Crimewatch Live

Crimewatch Live Series 17

TV Show

Series 17 Plot

Rav Wilding and Michelle Ackerley appeal for information about unsolved crimes.

Crimewatch Live Series 17 aired on March 6th, 2023.

Series 17 Episodes

1. Episode 1

March 6th, 202344 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 home?

2. Episode 2

March 7th, 202344 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?

3. Episode 3

March 8th, 202344 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.

4. Episode 4

March 9th, 202344 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.

5. Episode 5

March 10th, 202344 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.

6. Episode 6

March 13th, 202344 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.

7. Episode 7

March 14th, 202344 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?

8. Episode 8

March 15th, 202344 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.

9. Episode 9

March 16th, 202344 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.

10. Episode 10

March 17th, 202344 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?

11. Episode 11

March 20th, 202344 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.

12. Episode 12

March 21st, 202344 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.

13. Episode 13

March 22nd, 202344 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.

14. Episode 14

March 23rd, 202344 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.

15. Episode 15

March 24th, 202344 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.

All Seasons

Series 20

Series 20

Sep 30, 2024
Series 19

Series 19

Mar 4, 2024
Series 18

Series 18

Oct 2, 2023
Series 17

Series 17

Mar 6, 2023
Series 16

Series 16

Oct 3, 2022
Series 15

Series 15

Mar 7, 2022
Series 14

Series 14

Sep 6, 2021
Series 13

Series 13

Mar 8, 2021
Series 12

Series 12

Sep 7, 2020
Series 11

Series 11

Sep 9, 2019
Series 10

Series 10

Jun 4, 2018
Series 9

Series 9

Jun 12, 2017
Series 8

Series 8

Jun 6, 2016
Series 7

Series 7

Jun 8, 2015
Series 6

Series 6

Jun 9, 2014
Series 5

Series 5

Jun 10, 2013
Series 4

Series 4

Jun 11, 2012
Series 3

Series 3

Jun 6, 2011
Series 2

Series 2

Jun 7, 2010
Series 1

Series 1

Jun 1, 2009