Crimewatch UK - Sep 1995

Crimewatch UK - Sep 1995

[@neilt4723]

Jill was quality too and Nick is superb. It’s funny though, no matter how many times I run through these programmes, the change within the intro music honestly just brings it down a level. The old theme was absolutely integral.

[@garytauber430]

thanks Buster

[@saxongreen78]

I wish they wouldn't muck about with theme music...it happens a lot - it almost always ends up in a watered down pastiche with no character.

[@lw3646]

Jill was amazing I thought, apparently she used to take her heels off at the end when she stood next to Nick because she didn't want to upstage him. Very thoughtful of her.

[@ppate8]

Sue was better too

[@whythoidk]

Plz tell me im not the only person who actually gets chills watching these broadcasts of 90s shows lmao

[@str0kedj]

Just thought that, such a waste of life- obviously was getting close to something.

[@trabali5168]

Jill dando's first cw, she was a natural like she had hosting the show since its launch. rip.

[@traceybull]

I prefer the old title music, it had more urgency to it. Definately created more of an atmosphere.

[@noellegunning3301]

I agree

[@givmespace]

things always change and most of the time it changes for the worst

[@vhayes2257]

Agree. This was the beginning of the end of the old, great Crimewatch. Crap music, and Jill Dando was never in the same league as Sue Cook.

[@Chelsea1991FC]

The 90’s music was the best for the theme song of CW, I remember being a kid and creeped out by it 😂

[@tessfabled4115]

Yeah, this new version sounds a wee bit depressed compared to the OG :P

[@NancyDrewe]

Jill really was a lovely CW host. Her murder was so tragic, and ironic considering her CW involvement.

[@PrecipitationAndCorderoy]

Actor driving the securicor van played David Stockwell in Heartbeat. He was the sidekick of Greengrass.

[@interstat2222]

It's approaching the era I started watching this as a kid now. The production values of Crimewatch are really getting better now too. Remember Jill was on Holiday at the time, I'm sure of it, we always watched that.

[@rs-qt1qg]

Interstat I remember watching it around 1994 but the episodes I remember vividly aren’t actually on here yet. I remember the Jan 1995 one for that restaurant owner murder. I also remember the one where the woman was killed when the guy ran up behind her on a farm track. I think that was in December 95

[@BlytheWorld1972]

Jill was a lovely woman much loved star makes me sick to think some evil bastard killed her she deserved non of it rip Jill .

[@Sam-bz1hr]

The BBC are the biggest criminals, wonder if she new to much of the Savill saga , we will never know

[@Kill--alllll---IDF]

Yea jill was a lovely lady well liked by all ... Ther wer Rumours that the government had sumat to do with her death

[@nathaniliescu4597]

Shut. Up.

[@richardhewer9167]

Shut up you mug

[@lw3646]

Agree.

[@PC-lu3zf]

RIP Jill Dando she was a nice person I met her.

[@robertnunn265]

Cheers Andy. Spare hour, another classic Crimewatch....

[@tjc89]

Jill Dando was a natural presenter and a natural beauty. Digging that Jacket.

[@rage707]

It is with profound sadness I tell you she was murdered 4 years after this

[@jimmorrison3756]

Them poor children and Vikki's partner 😔😪 that was one of the most heartbreaking reconstruction's i've ever watched. May Vikki RIP and sending condolences and respects to her Partner and Son and Daughter 🙏

[@noongourfain]

Well said. Same here. Just terrible. My heart breaks for her husband and children.

[@mikh84]

The Vikki Thompson reconstruction was creepy especially when the couple look over the field & seen her lying on the embankment, poor woman must have been terrified being on her own down a quiet lane then some nutcase attacking her.

[@CatLowe50]

yes that was horrible :(

[@ajs41]

@@CatLowe50 Yes that was more explicit than usual on Crimewatch.

