Manhunt - Solving Britain's Crimes
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Manhunt - Solving Britain's Crimes is a programme aired by ITV
in the UK. It is very similar to the BBC
's Crimewatch
, which ran for 22 years prior to the first airing of Manhunt, on 4 December 2006. A second edition of the programme aired on 29 May 2007.
Manhunt profiles 10 of the country's most wanted criminals, and appeals for help from the public to track them down. The pilot episode of the show gained 5 million viewers, http://media.guardian.co.uk/overnights/story/0,,1964398,00.html and received 9000 calls from the public. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/features/tm_headline=only-search-i-m-interested-in-is-the-one-for-maddie%26method=full%26objectid=19212269%26siteid=66633-name_page.html
The programme is produced by talkbackTHAMES
, and hosted by ITV News
head anchor Mark Austin, and ex-Scotland Today
newsreader Sarah Heaney
.
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
in the UK. It is very similar to the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
's Crimewatch
Crimewatch
Crimewatch is a long-running and high-profile British television programme produced by the BBC, that reconstructs major unsolved crimes with a view to gaining information from the members of the public. The programme is usually broadcast once a month on BBC One...
, which ran for 22 years prior to the first airing of Manhunt, on 4 December 2006. A second edition of the programme aired on 29 May 2007.
Manhunt profiles 10 of the country's most wanted criminals, and appeals for help from the public to track them down. The pilot episode of the show gained 5 million viewers, http://media.guardian.co.uk/overnights/story/0,,1964398,00.html and received 9000 calls from the public. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/features/tm_headline=only-search-i-m-interested-in-is-the-one-for-maddie%26method=full%26objectid=19212269%26siteid=66633-name_page.html
The programme is produced by talkbackTHAMES
TalkbackTHAMES
Talkback Thames is a British television production company, a division of FremantleMedia . It was formed by the merger of Talkback Productions and Thames Television, the former ITV network franchisee for London on weekdays between 1968 and 1992...
, and hosted by ITV News
ITV News
ITV News is the branding of news programmes on the British television network ITV. Since 1955, ITV's news bulletins have been produced by Independent Television News . The channel's news coverage has won awards from the Royal Television Society, Emmy Awards and BAFTAs. Between 2004 and 2008, the...
head anchor Mark Austin, and ex-Scotland Today
Scotland Today
Scotland Today was a Scottish regional news programme covering Central Scotland, produced by STV Central . Despite its name suggesting a national remit, the programme was actually limited to stories around STV's Central Belt franchise...
newsreader Sarah Heaney
Sarah Heaney
- Life and career :She began her TV career with Live TV as a news reporter, then went on to front S2 Live on the now defunct SMG digital channel S2. The BBC approached Sarah but STV Central offered Sarah presenting work on the news programme, Scotland Today....
.
External links
- Manhunt at crimestoppers-uk.orgCrimestoppersCrime Stoppers or Crimestoppers is a program separate from the emergency telephone number system, that allows a member of the community to provide anonymous information about criminal activity. It thereby allows the person to provide crime solving assistance to the authorities without being...