Crimewatch until Cook's departure in June 1995. Cook was replaced by Jill Dando. After Dando was murdered in April 1999, Ross hosted "Crimewatch" alone until January 2000 when Fiona Bruce subsequently joined the show. Kirsty Young and Matthew Amroliwala replaced Ross and Bruce following their departures in 2007. It was announced on 15 October 2008 that the BBC would move the production of shows such as "Crimewatch" to studios in Cardiff. Young and Amroliwala remained as the lead presenters until 2015. Following a brief period with guest presenter Sophie Raworth in 2016, it was announced that the show would relaunch in
Paul Hayes (antiques expert) Paul Hayes (antiques expert) Paul Hayes (born August 4, 1970) is an English antiques expert and television personality. Hayes began trading Dinky Toys from the age of six. Aged 19, he followed his father into the antiques business. His first sale was that of an old television. He has owned an antiques shop in his home town of Morecambe, Lancashire, since the early 1990s. He opened a new antiques showroom in Middleton in the summer of 2011. Hayes has appeared in the BBC's "Bargain Hunt", "Housecall" and "Cash in the Attic". He was also appointed by "Crimewatch" as their resident