[@ianbousfield5007]

I remember seeing it at the time.Very disturbing

[@spike197047]

Made 1984 - I said something very similar just a short while ago before reading your comment. I don't remember a CW reconstruction like this one where you see the victim after having been attacked.

[@anamcaralove2]

Mark weston killed her. It took over 10 Years to find him but they eventually got the Bastard.

[@meskbren]

I don't like the production of this compared to older episodes. No structured incident desk and photocall sections, the studio isn't nice (the cozy 86-88 studio being my favourite) and poor Jill was excellent but I'm a Sue fan. Also, it didn't start here but the older reconstructions with less acting and background stories are generally better. Oh and thanks as always Andy.

[@ajs41]

Thanks Brendan, I actually agree with all the points you've made. Television as a whole started to go wrong in about 1995 in my opinion, a decline that is still going on today after 20 years or so. Around 1995, for instance, was when newsreaders started patronising viewers by waving their arms around and sitting on desks instead of sitting behind them, and so on. I think TV producers lost sight of the basics in the mid-1990s and tried too hard to be trendy and "down with the kids". The mix of formality and new technology that was popular in the late 1980s actually worked very well IMO as far as TV was concerned.

[@lw3646]

​@ajs41 I think it did change but generally the show was still quite well produced up to about 2006. It all went wrong when Nick and Fiona left, the reconstructions became stuffed with frenzied editing, graphic unpleasant details, wall to wall music, the presenting style also became much more full on, angry and in your face. I'm thinking of the 2008-2014 era. The 2016-17 period just looked so cheap, they often hosted it from a car park. Really awful..... The Crimewatch Live is okay, the reconstructions are much more toned down and more sensitively done again. The presenting style is okay but it's also got way too much padding.

[@str0kedj]

True defo not as shocking/harsh as older ones

[@ppate8]

@@ajs411990-1999 was a lot of changes happening The same applied to Satellite TV

[@pcbhaddicted]

Was anyone a 999 fan on here a rescue show with Michael Buerk. I’d love to see more episodes on here.

[@ajs41]

Are there any 999s on KZbin? I was a fan at the time as a teenager.

[@interstat2222]

Damn. I almost remember it, it sounds almost familiar. I always liked him. Kind of unrelated but I remember Bugs around the same time too, think it was early on a Saturday night. And Rough Guide on BBC2.

[@rtd8860]

steven mathur I use to be a big 999 fan I only got into crimewatch about 1998 I really wish I had got into crimewatch it was much better in hindsight

[@rs-qt1qg]

Andy JS I love 999 they also had reconstructions but more movie like. There’s 2 that I will always remember. The kid who got a javelin stuck in his neck and the kid who kept a firework in his trouser pocket which then went off because of a spark from another firework

[@rtd8860]

rs84 I will always remeber the dog that got stung by loads of bees

[@tjc89]

Who makes a getaway from a murder with no clothes on? Odd. Vicki's killer was caught anyway after the double jeapordy rule was removed

[@jimmylad7358]

I read online he only received 13 years though?? Thought he would have received a much longer sentence.

[@jimmylad7358]

@S Uddin Is the scumbag free now then? Disgusting.

[@mac1975]

@@jimmylad7358 yes

[@IanP1963]

@@jimmylad7358 13 minimum

[@treasurehunteruk9718]

You would think it would have drawn attention to him, and folks would have noticed.

[@domniven]

Salford robbery Oscar nominee for best fake keyboard typing blank screen

[@zephyrsky__]

Wait, so several people saw a naked man hanging around near bushes and didn't think to call the police?

[@tbonetone1]

Not everyone had a mobile then, they were a luxury.

[@sarhflynn061]

Some people not myself but some people like to be nude their called nudists doesn't make them all bad

[@Marvindorfler1]

@@sarhflynn061 yes, but you still don't just see a naked dude in a field in a public area and just decide to not call the cops. As case and point proved here.

