''Crime Limited'' was a

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series that was a spin-off from the BBC's ''

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''. The first series aired on

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over ten episodes in 1992 and was presented by

Nick Ross Nicholas David Ross (born 7 August 1947) is a British radio and television presenter. During the 1980s and 1990s he was one of the most ubiquitous of British broadcasters but is best known for hosting the BBC TV programme ''Crimewatch'', whic ...

and

Sue Cook Sue Cook (born Susan Lorraine Thomas, 30 March 1949) is a British television presenter and author. She is best known for co-presenting (with Nick Ross) the BBC One factual crime show ''Crimewatch'' from 1984 until 1995. Early life Sue Cook ...

. A second series ran in 1993 and a third series ran in 1994.Crime Limited, 1993.
BBC Genome. Retrieved 16 September 2017."Choice", Peter Waymark, ''The Times'', 5 August 1993, p. 39. Retrieved 16 September 2017.

History

First aired on 28 April 1992, ''Crime Limited'' was the second spin-off from ''

'', described by producers as "a new ten-part series that takes the cameras behind the scenes of crime." Presented by

and

, the series includes features and reports that Ross described as " eing unable toform part of our appeal for information". Ross commented that, "''Crime Limited'' gives us the chance to go into these stories. Some are exciting, some are reassuring and some are frankly funny. Some, we hope, will help to limit crime." Cook left ''Crime Limited'' after the first series, leaving Ross as the sole presenter for two further series, which aired in 1993 and 1994. The producers were Linda Cleeve and John Fothergill and it was edited by Nikki Cheetham.Crime Limited, 1992.
BBC Genome. Retrieved 16 September 2017. Its most infamous episode featured a prosecution-biased dramatization of the Florence Jackson murder case of 1992, whose outcome was later exposed as a

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