''Australia's Most Wanted'' is a television program based on the format made popular by '' America's Most Wanted''. It screened on the

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from 1989 until 1999. 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. After the

cancelled the series, the Nine Network created their own version of the format. It was unsuccessful and cancelled after six weeks.

Presenters

Featured presenters on the various incarnations of the show included: * Bryan Marshall – 1989 *

Ann Sanders Ann Sanders (born 15 March 1960), is an Australian television journalist and news presenter. Sanders currently presents '' Seven Morning News'' and '' Seven Afternoon News Sydney.'' Career Sanders began her broadcasting career with SAS-7 in A ...

– 1993 *

Sarah Henderson Sarah Moya Henderson (born 4 April 1964)HENDERSON, Sarah (1964–)

– 1994 *

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– 1997–99 * Alastair Duncan – Voiceover (Seven Network) *

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– Host (Nine Network) During 1993, the regular

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representative was

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Denise Behringer.

Wanted

In 2013, Channel Ten Australia re-booted the series calling it ''WANTED''. The hosts were

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and Matt Doran. The show was not a success and was cancelled two months later.

References

{{reflist Australian television news shows 1990s Australian reality television series Australian factual television series Seven Network original programming Nine Network original programming 1989 Australian television series debuts 1999 Australian television series endings Television series by Reg Grundy Productions