Jeremy Vine and Tina Daheley will front BBC One’s Crimewatch when it returns to the channel this autumn with a brand new look and refreshed format.
For the first time ever Crimewatch will be shown weekly, starting with a series of episodes airing live on BBC One across September. In a further first for the enduring format, Crimewatch will take viewers to the heart of key appeals across the UK, as each episode broadcasts live from a mobile incident studio based near the scene of a key crime featured that week.The series will continue to feature the show’s well-known mix of appeals, dramatic reconstructions, CCTV footage and ‘wanted faces’ that have proven so vital to the Police Forces who turn to Crimewatch to catch the perpetrators of high-profile unsolved crimes.
Viewers will be able to respond to appeals immediately using the usual Crimewatch phoneline as well as via text and email. In another new addition to the show, audiences will be kept up to date with developments on the cases immediately after and in the week between each episode via live updates on a brand new digital platform.
On joining the series, Jeremy Vine says: “I grew up watching Crimewatch. It is one of the most powerful programmes the BBC has ever broadcast with the power to change and save lives, and of course, to solve crimes. To present it is a great honour and with this new format Crimewatch will be even more at the heart of the BBC One schedule.”
Tina Daheley says: “I also grew up watching Crimewatch and I feel very privileged to join a programme that’s allowed ordinary viewers to help bring criminals to justice and make our communities safer. Young people often suffer most from crime, so I’m especially keen to use my journalistic skills and experience engaging young audiences at Radio 1 to make sure they feel part of the new look show.”
Crimewatch’s Executive Editor Joe Mather says: “We’re delighted to have two absolutely first-rate live broadcasters take the helm of Crimewatch. Jeremy is the ideal presenter to lead such an important and established BBC One series. He has the perfect mix of serious journalism alongside genuine empathy towards the victims of crime and their families. Tina is an incredibly strong broadcaster and journalist, delivering daily live news to the listeners of Radio 1 as well as sports and arts coverage across the BBC.”
“Viewers will find it easier to know when the programme is on and by having Jeremy and Tina broadcast live on location we’ll be able to show more clearly than ever that Crimewatch and its viewers are at the heart of solving serious crime in the UK. Your call really could be all it takes to put an offender behind bars.”
Alison Kirkham, Controller of Factual Commissioning, added: “Crimewatch represents public service broadcasting at its best, and I’m delighted that broadcasters of the calibre of both Jeremy and Tina have joined the team.”
Following its September 2016 run, Crimewatch will return to BBC One for its next block of episodes in early 2017.
- Four episodes of Crimewatch will air weekly from early September on BBC One.
- A four week run of spin-off series Crimewatch Roadshow recently aired on BBC One Daytime and will return for a further run in early summer 2017.
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