[@noongourfain]

It's a very good point for preventing crimes like this in the future. I used to think that "flashers" were harmless but they aren't. For these types it's the beginning behavior that leads to more serious crimes like groping, sexual assault and rape. So PLEASE DO report all people who aggressively expose themselves and masturbate in public. And no, I'm not referring to nudists or naturists who confine themselves to the areas that are reserved for them. Nude beaches nudist camps etc.

[@Marvindorfler1]

@@noongourfain yes, it's a very strange stereotype that flashers are harmless. And yeah, for a select few that can be the case, however the majority of them are either sinister characters and a lot of them also have mental health issues. Either way it's a risk and its best to let the police to decide whether or not it was there was no physical risk to the public

[@ilovebartok]

Turns out the security guy who was chained to the fence was in on it! He was given £1000 for his part. This shit is scary af. I love it so much.

[@joeanderson7316]

is that true lol

[@ilovebartok]

@@joeanderson7316 yes! Look up the case.

[@1982bored]

His conviction was overturned.

[@ppate8]

oh wow who was it?

[@eddieedwards5668]

Big thanks to you as always, Andy, excellent uploads, keep up the good work.....

[@ajs41]

Thanks Eddie.

[@eddieedwards5668]

@@ajs41 you're always welcome, my friend, do you know if the Essex Boys Murders were covered by crimewatch, back then, and if so, what month was it, it may not have been, I was just wondering?

[@ajs41]

@@eddieedwards5668 I don't know offhand but we'll see if it turns up on any of the 1995 shows.

[@eddieedwards5668]

@@ajs41 okay buddy, no worries, thanks, will keep an eye out....

[@janettemohan5056]

It's not "Crimewatch" as we know it, but... kzbin.info/www/bejne/moDQZaqXg96pjKM

[@richardhewer9167]

The crime watch set looked like it cost a pound to make. And you'd get change.

[@RogerJJSmith]

They managed to make the set look older than the one it replaced.

[@robbo391]

And they had 40 phone lines last series, now its 'almost 40'.

[@Nixter1974007]

Poor Jill. Classy lady. RIP 😒

[@MrGazMac]

This is a MESS. The new music is a pale shadow of the original. Lots of TV theme tunes had a 'softer' reworking in the early to mid-90s. The most famous example was Eastenders around about 1992. There was such a viewer outcry at the time that the BBC changed it back after a short while. It's a pity there wasn't a similar outcry with Crimewatch. The format is all over the place, too. One minute it's a full reconstruction with Nick, then it's over to David Hatcher to look at one photo of someone then back to Jill walking down the stairs who throws over to Jackie Haines to show you a mini reconstruction. All in the space of 5 minutes. As has already been said in other comments, this casual format wasn't exclusive to Crimewatch. This kind of thing was becoming widespread on TV at time. Thankfully the reconstructions are still good.

[@ajs41]

Thanks for the comment. They really messed up the reconstructions a bit later on, around the year 2000, with cheesy music playing instead of mostly the silence that works so well on the original episodes.

[@MrGazMac]

@@ajs41 I remember more recent reconstructions that had music, stylised camera angles and were black and white! 🤷‍♂️😄😄 How is that gonna jog anyone's memory? I appreciate reconstructions may have been less important more recently given other platforms for appeals, but that was ridiculous.

[@golgotha3938]

@@ajs41 sounds all a bit like brass eye and the start of the Americanisation of uk tv.

[@rs-qt1qg]

£5 million stolen and £1 million in cheques, but only offering 250k as a reward?!

[@stephenroche4897]

rs84 sounds pretty decent to me

[@rs-qt1qg]

@@stephenroche4897 Did they get caught though? This is a 90s version of the Tonbridge Wells Robbery

[@nickimontford]

@@rs-qt1qg www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/dec/22/ukcrime.helencarter

[@janettemohan5056]

Excellent research, MTG.

[@stevenmitchell8793]

Jill Dando was bloody gorgeous!!! 🌹🌹🌹🌹 R.I.P

[@rayoflight6505]

Poor Jill talking about someone being shot :(

[@valuetraveler2026]

Cosmic Law

[@kerbschnitzerxxx]

Thx very much! ♥️❣️from Germany.

