For Jill, the unpredictable nature of the changing transmission dates can present enormous challenges, not just in terms of scheduling but in terms of rotating staff and fitting in with police cases. This is compounded by the fact that the show goes out live. The production manager’s job is...

Crimewatch – first broadcast in 1984, it remains a bedrock of BBC One’s schedules, offering ordinary viewers the rare chance to solve real crimes. It was one of the original interactive programmes on the BBC and with nearly 30 years of investigations, appeals and reconstructions behind it, the...