''Crimecall'' is a television show broadcast once monthly on

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. It is co-produced in Dublin, Ireland by Green Ink Ltd and 360 Production South Ltd. Since January 2018, the show is presented by

Sharon Ní Bheoláin Sharon Ní Bheoláin (, approximately ; born Boland on 15 February 1971) is an Irish journalist, newsreader and presenter with Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ), Ireland's national public service radio and television broadcaster, for which she ...

. It is a second RTÉ adaptation of German crime programme '' Aktenzeichen XY… ungelöst'', and its format matches that of its British derivative '' Crimewatch'' and re-enacts unsolved crimes. The Garda Bureau of Community Engagement is responsible for ''Crimecall''.

History

On 28 October 1964,

began broadcasting ''Garda Patrol'', a fifteen-minute weekly television show seeking public assistance in solving crimes. The show was later revamped in 1992 (this was closely modelled on BBC's '' Crimewatch UK''), and retitled ''Crimeline''. Broadcast once a month, it was originally presented by David Harvey and Marian Finucane and produced by Midas Productions. Following Finucane's departure in November 2000, she was replaced by

Anne Doyle Anne Catherine Doyle (born 30 January 1952) is an Irish journalist, presenter and former newsreader. She is best known as a long-serving newsreader for RTÉ, who anchored the broadcaster's main evening television news programmes, during her 3 ...

in January 2001. This version of the show was axed in October 2003 after eleven years on air. Since September 2004, the show has been known as ''Crimecall''.

Presenters

The show has had many presenters over the years including: ;''Crimeline'' (1992–2003) * Marian Finucane (–2000) * David Harvey *

(2001–2003) ;''Crimecall'' (2004–present) *

Brenda Power Brenda Power (born 1962) is an Irish journalist, barrister and a radio and television broadcaster on Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) and Newstalk. Career Power is a former presenter of ''Crimecall''. Prior to this, she filled in for Marian ...

(2004–2006) * Dáithí Ó Sé (2004–2005) *

Anne Cassin Anne Cassin (born 1969) is an Irish journalist and news presenter working for Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ). Cassin began her broadcasting career working for Dublin pirate radio station Radio Nova in 1982, where she co-presented a nightly ne ...

(2006–2011) * Con Murphy (2006–2011) * Grainne Seoige (2011–16) * Philip Boucher Hayes (2011–2016) *

Keelin Shanley Caoilfhionn Shanley-Ferguson (24 August 1968 – 7 February 2020), also known as Keelin Shanley, was a journalist, newsreader and presenter with RTÉ, Ireland's national radio and television station, where she had presented the '' Six One News' ...

(2016–2017) * Sharon Ni Bheolan (2018–present)

References

External links

List of all ''Crimecall'' episodes on Garda.ie
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