot.[4]
After the Seven Network cancelled the series in early 1999, the Nine Network created their own version of the format later that year.[5] It was unsuccessful and cancelled after six weeks.
Featured presenters on the various incarnations of the show included:
During 1993, the regular New South Wales Police representative was Senior Constable Denise Behringer. Jackie Forsyth, the wife of murdered police constable Peter Forsyth, worked as a special reporter in the Nine Network version.[11]
In 2013, Network Ten re-booted the series calling it Wanted. The hosts were Sandra Sully and Matt Doran.[12] The show was not a success and was cancelled two months later.
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