Australia's Most Wanted

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
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 (1988-02-17)[1] – November 22, 1999 (1999-11-22)
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.

Presenters

Featured presenters on the various incarnations of the show included:

• Don Willesee – 1988 pilot
• Bryan Marshall – 1989^[6]
• Ann Sanders – 1993^[7][8]
• Sarah Henderson – 1994^[9]
• Roger Climpson – 1997–1998
• Alastair Duncan – Voiceover (Seven Network)
• Hugh Riminton and Kim Watkins – 1999 (Nine Network)^[10][5]

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]

Wanted

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.