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Crimewatch Live (previously known as Crimewatch Roadshow Live or simply Crimewatch Roadshow and originally as Crimewatch Daily) is a British television programme produced by BBC Studios Documentary Unit Cymru Wales, that reconstructs major unsolved in order to gain information from the public which may assist in solving them. The programme is broadcast on BBC One.
Twelve series of the show have been broadcast. Rav Wilding has presented throughout, first appearing as a co-presenter alongside Sophie Raworth before being promoted to main anchor from the second series onwards. Ginny Buckley, Miriam O'Reilly, Dave Guest, Alice Bandhukvari, Nicola Rees, Sian Lloyd, Sonali Shah, Michelle Ackerley and Tina Daheley have all appeared on-location as co-presenters throughout the series' run. During the fifth series, former Crimewatch presenter Jacqui Hames co-presented every Friday, updating viewers on success stories from years past. From the twelve series onwards, Ackerley is promoted to anchor alongside Wilding in the studio, with John Paul Davies joining the team as the new roving reporter.
In October 2025, Ackerley was absent due to being on maternity leave and was replaced by stand-ins Steph McGovern and Jennifer Reoch. McGovern presented the show on Mondays and Tuesdays, while Reoch covered Wednesdays through Fridays during the first two weeks of the series'
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Other features to the show include a "CCTV section", which showed crimes caught on CCTV with enhanced imagery of suspects. A "Wanted Faces" section was also featured: four close-up pictures of suspects police are trying to trace are shown on screen. This section also frequently involves information about suspects, including aliases. These four photos are shown upon the programme's closing credits, one of the few programmes in which the BBC do not 'show the credits in reduced size'.
Viewers can contact the show by phoning 08000 468 999, with the phone lines remaining open until 12:30pm on the morning of the programme. Viewers can also send text messages to 63399 24/7. Due to the high demand for cases to be shown on the programme, many other cases are added to the website. These are joined by reconstructions, CCTV footage and wanted faces that have been shown on previous programmes. All reconstructions, CCTV footage, faces and cases remain on the Crimewatch Live website until the criminals are caught or suspects convicted. Each programme can be watched on the BBC iPlayer catch-up service for 24 hours (later increased to seven days) from broadcast.
| Phil Gayle | 2000–2001 | Main presenter of the original Crimewatch Daily series |
| Jane Moore | 2000–2001 | Co-presenter of the original Crimewatch Daily series |
| Rav Wilding | 2009–present | Presenter of Crimewatch Roadshow for every series. |
| Sophie Raworth | 2009 | Main presenter during the first series in June 2009. |
| Ginny Buckley | 2010 | Co-presenter during the second series in 2010. |
| Miriam O'Reilly | 2011 | Co-presenter during the third series in 2011. |
| Dave Guest | 2012 | Co-presenter during the fourth series in 2012. |
| Sian Lloyd | 2013–2015 | Second longest-serving co-presenter. |
| Sonali Shah | 2015 | Co-presenter during third and final week of series 7 in June 2015. |
| Michelle Ackerley | 2015–2025 | Longest-serving co-presenter, since June 2015. |
| John Paul Davies | 2020–2021 | Co-presenter for series 12, 13 and 14. |
| Steph McGovern | 2025–present | Stand-in co-presenter for series 22. |
| Jennifer Reoch | ||
| Jane Moore |
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| Rav Wilding | |||
| Ginny Buckley | |||
| Miriam O'Reilly | |||
| Dave Guest | |||
| Sian Lloyd Jacqui Hames (Episodes 5, 10, 15 and 20) | |||
| Sian Lloyd | |||
| Sian Lloyd (Episodes 1–10) Michelle Ackerley (Episodes 11–15) Sonali Shah (Episodes 16–20) | |||
| Michelle Ackerley | |||
| Michelle Ackerley (Episodes 1–15) Tina Daheley (Episodes 16–20) | |||
| 10 | 4 June 2018 | 29 June 2018 | Michelle Ackerley |
| 4 March 2019 | 22 March 2019 | ||
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| 9 March 2020 | 27 March 2020 | ||
| Michelle Ackerley John Paul Davies | |||
| 13 | 8 March 2021 | 26 March 2021 | |
| 14 | 6 September 2021 | 24 September 2021 | |
| 15 | 7 March 2022 | 25 March 2022 | Michelle Ackerley |
| 16 | 3 October 2022 | 21 October 2022 | |
| 17 | 6 March 2023 | 24 March 2023 | |
| 18 | 2 October 2023 | 20 October 2023 | |
| 19 | 4 March 2024 | 22 March 2024 | |
| 20 | 30 September 2024 | 18 October 2024 | |
| 21 | 3 March 2025 | 21 March 2025 | |
| 22 | 6 October 2025 | October 2025 | Steph McGovern Jennifer Reoch |
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