Crimewatch Live

The first week of the series begins in the south east at the Metropolitan Police's specialist training centre in Gravesend, Kent. Michelle finds out about the public-order training frontline officers receive to prepare them for large-scale events. There is also an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the challenges of dealing with rival football fans outside Wembley stadium on FA Cup final day. In the studio, Rav has the latest crime appeals from all over the UK as well as tips, advice and features, including the latest crime-fighting gadgets. The team ask viewers for help to solve crimes featured in dramatic reconstructions, identify criminals caught on CCTV and track down wanted faces.

This programme looks at the recent surge in knife and gun crime in London and spends a day with the Met Police's new violent crime taskforce to see how they are tackling the issue. The show is also live from the Met Police's dog-training unit, where canine recruits learn to deal with aggressive and armed offenders. In the studio, Rav has the latest crime appeals from all over the UK as well as tips, advice and features, including the latest crime-fighting gadgets. The team ask viewers for help to solve crimes featured in dramatic reconstructions, identify criminals caught on CCTV and track down wanted faces.

This episode comes live from the heart of London. A year on from the terrorist attacks at Borough Market and London Bridge, Michelle Ackerley finds out how police officers in the city are combatting the ongoing threat of terrorism. In the studio, Rav meets the forensic anthropologist tracking down criminals from the vein patterns and markings on their hands. The team ask viewers for help to solve crimes featured in dramatic reconstructions, identify criminals caught on CCTV and track down wanted faces.

This programme comes from the driving school at Kent Police College, where Michelle learns some of the specialist skills officers need to deal with crime on the roads. The team follows the work of the Met Police's moped crime unit to see how they are combatting the growing problem and targeting the gangs the committing crime on two wheels. There's also an appeal to find a gang of armed car thieves who subjected a young woman to a terrifying ordeal. In the studio, Rav has the latest crime appeals from all over the UK as well as tips, advice and features. Detective Inspector Mick Dodge from City of London Police has advice for football fans on how to avoid World Cup ticket fraud. The team also ask viewers for help to solve crimes featured in dramatic reconstructions, identify criminals caught on CCTV and track down wanted faces.

In this episode the focus is on fraud, particularly deception of older people, with crimes ranging from distraction burglary to a new and audacious form of courier fraud. The programme also follows Kent Police's specialist fraud team as they receive a call from an elderly victim who has been tricked into handing over thousands of pounds. The unit swiftly springs into action, tracking down and arresting a suspect within hours. In the studio, Rav gets some tips from a wine detective on how to spot fake vintage bottles. The team also ask viewers for help to solve crimes featured in dramatic reconstructions, identify criminals caught on CCTV and track down wanted faces.

This episode comes from the home of British motor racing Silverstone, where Michelle Ackerley learns some tactical driving skills with Northants Police. The team follows the work of specials as they carry out an operation to deal with crime on the roads. There is also an appeal to find a man who attempted to kidnap a woman in broad daylight. In the studio, Rav Wilding has the latest crime appeals from all over the UK. The team ask viewers for help to solve crimes featured in dramatic reconstructions, identify criminals caught on CCTV and track down wanted faces.

This programme looks at how police in the West Midlands are tackling the surge in violent crime in the area. The team also asking for viewers' help to catch the driver who fled the scene after a collision with a toddler. In studio, Rav has the latest crime appeals from all over the UK as well as tips, advice and features, including the latest crime-fighting gadgets. The team ask viewers for help to solve crimes featured in dramatic reconstructions, identify criminals caught on CCTV and track down wanted faces.

This episode comes live from the Mendip Hills, where Michelle hangs out with Avon and Somerset Constabulary's rope rescue team. There is also a look at how the community and police are working together to tackle motorbike thefts in Bristol. In the studio, Rav is with the family of a Scottish woman who was murdered eight years ago. Together they ask for help to find her body, which has never been recovered.

This programme comes live from a country park in south Wales with an appeal to find the criminals who stole thousands of pounds worth of garden equipment from there. The show features the first of two special films revealing the World Cup preparations for the UK's football policing officers. The team are also with a collision detective from Gwent Police who is appealing to find the driver involved in a hit-and-run. In the studio, former detective Rav Wilding has the latest crime appeals from all over the UK as well as tips, advice and features.

The team appeal for help to find the attacker who targeted a woman in Taunton in broad daylight. They also look at how the UK's police officers are preparing for the World Cup in Russia. Michelle Ackerley finds her sea legs on board one of only six of the UK's coastal patrol vessels with a Border Force commander. In the studio, Rav has the latest appeals from across the UK.

The team moves on to the North of England, starting in West Yorkshire. Michelle discovers how footballers are working with police to help stamp out gang crime early. The team also join West Yorkshire Police as they prepare for a spike in domestic violence when the World Cup gets underway. Meanwhile, former detective Rav is joined by Detective Inspector Mick Dodge from City of London police with advice on how to avoid holiday scams. Plus we find out how an appeal featured on 2017's Roadshow helped put a violent criminal behind bars.

The team are in North Yorkshire where the stunning scenery can hold hidden dangers. Intrepid reporter Michelle finds out how mountain rescue teams use ropes and high wires to extract casualties from some of the most inaccessible beauty spots in the county. In studio, former detective Rav has the latest crime appeals from all over the UK as well as tips, advice and features, including the latest crime fighting gadgets.

The team are in the International Fire Training Centre in Darlington, where teams from around the country learn to deal with everything from plane fires to the most serious industrial blazes. In the studio, Rav Wilding will be meeting the police officers using cutting edge facial recognition technology to catch criminals.

The team is in Lancashire where detectives need viewers' help to put criminals behind bars. Plus the show has exclusive access to one of the UK's most highly trained and elite police forces - the Civil Nuclear Constabulary at Sellafield. In studio, former detective Rav has the latest crime appeals from all over the UK as well as tips, advice and features.