[@ajs41]

Thanks for your comment kerbschnitzerxxx.

[@kerbschnitzerxxx]

I liked doing it.

[@Kill--alllll---IDF]

Oh my word the first reconstruction made me cry I swear

[@mac1975]

Thanks for the weather report. I’m sure I saw that there was sunshine

[@roccaluce]

The same actress as 'Sarah' plays the witness of Vikki Thompson's murder.

[@rtd8860]

Fa Mulan I thought I recognised her

[@stfitness]

Fa Mulan Spot on.

[@roccaluce]

@MulberryEllie The rape victim in the next episode.

[@neilt4723]

@MulberryEllie she played a rape victim in a previous crimewatch episode called Sarah. Her boyfriend in the episode where she played the rape Victim has been in a few TV shows too

[@spike197047]

With the Vicky Thomson reconstruction, isn't that the first time in a CW reconstruction where you see the victim after having been attacked? I found it a little disturbing seeing the woman lying there from a distance.

[@CatLowe50]

I can't recall another one quite like this - I think I remember seeing a foot or lower leg before. It's so chilling despite the distance.

[@TheOne-fe8wk]

Stephen Ryder yeah it was pretty creepy. Then again I always feel a bit resentful for our British attitude in regards to not disturbing viewers. I truly feel shielding the general public from images and footage on the news only wraps us up in cotton wool and doesn’t allow us to comprehend the gravity of real life situations. I honesty feel that’s part of the reason we don’t progress as a society. For example, if we saw the true horrors of Syria on the news, blood and gore, then maybe we wouldn’t be so fuckin racist to the poor refugees that have come for a better / safer life

[@CatLowe50]

@@TheOne-fe8wk well said!

[@CaptainOveur69]

@@TheOne-fe8wk yeah let the whole fucking world come here. I mean France isn't safe enough for them I guess. Get a grip pal

[@TheOne-fe8wk]

@@CaptainOveur69 the world did come here and introduce plumping, roads, infrastructure and have you the alphabet that you are using right now. The Romans, a multicultural empire founded London and gave everything I just listed out. You’re living on another planet or rather you just don’t know about history. Idiot

[@keep_it_real_1]

Such an awful thing to happen, poor husband searching and with the children... horrendous

[@andrewsmith2757]

Mark Western was charged and convicted for Vikki Thomson's murder in 2010. He was ordered to serve a minimum of just 13 years! This was his second trial for her murder. The first time he got off, but advances in forensics caught him in the end.

[@snoozysoozy1270]

Mark Western murdered Vikki Thompson because she found him wanking

[@eadweard.]

@@snoozysoozy1270 That's not a good reason.

[@BlytheWorld1972]

Jill was a great presenter loved her tv work ... a natural and a lovely person .

[@ballintotty]

It always amazed me how they never got anyone for her murder. It was obviously a contract killing. I have followed the case for years. I read on a source online which claimed Jill knew about the paedophile ring at the BBC and was going to blow the whistle on it and unfortunately this lead to her killing. I don't know how true it is. But it would make some sense of this mindless killing.

[@ColinFlowers]

@@ballintotty What paedophile ring? The internet is a cancer.

[@ballintotty]

Alledgledy Jimmy Saville and associates. Now I don't know what to make of it. But it would explain a few things.

[@Habasi]

@@ballintotty I prefer the theory about a hit ordered by a Yugoslavian military leader (Jill's Wikipedia article discusses it). It just makes more sense to me than the other ideas that weren't ruled out. If you watch the reconstruction of her death, even the photofits of the suspects seem to fit the theory in my book.

[@SKisatourist2010]

The theory that she was about to expose Jimmy Saville is absolutely not true and is a product of the paranoid ramblings of the likes of David Icke.

[@devinisdead4061]

Robert looks pissed every time i see him walking. He seems to stagger a bit.

