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

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''. It was screened on the

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as a regular series from 1989 until 1998. 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 in early 1999, the

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created their own version of the format later that year. It was unsuccessful and cancelled after six weeks.

Presenters

Featured presenters on the various incarnations of the show included: * Don Willesee – 1988 pilot *

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– 1989 *

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– 1993 *

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

– 1994 *

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– 1997–1998 * Alastair Duncan – Voiceover (Seven Network) *

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and Kim Watkins – 1999 (Nine Network) During 1993, the regular

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representative was Senior Constable Denise Behringer. Jackie Forsyth, the wife of murdered police constable Peter Forsyth, worked as a special reporter in the Nine Network version.

''Wanted''

In 2013,

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re-booted the series calling it '' Wanted''. The hosts were

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and

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

References

External links

* Australian television news shows 1990s Australian reality television series Australian factual television series Seven Network original programming Nine Network original programming 1988 Australian television series debuts 1999 Australian television series endings Television series by Reg Grundy Productions {{Australia-tv-prog-stub