Crimewatch Live: Series 17
Crimewatch Live returns for its seventeenth season, continuing its mission to hit the streets of Britain and appeal for public help regarding unsolved crimes. Presented by Rav Wilding and Michelle Ackerley, the program provides a platform to address ongoing criminal investigations and seek vital information from viewers. As featured presenters, Rav Wilding and Michelle Ackerley lead the broadcasts, guiding the audien
Season 17 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Rav Wilding and Michelle Ackerley serve as the presenters appealing to the public.
- The series focuses on appealing for information regarding unsolved crimes.
- The program hits the streets of Britain to investigate unresolved cases.
- Viewers are asked to help law enforcement by providing tips on unsolved crimes.
Season overview
Crimewatch Live returns for its seventeenth season, continuing its mission to hit the streets of Britain and appeal for public help regarding unsolved crimes. Presented by Rav Wilding and Michelle Ackerley, the program provides a platform to address ongoing criminal investigations and seek vital information from viewers. As featured presenters, Rav Wilding and Michelle Ackerley lead the broadcasts, guiding the audience through the details of various unsolved cases in an effort to generate leads and assist law enforcement. The series maintains its established format of public appeals and investigative updates, bringing attention to cases that require community involvement to reach a resolution. Throughout the season, the presenters utilize television broadcasting to reach a wide audience across Britain, encouraging citizens to come forward with any relevant knowledge they may possess regarding the featured criminal matters.
Episode Guide
Season 17 Progress Shield
Episode 1
Mar 6, 2023 · 44 min
The story of a devastating crash caused by a lorry driver using his phone at the wheel, and can you help police find those responsible for a terrifying attack on a woman in her own
Episode 2
Mar 7, 2023 · 44 min
The hunt to catch the teenager responsible for a spate of stranger stabbings in Bristol. And can you help find the person responsible for assaulting a patient on a hospital ward?
Episode 3
Mar 8, 2023 · 44 min
The brave officer who faced up to an armed suspect and arrested him despite injury, and how an audacious gang of teenagers who carjacked and stole over 80 cars were finally caught.
Episode 4
Mar 9, 2023 · 44 min
How a 20-year investigation finally caught a serial rapist who had appeared on a TV talent show, and an appeal for information on a stabbing in Hull.
Episode 5
Mar 10, 2023 · 44 min
How Steven Craig, who spent 15 years in jail for attacking his partner, was retried for murder after she died in 2021. And the UK's fastest officer who’s never lost a chase.
Episode 6
Mar 13, 2023 · 44 min
The story of two officers stabbed during a routine stop-and-search in a busy shopping centre, and we join police on nighttime patrols as they target predatory sexual behaviour.
Episode 7
Mar 14, 2023 · 44 min
How a homeowner received a call from police telling him his tenant had tried to sell his house behind his back, and can you help police find who stole £700,000 worth of cars?
Episode 8
Mar 15, 2023 · 44 min
How a newly trained cash guard convinced a gunman to give himself up during an armed robbery, and police appeal for new information about the murder of a pensioner.
Episode 9
Mar 16, 2023 · 44 min
How a gang who stole priceless books were caught, and a forensic artist who creates facial reconstructions of missing people to show how they might look in the present day.
Episode 10
Mar 17, 2023 · 44 min
Search and rescue charity volunteers talk about their trip to help Turkey's earthquake victims, and can you identify a French woman killed in a hit-and-run more than 40 years ago?
Episode 11
Mar 20, 2023 · 44 min
The amazing story of a brave officer and his dog injured by a man with a zombie knife, and an appeal for information on the tragic stabbing of a teenager.
Episode 12
Mar 21, 2023 · 44 min
How a killer finally went to prison in the UK's oldest case of double jeopardy after new forensics linked him a billion to one to the crime.
Episode 13
Mar 22, 2023 · 44 min
The incredible story of survival of a woman stabbed 29 times by her ex-partner, and the refugee who narrowly escaped deportation and is now working as a barrister in the UK.
Episode 14
Mar 23, 2023 · 44 min
The jaw-dropping chase in which a man drove a stolen car on to railway tracks to flee police, and an appeal about a disturbing rape by a man fixated on his victims' red hair.
Episode 15
Mar 24, 2023 · 44 min
On patrol with a specialist knife crime unit in Manchester as they take weapons off the streets, and an appeal for information on the murder of a father from 20 years ago.