[@CGreen-hh6qk]

This is why crimewatch uk needs to bk on the TV screens crime is high especially in London the murder rate is frightening I heard 56 people have lost their lives this year in our capital

[@ajs41]

56 is 56 too many, but at the same time London has a population of almost 10 million.

[@kirstm.2215]

I dont think it would be able to work as it used to. With communications being worldwide in an instant it's easier and quicker for police to ask for help via media.

[@golgotha3938]

I’m a huge fan of crimewatch but imo it ran its race. None of the younger generation watch terrestrial tv and none can step into the shoes of sue cook, nick ross and Jill dando. Fiona Bruce and rav wilding helped kill crimewatch.

[@Habasi]

17:33 "THERE'S A RAAAIIIID... on." Nicely read, Trish.

[@ashleymartin4512]

when you watch footage with jill in it it gives me chills....

[@spike197047]

Thanks Andy, really appreciate it.

[@AACE73]

Jill was so good at this. Such a natural presenter. Her murder is as shocking today as it was when it happened. I hope the person is convicted one day. May You Rest in Peace Dear Jill 🙏🏻🌹xxx

[@lw3646]

Agree 100%. There's a memorial to her in Grove Park, Weston.

[@tezdryden9009]

saturday night sorted, thank you :)

[@nathaniliescu4597]

Gay.

[@mad-pit3832]

sing violence and threats they forced the van's driver to let them in and then took over the van and drove it away. They escaped with £6.6m in cash, none of which has ever been recovered. The van driver, Graham Huckerby, was later accused by police of being the "inside man" and was convicted in 2002, along with another man, and jailed for 14 years. Both men's convictions were quashed by the Court of Appeal in December 2004 after Mr Huckerby's lawyers proved he had only co-operated with the robbers because of post-traumatic stress.

[@Peter-ix1ym]

What a touch

[@SKisatourist2010]

That set looks like an office on an industrial estate. The titles and theme are absolute shite as well. The late, great Jill Dando is the one redeeming feature of this new format.

[@ajs41]

It's amazing how often they had to mess up a winning formula. Sometimes it's best not to change things.

[@robbo391]

Feels like change for change's sake sometime

[@midlandfox2954]

The man in the red t shirt looking for Vikki Thompson in the field is the same actor who played Alan Charlton in the crime watch file a party to murder Karen price case in Cardiff

[@09weenic]

Thanks I’ll sleep better knowing that 😂

[@every2464]

@@09weenic 😂

[@meggriffin94]

@@09weenic bit rude

[@lw3646]

Interesting looking at what Nick and Jill are wearing back in 1995. I saw a crimewatch recently where the presenter had jogging bottoms on. TV was much more formal back then.

[@ianbousfield5007]

Robert higgins murder still a mystery and unsolved after 23 years

[@interstat2222]

I see they had someone but he was aquitted. There was apparently a brawl in a bar with the victim and that could have lead to the killing.

[@user-zr3pj5tk7k]

An interesting story, there's info online.

[@BlytheWorld1972]

first case is sad

[@gantzdevries5321]

Poor Jill effectively signing her own death warrant....

[@AbdulRashid-ii9xz]

Four years later Jill dando was gunned down Infront of her door step as she was about to put keys in and she was grabbed from behind by a unkown assailant and shot on her head and carmly walked off as if nobody saw him and next door neighbour saw the unknown gunman as he described him as dressed smart and clean shave and he was never caught till this day and makes me think that she was murdered on the orders of someone who wanted her out of the way.

[@kevintraynor4508]

What would be the motive? End of day it's all speculation

[@ianbousfield1962]

What's Stephen merchant doing creeping around peoples gardens?

[@dean9235]

I live where Jill Dando was born and buried. When she had her funeral the streets were lined with thousands of shocked and saddened people.

[@ajs41]

I'm still sad about it. It seems like yesterday in some ways. The police made a mess of the investigation in my opinion, by getting fixated on Barry George when they should have been investigating the Serbian hitman possibility. I don't think Barry George was intelligent enough to have organised it without being caught in the act.

