Crimewatch File

Crimewatch File was 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]

Crimewatch File
Genre	Factual
Presented by	Nick Ross Sue Cook Jill Dando
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of episodes	32
Production
Production location	Multiple location(s)
Running time	45–60 minutes
Original release
Network	BBC One
Release	10 August 1988 (1988-08-10) – 4 April 2000 (2000-04-04)

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 1988[1]	One of a gang of London-based armed robbers turns into a double supergrass and makes criminal history
The Railway Murders	17 August 1988[2]	The murders of Alison Day, Maartje Tamboezer and Anne Lock
The Murder of Police Sergeant Speed	12 October 1988[3]	The Murder of Police Sergeant John Speed
The Shirley Banks Murder	16 August 1989[4]	The murder of Shirley Banks
Operation Osprey	23 August 1989[5]	The UK-wide search by Greater Manchester Police for rapist Andrew Longmire
The Red Connection	15 August 1990[6]	The 1986 murder of a Lake District hotelier
Murder Unearthed	22 August 1990[7]	The investigation into a dismembered body found in 1986 in Sussex
Operation Trigger	24 July 1991[8]	How police forces across the UK cornered one of the UK's most reckless gang of armed robbers
A Party to Murder	5 September 1991[9]	The murder of Karen Price
A Chapter of Revelations	24 September 1992[10]	The murder of Ronald Harrison
Without Consent	1 October 1992[11]	The hunt for a rapist who lured girls into his car by posing as a taxi driver
Murder Without Motive	8 October 1992[12]	The murder of Dr David Birkett
A Murderer's Game	21 September 1993[13]	The kidnapping of Stephanie Slater
Double Identity	28 September 1993[14]	Investigating why a supermarket manager was forced to rob his own store while his family was held hostage
Burden of Proof	1 March 1994[15]	The murder of Elizabeth McCormack
In the Line of Fire	8 March 1994[16]	The shooting of David Paterson
Sorry, Sarah	29 March 1994[17]	Rapist Tony Snow
Death of a Gentleman	6 September 1994[18]	The murder of Christoph Scliack
The Lost Boys (Part 1)	4 October 1994[19]	The murder of Jason Swift
The Lost Boys (Part 2)	11 October 1994[20]	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 1995[21]	The capture of armed robbers which involved seven police forces, Interpol and the Spanish judicial authorities
Scarred	10 October 1995[22]	The rape of a young woman in south west London
Going Under	7 November 1995[23]	The murders of Fred Maltby and Alan “Joe” Rylatt
The Iceman	17 September 1996[24]	The murder of Harry and Nicola Fuller
Daniel Handley — A Stolen Life	12 November 1996[25]	The murder of Daniel Handley
Crimewatch File: Manhunt	11 March 1998[26]	The murder of a garage owner and his assistant in Morecambe
Dreams of Gold	18 March 1998[27]	The investigation into Olympic swimming coach Paul Hickson
Left for Dead	26 May 1998[28]	The brutal attack on Merlyn Nuttall
Murder Without Motive	13 October 1998[29]	The murder of Margaret Wilson
Sorrow	27 October 1998[30]	The murder of Glenda Hopkins
Wanted	28 April 1999[31]	How police caught conman Leslie Salter
The Hunter and the Hunted: DJ Rapist	4 April 2000[32]	The hunt for rapist Richard Baker

See also

• Crimewatch