Crimewatch (formerly
Crimewatch UK) is a long-running and high-profile British television programme produced by the
BBC, that
reconstructs major unsolved
crimes in order to gain information from the public which may assist in solving the case. The programme was originally broadcast once a month on
BBC One, although in more recent years the programme has more usually been broadcast roughly once every two months. It was announced on 15 October 2008 that the BBC would move the production of shows such as
Crimewatch to studios in
Cardiff.