[@dean9235]

@@ajs41 I agree. I think Jill got too close to revealing something . The murder was very organised and precise.

[@HooDie-Trench-GoTh2022]

@@ajs41 it wasn't a Serbian hitman in my opinion. But I agree with you about Barry George. Definitely a scape goat . She knew her killer , hence the time it took her to reach her doorway after she set her car alarm device.

[@Peter-ix1ym]

What do you mean about the car alarm?

[@truthwinsuk8056]

Rip Jill 🙏 it's so sad watching Jill, knowing what happened to her. The establishment has a lot to answer for. They know, and we know ,exactly who they are. The case will never be solved because it was never meant to be solved. The public are not stupid.

[@treasurehunteruk9718]

If you know who killer her, please tell us, cos I don't know!

[@mad-pit3832]

@@treasurehunteruk9718 Apparently she was planning to leave the bbc and expose certain people there for being involved with Saville and a large pedo ring that we all no turned out to be true.

[@zeddeka]

Mate, you need to get off that weed. As someone once said "conspiracy theories appeal to stupid people - they allow them to believe for the first time in their lives that they know something the rest of us don't".

[@kevintraynor4508]

And don't think anyone has any proof or knows exactly what happend

[@SuperTed19021]

0:28 Unfortunately in 1995, it was just beginning. Sorry, Mel.

[@ajs41]

Good point.

[@str0kedj]

First time ive seen a case in village (30 mins) kirkliston. Pub he drank in is a nursery now. Poor guy

[@glamladwales7056]

Poor set though. Jesus

[@lnteIIigence]

It looks like a prison...

[@noellegunning3301]

Yes, I agree. Very cramped looking.

[@lnteIIigence]

37:10 I wish I had someone who looked at me like the shorthaired lady looks at her sister 😢

[@nathaniliescu4597]

Loser.

[@karmacaramel]

And jill became one of these stories r.i.p

[@CARLIN4737]

Yeah yet another unsolved murder

[@Zarkava8]

The guy with the dog should've set the dog on the naked man.

[@BlytheWorld1972]

the young mother killed just out walking her dog :(

[@nathaniliescu4597]

Please stop commenting doll face.

[@richardhewer9167]

Shame

[@littlemissbumblebee5537]

@@nathaniliescu4597 Have to troll this channel too hey.

[@nathaniliescu4597]

@@littlemissbumblebee5537 please go away and get a life and stop interrupting mine. Good day.

[@helencompton3320]

@@nathaniliescu4597 No, and you need to get a life!

[@pcbhaddicted]

Good Do you have the rest of 95 and 96 crimewatch andy?

[@ajs41]

I don't have them all but do have some.

[@ianbousfield5007]

Did anyone notice Jonathan Thompsons friend in the reconstruction in the red shirt was played by Karen prices killer in the crimewatch file "a party to murder"?

[@roberthowell2726]

Great spot Ian - I recognised him too ... I think the actor's name is Martin Beaumont. He played Alan Charlton

[@CARLIN4737]

Extras

[@markwilson4052]

I have friends who live in a village a few miles from Ascot-U-Wychwood. I know the area well

[@Mrrobackenson1]

Legends nightclub. Had many a good night there back in the day.

[@stephenroche4897]

Thrown from a train? Poor girl.

[@09weenic]

Stephen Roche no she was probably attacked on the lane

[@MrGazMac]

@@09weenic no, he's talking about an appeal later in the show about a teenage girl being thrown from a train in London.

[@09weenic]

@@MrGazMac oh sorry my apologies 👍

[@Mrrobackenson1]

Still the freephone number not permanently on the screen. I'm amazed. They surely had the technology years before,. Strange.

[@ajs41]

Isn't it a bit distracting to have it on the screen all the time? Might distract from the reconstructions.

