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
Crimewatch September 2016 with a new weekly format. The new presenters were announced as Jeremy Vine and Tina Daheley. The new series began on 5 September 2016, with the final episode broadcast on 20 March 2017. In October 2017, the BBC announced that the main "Crimewatch" series had been axed, citing declining viewership. The daytime spin-off series "Crimewatch Roadshow" would continue to air, but will also air more episodes per year. The idea for the show came from the UK programme "Police Five" and the German "Aktenzeichen XY … ungelöst" ("File Reference XY … Unsolved"). Producers viewed the shows and rejected