''Nightwatch with Steve Scott'' was a weekday late-night documentary series in the UK on ITV, first broadcast on 8 January 2008. The series was presented by the ''

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Steve Scott and was produced by

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. ''Nightwatch'' features 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 the ITV-owned digital channel

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. 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: Action Stations'' focuses on the work of fighter pilots and ground troops on duty in Afghanistan, plus insights into Air Sea Rescue and the

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aerobatic team. *''Nightwatch: Crime'' follows rapid-response road policing units or localised

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, often from the

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. *''Nightwatch: Emergency'' focuses on paramedics or air ambulance units (typically from

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), and occasionally coastal rescue in the

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area. *''Nightwatch: Mystery'' tells stories of unsolved or lengthy cases of

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, murder, rape and other grievous crimes — some dating back over a century.

Featured programmes

Regional programmes featured in the series included: *''Crimefighters'' - various versions produced by

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and

*''Helicops'' - produced by

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*''True Crimes'' - produced by

*''Emergency: Medics'' - produced by

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and

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