[@halfbakedproductions7887]

I remember when BBC1 (not BBC One as it now is) used to look like that.

[@pcbhaddicted]

Hi andy are you uploading more crimewatch this week and maybe also the 999 eps you said you have?

[@ajs41]

I'm taking a break at the moment from uploading but I'll get back to it before too long.

[@pcbhaddicted]

Hi andy you deserve a break from reliving the memories of this legendary show. If your resting till new year have a great Xmas.

[@robbo391]

Jill Dando seems to speak at a much faster pace to Sue Cook in this episode. Christ I'm a sad case for noticing that 😅

[@ajs41]

All comments welcome.

[@AACE73]

She made it look so effortless. So sad what happened to her 😢

[@sylburnhanson3327]

Bloody informers calling in to try claim that £250,000 reward lol

[@stephenkissane4268]

Informer. Boom boom down

[@eadweard.]

@@stephenkissane4268 My favourite line from that tune is "They looked down me pants, look up me bottom".

[@chrissaunders6144]

Alright Andy js anymore Crimewatch videos I'm missing it lol

[@midlandfox2954]

I'm sure that's a you David Stockwell of heartbeat driving the securicor van and gets blindfolded in the second reconstruction

[@katemissfilanpurrmcdevitt]

Vicky Thomson’s murderer was caught but he only got 13 years not long enough after whet he put her through my thoughts Jonathan and their children Xx😢😢😢

[@treasurehunteruk9718]

Henrik disables the comments on his vids. Wonder what the reason is behind it. The comments are important, and folks exchange knowledge about the crimes.

[@ajs41]

Yes I noticed that, it's regrettable that he doesn't allow comments.

[@treasurehunteruk9718]

@@ajs41 Wonder why, though.

[@alisonblackwell988]

Its David from Heartbeat

[@sdeee3842]

William Arthur’s 34 charged for Robert Higgins death in 2007. Can’t see any news on the outcome.

[@RgP1238]

Not Guilty / Proven

[@mattkaustickomments]

Only in Britain...it’s OK to be some naked guy out running around.

[@ajs41]

Whereabouts was that on the video?

[@mattkaustickomments]

Andy JS, @43:03 - 43:20 in the wrap up.

[@09weenic]

Rob McElwee with the weather😃

[@valuetraveler2026]

Wonder if Achmed was ever caught. Having 2 passports can be useful - disappeared next day means on the next plane back

[@RogerJJSmith]

I never realised how similar Jill Dando's voice was to Theresa May's.

[@Jimwoodward1212]

Lucky to catch the end of the 9:00 news with peter sissons

[@ajs41]

Yes, although I've done an edit which will cut that off. It won't be operational for an hour or so.

[@Jimwoodward1212]

@@ajs41 anyway R.I.P Peter Sissons

[@ajs41]

@@Jimwoodward1212 One of my favourite news presenters.

[@tezdryden9009]

was this the first time crimewatch used this theme?

[@CatLowe50]

Yes, I hate the new titles and theme tune. So many changes in this series, even small things e.g. I liked it when they said "That's 01392 - the code for Exeter - " or wherever. At least the reconstructions are still really good.

[@spike197047]

The theme tune is definitely more toned down, more's the pity.

[@tezdryden9009]

the original theme was the best

[@rs-qt1qg]

@@CatLowe50 Yes! Finally someone who actually remembers the small details i.e. that's 01392 the code for Exeter that made this show so great.This theme tune sounds so awful. They remixed the classic version for it's final years which was even worse!

[@CatLowe50]

@@rs-qt1qg Haha, I guess the way they read the phone numbers is a strange aspect of the programme to feel nostalgic about! I can't imagine many people wrote to Points of View to complain about them changing it 😂They didn't do it for the first year or so either.

[@colewinters5954]

Anyone know which episode it is when you can hear Jacqui Haynes say S**t just before starting her section?

[@roccaluce]

I know you probably figured it out but I'll post the link here anyway. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iWSxe3akjJt4rq8

[@RexBanner_]

Did they solve the case of the chap that got shot in the back after leaving the pub?