The team are asking viewers if they have the information police need to solve crimes from the North of England, including a violent burglary. Plus Michelle meets a very unusual team of rescue volunteers. In studio, Rav has the latest CCTV and appeals - as well as testing out the new technology and gadgets helping police tackle crime.

Michelle and the team appeal for help with a murder case and a pub robbery, and the team investigates the growing problem of crimes involving gangs using children as young as 12 and other vulnerable people to traffic drugs. In the studio, Rav Wilding reveals how to spot a charity scam and has the latest crime appeals from all over the UK.

In Merseyside, Michelle follows a batch of new recruits to the National Deep Rummage Team, hunting out industrial quantities of smuggled drugs on board the UK's dedicated training ship in Liverpool Docks. The team asks for help to catch the killer who stabbed a man on his way home from a night out, while Michelle meets Merseyside's mini-police force. In studio, Rav takes a look at the latest crime-fighting gadgets.

In Manchester, Michelle learns how Greater Manchester's Roads Police Unit are stamping down on the antisocial behaviour of scrambler bikes in the city. There is also the latest on a murder appeal, a cash scam and the mugging of a 70-year-old man in the street. In studio, Rav takes a look at the latest crime-fighting gadgets.

In Staffordshire, there is an appeal to find the killer of an 87-year-old man who was attacked in his home. Police also ask for information about an acid attack on a builder in broad daylight. The team spends the day with Staffordshire Police's newest rookie, a Staffordshire bull terrier. In studio, Rav talks to an injured motorcyclist and a plastic surgeon who highlight the dangers of wearing inappropriate clothing on motorbikes.

In Llandudno, the team meets the officers about to police Armed Forces Day, the biggest event in their calendar this year. There is also an appeal to find the killer who attacked a postman in north Wales during his rounds, and the programme joins North Wales Police as they crack down on drivers behaving badly on their mountain roads. In studio, Rav appeals for information on the murder of a young woman in Northern Ireland.

Michelle Ackerley visits the north west to see how Cheshire police are tackling a recent rise in fatal road accidents. In studio Rav Wilding has the latest crime appeals and CCTV.

Michelle Ackerley is in Manchester finding out how police are clamping down on violent street robberies. In studio Rav Wilding has the latest crime appeals and CCTV.

Live from Harrogate in North Yorkshire, Michelle Ackerley finds out how police are combatting rural and wildlife crime. In studio Rav Wilding has the latest appeals and CCTV.

Michelle Ackerley looks at the work carried out by Staffordshire Police's missing person investigation team. In studio, Rav Wilding has the latest appeals and CCTV.

Michelle Ackerley is live in Manchester for International Women's Day, looking at how female police officers' roles have changed over the years.

Today reporter Michelle Ackerley is in the West Midlands to find out how police are tackling a dramatic rise in violent car crime. The programme follows specialist police investigators as they raid ‘chop shops' - garages where stolen cars are dismantled and fitted with new parts before being re-sold to unsuspecting owners.

In the studio, former detective Rav Wilding has the latest crime appeals from all over the UK as well as tips, advice and features including the latest crime fighting gadgets.

Today's programme comes live from Staffordshire and goes behind the scenes with police investigators to see how they are tackling the growing problem of ‘county lines' drug gangs. There's also an appeal to catch the man responsible for the callous distraction theft of an elderly widow's savings.

In the studio, former detective Rav Wilding has the latest crime appeals from all over the UK as well as tips, advice and features including the latest crime fighting gadgets.

Today's programme comes live from the West Midlands, where police demonstrate how they're using drone technology to keep crowds safe at football matches, search crime scenes and track down missing people. There's also an appeal to find the man responsible for a brutal attack in a park.

Rav Wilding will be asking viewers for help to solve crimes featured in dramatic reconstructions, identify criminals caught on CCTV and track down Wanted Faces. Michelle will be travelling across the country and going behind the scenes with police forces as they reveal how they're taking on the crooks.

This episode comes from Cheltenham where the festival of racing culminates in tomorrow's Gold Cup. As the crowds gather to celebrate one of the highlights of the horse racing season, Michelle goes behind the scenes with the mounted police to see how they prepare for such a major event.

Rav Wilding asks viewers for help to solve crimes featured in dramatic reconstructions, identify criminals caught on CCTV and track down Wanted Faces.

Today Michelle Ackerley and the team move to the south west of England where police need your help to solve cases ranging from dog theft to a spate of arson attacks.

In the studio, former detective Rav Wilding has the latest crime appeals from all over the UK as well as tips, advice and features.

The final week of the series begins in the south east of England, where roving reporter Michelle Ackerley finds out how police are using new tactics in response to a rise in cases of robbery and burglary.

In the studio, former detective Rav Wilding has the latest crime appeals from all over the UK as well as tips, advice and features including the latest crime fighting gadgets

Today's programme comes live from central Londonn, as the Metropolitan police celebrate a hundred years of women in the force.

In the studio, former detective Rav Wilding has the latest crime appeals from all over the UK as well as tips, advice and features including the latest crime fighting gadgets

Today's programme comes live from the south east, where crime and anti-social behaviour is blighting some of the nation's most scenic canals and waterways.

Today Michelle Ackerley and the team move to Berkshire where the theme is vehicle crime. She finds out how police forces in the area deal with scams, keyless thefts and carjackings.

In the studio, former detective Rav Wilding has the latest crime appeals from all over the UK as well as tips, advice and features.

The final programme of the series sees Michelle on the south coast, visiting the RNLI at their training centre in Poole, Dorset, where she finds out if she has what it takes to train as a lifesaving volunteer.