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Country of origin
  
United Kingdom

Running time
  
50 minutes per episode

First episode date
  
8 January 2008

Presented by
  
Steve Scott

Producer(s)
  
ITV Central

Original network
  
ITV, STV, UTV

Final episode date
  
2010

Genre
  
Documentary film

Also known as
  
'Nightwatch: CrimeNightwatch: EmergencyNightwatch: Mystery'

Camera setup
  
Single-camera (documentaries), Multi-camera (studio links)

Similar
  
Football on 5, The West Tonight, ITV News Central, Kavanagh QC, Vietnam: A Television History

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Nightwatch with Steve Scott was a weekday late-night documentary series on ITV, first broadcast on 8 January 2008. The series was presented by ITV News journalist Steve Scott and was produced by ITV Central. Nightwatch featured various regional ITV programmes focusing on crime and emergency services. The series aired on ITV on various nights, anytime between midnight and 0300. The show was also repeated on ITV-owned digital channel Men & Motors. Nowadays, Nightwatch with Steve Scott is seldom shown on the ITV network but can be seen occasionally on ITV Channel Television.

Contents

The series is presented from a regional news studio (usually used for Central News East) at ITV Central's studios in Gas Street, Birmingham.

Programme strands

  • Nightwatch: Crime follows rapid-response road policing units or localised vice squads, often from the Greater Manchester Police.
  • Nightwatch: Emergency focuses on paramedics or air ambulance units (typically from Selly Oak Hospital in Birmingham), and occasionally coastal rescue in the Swansea area.
  • Nightwatch: Mystery tells stories of unsolved or lengthy cases of serial killing, murder, rape and other grievous crimes — some dating back over a century.
  • Nightwatch: Action Stations which focuses on the work of fighter pilots and ground troops on duty in Afghanistan, plus insights into Air Sea Rescue and the Red Arrows aerobatic team.

    • Regional programmes featured in the series included:

  • Crimefighters - various versions produced by ITV Granada, ITV Yorkshire, ITV Border and ITV Central
  • Helicops - produced by ITV Wales
  • True Crimes - produced by ITV Border
  • Emergency: Medics - produced by ITV West and ITV Westcountry

    • References

    Nightwatch with Steve Scott Wikipedia
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