[@user-zr3pj5tk7k]

Couldn't find anything.

[@Bobbibouchersmumwasright]

Robert Knapper? Looks like his M.O?!!

[@soulbrother61]

Evening all

[@ajs41]

Evening soulbrother61.

[@hardingtutors7934]

25:18 people had mobile phones in 1995

[@ajs41]

Mobile phones were launched in 1985, although tens of thousands of people had car phones before then, back to the 1960s. I first tried using a mobile phone in about 1988 because my mum was given one as part of her job. I'd guess that more than a million people had mobile phones in 1995.

[@IanP1963]

They were very big though !!!!

[@markwilson4052]

They did, but not many. It was usually the better off or those who had them for work. I recall being at University in 1995, my first year. They were a fashion item mainly for those who didn’t have to use them for work etc. In our Halls of residence, just two girls had them and they were from very affluent backgrounds. No one else had one, although by 1998/99-ish they were more widely used and more common as prices dropped. It was October 2000 when I finally bit the bullet and acquired one.

[@adielstephenson2929]

Did they ever find the man who killed that poor woman in the field?

[@ajs41]

Not sure.

[@jimmylad7358]

Yes but remarkably he only received a 13 year sentence www.theguardian.com/uk/2010/dec/13/loner-convicted-murder-double-jeopardy

[@robbo391]

They did, 2010, one of the first murder convictions to be done under the change to double jeopardy laws

[@spike197047]

I would just like to say, Jill looking particularly sexy in red & black. Really suits her.

[@ianbousfield5007]

As a young lad i fancied her rotten .

[@deancarter2490]

LOL :)

[@JesusChristisfake]

Ok Barry!

[@IanP1963]

I was never a JD fan could never understand what all the fuss was about !!!!

[@user-zr3pj5tk7k]

@@IanP1963 Not everyone likes beautiful, classy people.

[@angelicazambrano]

2950+ where was Liam neesom at this time?

[@Scott-se9qr]

As I peeked through the hedge hmmm

[@richardhewer9167]

That was one of the best money in transit robbery reconstructions I've ever seen. Magic. 5 million pounds in folding. Nice work lads.

[@domoreilly5147]

Not sure you're getting the point of the programme.

[@mad-pit3832]

@@domoreilly5147 Oh we do we just dont care for multi national corporations who can afford to loose 5 mil.

[@Peter-ix1ym]

Well said Bricktop

[@dickiegreenleaf750]

I do dislike the new intro, set, and replacement of the host. I think I’ll go back to the original seasons and watch again instead.

[@ajs41]

I agree, the previous set was better.

[@charlottejade8150]

00:32 ,😂😆😂

[@treasurehunteruk9718]

Imagine if Jill had fallen down those stairs at the beginning. High heels, and could not hold the bannister cos of the papers in her hand. It was live, so what a disaster. She really kicks her feet out to make she she doesn't stumble.

[@theculturedthug6609]

What a score 5 mill. Did anyone ever get nicked for this?

[@WillC1528]

Was the vandal/harassment person ever found?

[@PaulSCO]

Yeah, it was someone who'd had an unsuccessful job interview at the victim's law firm and held a grudge ever since

[@user-zr3pj5tk7k]

Was it Stephen Merchant?

[@traceypace6543]

Weather's shite again

[@michaelpout9701]

Bless Robert he'd have been better off having someone letting him sleep in their house drunk then he wouldn't have been murdered

[@lw3646]

9:01 very creepy moment.

[@ajs41]

One of the creepiest in the whole of Crimewatch UK over the years.

[@clioflano421]

12.17 ...whatever happened to innocent until proven guilty.

[@letsdiscussitoversometea8479]

Speaks volumes about how "fairly" men in particular are treated in situations such as this. Though generally speaking, men weren't necessarily as _quite_ as ready to believe women at their word against men, as they are today.