Australia's Most Wanted

Australia's Most Wanted
GenreFactual
Based onAmerica's Most Wanted
Presented byDon Willesee (1988 pilot)
Bryan Marshall (1989)
Ann Sanders (1993)
Sarah Henderson (1994)
Roger Climpson (1997–1998)
Hugh Riminton (1999)
Kim Watkins (1999)
Voices ofAlastair Duncan
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons6 (Seven Network)
1 (Channel Nine)
Production
Running time60 minutes
Production companyGrundy Television (Seven Network)
Original release
NetworkSeven Network (1988–1998)
Nine Network (1999)
ReleaseFebruary 17, 1988 (1988-02-17)[1] –
1999 (1999)
Related
Wanted (2013)
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Australia's Most Wanted is a television program based on the format made popular by America's Most Wanted. It was screened on the Seven Network as a regular series from 1989 until 1998.[2][3]

The show was often in the headlines due to its graphic crime scene re-enactments which many deemed too distressing for the show's 7:30pm Monday timeslot.[4]

After the Seven Network cancelled the series in early 1999, the Nine Network created their own version of the format later that year.[5] It was unsuccessful and cancelled after six weeks.

  1. ^ "Australia's Most Wanted (SAS-7, 17/02/88)". 17 February 1988.
  2. ^ Mitchell, Lisa (24 April 1997). "This crime show's more wanted than ever". The Age. Retrieved 21 January 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Gleitzman, Morris (8 March 1989). "Murder, cops and stand-up corpses". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 21 January 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Hughes, Peter (10 August 1989). "Australia's Most Wanted is murder for some children". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 21 January 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Nine Network was invoked but never defined (see the help page).