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.

History

Broadcast on BBC One, it was aired on an ad hoc basis and presented by Nick Ross and Sue Cook concurrently, 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

EntitleAirdateCase
Double Supergrass10 August 1988One of a gang of London-based armed robbers turns into a double supergrass and makes criminal history
The Railway Murders17 August 1988The murders of Alison Day, Maartje Tamboezer and Anne Lock
The Murder of Police Sergeant Speed12 October 1988The Murder of Police Sergeant John Speed
The Shirley Banks Murder16 August 1989The murder of Shirley Banks
Operation Osprey23 August 1989The UK-wide search by Greater Manchester Police for rapist Andrew Longmire
The Red Connection15 August 1990The 1986 murder of a Lake District hotelier
Murder Unearthed22 August 1990The investigation into a dismembered body found in 1986 in Sussex
Operation Trigger24 July 1991How police forces across the UK cornered one of the UK's most reckless gang of armed robbers
A Party to Murder5 September 1991The murder of Karen Price
A Chapter of Revelations24 September 1992The murder of Ronald Harrison
Without Consent1 October 1992The hunt for a rapist who lured girls into his car by posing as a taxi driver
Murder Without Motive8 October 1992The murder of Dr David Birkett
A Murderer's Game21 September 1993The kidnapping of Stephanie Slater
Double Identity28 September 1993Investigating why a supermarket manager was forced to rob his own store while his family was held hostage
Burden of Proof1 March 1994The murder of Elizabeth McCormack
In the Line of Fire8 March 1994The shooting of David Paterson
Sorry, Sarah29 March 1994Rapist Tony Snow
Death of a Gentleman6 September 1994The murder of Christoph Scliack
The Lost Boys 4 October 1994The murder of Jason Swift
The Lost Boys 11 October 1994The follow-up investigation Operation Orchid which established links between Jason's murder and the murders of other young boys in the 1980s
Armed and Dangerous28 February 1995The capture of armed robbers which involved seven police forces, Interpol and the Spanish judicial authorities
Scarred10 October 1995The rape of a young woman in south west London
Going Under7 November 1995The murders of Fred Maltby and Alan “Joe” Rylatt
The Iceman17 September 1996The murder of Harry and Nicola Fuller
Daniel Handley — A Stolen Life12 November 1996The murder of Daniel Handley
Crimewatch File: Manhunt11 March 1998The murder of a garage owner and his assistant in Morecambe
Dreams of Gold18 March 1998The investigation into Olympic swimming coach Paul Hickson
Left for Dead26 May 1998The brutal attack on Merlyn Nuttall
Murder Without Motive13 October 1998The murder of Margaret Wilson
Sorrow27 October 1998The murder of Glenda Hoskins
Wanted28 April 1999How police caught conman Leslie Salter
The Hunter and the Hunted: DJ Rapist4 April 2000The hunt for rapist Richard Baker