Crimewatch
1984–2017BBC OneDocumentary
Reconstructions and a phone number, and a closing line telling viewers not to have nightmares.
One opening sequence is catalogued for Crimewatch, covering season 1.
It arrived on BBC One in 1984, when A Question of Sport, Grandstand and This Is Your Life were also on the network.
The opening titles
Season 1
No usable clip placed. A copy has resurfaced since the earlier one was taken down, but it is dated 1987 against an entry filed at the 1984 launch, and there is nothing to say the titles were unchanged between the two.
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