Crimewatch
Presenter Year Additional information
Nick Ross 1984-2007 The main anchor and longest-serving presenter of the series since its inception . His catchphrase , Do n't have nightmares , do sleep well ( which closed out each episode ) , became a household phrase and was often spoofed in numerous other TV shows . During his time on the show , he had three co-presenters : Sue Cook , Jill Dando and Fiona Bruce . From May 1999 until January 2000 , Ross presented the show alone following the murder of Jill Dando . He left the programme in July 2007 to concentrate on other broadcasting projects
Sue Cook 1984-1995 British broadcaster and author , and first co-presenter of the series . Unlike her successors , Cook acted more as a second main anchor , sometimes presenting a larger segment of the programme than Ross . Cook left the series in June 1995 to focus on other broadcasting projects
Jill Dando 1995-1999 British broadcaster and newsreader . Second co-presenter of the series , appointed following Sue Cook 's departure . The edition of Crimewatch broadcast on 20 April 1999 would be Dando 's last ; she was murdered six days later ( 26 April ) . Her murder was reconstructed on the May 1999 programme , where an appeal for witnesses was made . Calls made by viewers initially draw the police onto a new line of enquiry , in which they identified suspect Barry George , who was later convicted of the killing - but was acquitted in August 2008 . No further appeals for information were ever made on the programme
Fiona Bruce 2000-2007 British broadcaster and newsreader . Third co-presenter of the series , appointed in January 2000 following the murder of Jill Dando the previous year . Bruce co-hosted with Ross until his departure in July 2007 , but left the show in December 2007 to host Antiques Roadshow
Kirsty Young 2008-2015 Former newsreader for ITV and Channel Five who became the main anchor of the show in January 2008 . Young departed the series in December 2015 after seven years
Matthew Amroliwala 2008-2015 British newsreader who became the show 's fourth co-presenter , Amroliwala hosted both the How they were caught and update segments . He left the show in March 2015 to focus on his other role of international affairs correspondent for BBC News
Martin Bayfield 2012-2016 Former rugby player and policeman turned sports commentator , who took over from Rav Wilding in January 2012 as the presenter of the Caught on Camera segment . Bayfield was the only remaining full-time presenter on the show when the BBC chose to reboot the format , and did not return
Jason Mohammad 2015-2016 British rugby commentator and journalist , who initially took over from Amroliwala for two months on a temporary basis , before returning in October 2015 as a full-time presenter . Mohammad did not return to the show when the format was rebooted in September 2016
Jeremy Vine 2016-2017 British newsreader , presenter and journalist who took over as main anchor as part of a new rebooted format in September 2016 , which saw the programme travel across the country and broadcast from the scene of one of the main appeals featured in the episode
Tina Daheley 2016-2017 British newsreader and former BBC Radio 1 journalist who took over as co-presenter in September 2016 , taking over the roles of both Mohammad and Bayfield , presenting the Caught on Camera , How they were caught and update segments
Presenters -- Main show
Crimewatch (formerly Crimewatch UK) is a British television programme produced by the BBC, that reconstructs major unsolved crimes in order to gain information from the public which may assist in solving the case. The programme was originally broadcast once a month on BBC One, although in more recent years it was usually broadcast roughly once every two months. Crimewatch was first broadcast on 7 June 1984, and is based on the German TV show Aktenzeichen XY … ungelöst (which translates as File Reference XY … Unsolved). Nick Ross and Sue Cook presented the show for the first eleven years, until Cook's departure in June 1995. Cook was replaced by Jill Dando. After Dando was murdered in April 1999, Ross hosted Crimewatch alone until January 2000 when Fiona Bruce subsequently joined the show. Kirsty Young and Matthew Amroliwala replaced Ross and Bruce following their departures in 2007. It was announced on 15 October 2008 that the BBC would move the production of shows such as Crimewatch to studios in Cardiff. Young and Amroliwala remained as the lead presenters until 2015. Following a brief period with guest presenter Sophie Raworth in 2016, it was announced that the show would relaunch in September 2016 with a new weekly format. The new presenters were announced as Jeremy Vine and Tina Daheley. The new series began on 5 September 2016, with the final episode broadcast on 20 March 2017.