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Crimewatch Live: Series 5

20 episodes Premiered Jun 10, 2013 Updated Oct 25, 2026

Crimewatch Live returns for its fifth season, with the series hitting the streets of Britain to appeal for help with unsolved cases. The program features contributions from presenters and reporters including Rav Wilding and Michelle Ackerley. As part of its ongoing run, the television series continues to focus on public involvement and appeals relating to criminal investigations across the country. The production dra

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Season 5 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ The series centers on public appeals for help with unsolved criminal cases across Britain.
  • ⚡ Rav Wilding serves as a presenter on the program.
  • ⚡ Michelle Ackerley contributes as a reporter for the series.
  • ⚡ The format relies on engaging viewers to assist with active and unresolved investigations.
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Season overview

Crimewatch Live returns for its fifth season, with the series hitting the streets of Britain to appeal for help with unsolved cases. The program features contributions from presenters and reporters including Rav Wilding and Michelle Ackerley. As part of its ongoing run, the television series continues to focus on public involvement and appeals relating to criminal investigations across the country. The production draws on the established format of the programme to engage viewers in assisting authorities with unresolved matters. Specific narrative arcs, case details, episode counts for this particular season, and broader plot developments are not provided in the source material, but the central premise remains focused on public cooperation in tackling unsolved crimes throughout Britain.

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Season 5 Episodes

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S5·E1 Mytharc

Episode 1

Jun 10, 2013 · 45 min

Crimewatch Roadshow is back, helping police across the country tackle everyday crime that affects us all. Rav Wilding presents, with roving reporter Sian Lloyd.

S5·E2 Core

Episode 2

Jun 11, 2013 · 45 min

The Crimewatch Roadshow team is in south Wales, appealing for information on the drugs gang which terrorised an innocent nurse. Plus a look inside a high-tech police call centre.

S5·E3 Core

Episode 3

Jun 12, 2013 · 45 min

Rav Wilding and Sian Lloyd tackle unsolved crimes. In this episode, the team get to grips with garden theft, with an appeal to find a cheeky gnome thief.

S5·E4 Core

Episode 4

Jun 13, 2013 · 45 min

Rav Wilding and Sian Lloyd tackle unsolved crimes. The team moves to the Northamptonshire town of Corby, where police have been working hard to reduce high levels of crime.

S5·E5 Core

Episode 5

Jun 14, 2013 · 45 min

Rav Wilding and Sian Lloyd tackle unsolved crimes. The team head to Northampton, where police are taking a zero-tolerance approach to people who take weekend partying too far.

S5·E6 Core

Episode 6

Jun 17, 2013 · 45 min

The team is in Lancashire, appealing for information on a vicious attack on a man out walking his dog. The team also investigates the devastating impact of using a mobile phone whi

S5·E7 Core

Episode 7

Jun 18, 2013 · 45 min

Rav Wilding and Sian Lloyd tackle unsolved crimes. The team is in Blackburn, appealing for information on a shocking hit and run that has left a woman unable to walk properly.

S5·E8 Core

Episode 8

Jun 19, 2013 · 45 min

Rav Wilding and Sian Lloyd tackle unsolved crimes. This time we see specialist CSI dogs in action, live from the Lancashire Police Dog Unit.

S5·E9 Core

Episode 9

Jun 20, 2013 · 45 min

This time we're in Manchester, appealing for information following a devastating stun gun attack on a shopkeeper. We also join Greater Manchester Police as they crack down on metal

S5·E10 Core

Episode 10

Jun 21, 2013 · 45 min

An appeal for information on an assault on a young woman that has devastated her and her partner's life. We follow a specialist unit as they track down late night burglars and our

S5·E11 Core

Episode 11

Jun 24, 2013 · 45 min

Rav Wilding and Sian Lloyd tackle unsolved crimes. The team is in London as there is an appeal to find the driver who left a Second World War veteran for dead on the street.

S5·E12 Core

Episode 12

Jun 25, 2013 · 45 min

Rav Wilding and Sian Lloyd tackle unsolved crimes. The team fly above London with helicopters of the Metropolitan Police Air Support Unit and find out how criminals fool us.

S5·E13 Core

Episode 13

Jun 26, 2013 · 45 min

Rav Wilding and Sian Lloyd tackle unsolved crimes. Sian is live at a police car pound in West London finding out how the forensic team can help to solve crime.

S5·E14 Core

Episode 14

Jun 27, 2013 · 45 min

Rav Wilding and Sian Lloyd tackle unsolved crimes. Sian hears about the challenges of the Kent Police Marine Unit, who keep an eye on some of the UK's busiest stretches of water.

S5·E15 Core

Episode 15

Jun 28, 2013 · 45 min

Rav Wilding and Sian Lloyd tackle unsolved crimes. The team go underground as they find out how Kent Police keep the 31 miles of the Channel Tunnel free from crime.

S5·E16 Core

Episode 16

Jul 1, 2013 · 45 min

Rav Wilding and Sian Lloyd tackle everyday crime from all around the UK. They begin the final week of the programme in Birmingham, appealing for information about an armed robbery.

S5·E17 Core

Episode 17

Jul 2, 2013 · 45 min

Rav Wilding and Sian Lloyd tackle crime. They are in Solihull, appealing for information about a shocking burglary that left a young mum fearing for her newborn baby's life.

S5·E18 Core

Episode 18

Jul 3, 2013 · 45 min

Rav Wilding and Sian Lloyd tackle crime. In this episode they are live from Warwickshire, appealing for information about a vicious attack that left a man with impaired vision.

S5·E19 Mytharc

Episode 19

Jul 4, 2013 · 45 min

Rav Wilding and Sian Lloyd tackle crime. In this episode they are in West Mercia, following the police at the start of their summer drink driving campaign.

S5·E20 Mytharc

Episode 20

Jul 5, 2013 · 45 min

Rav Wilding and Sian Lloyd are live from West Mercia Police HQ in the final programme of the series. They appeal for information after two women were robbed at knifepoint.

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