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Nick Ross to leave Crimewatch
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After 23 years, Nick Ross is to leave 大象传媒 One's Crimewatch to pursue other ventures.
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Nick will remain one of the 大象传媒's family of presenters and we are talking to him about other potential projects. He leaves Crimewatch at a time when the programme's conviction rate is at its highest, solving one in five cases featured on the programme.
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Nick's last programme will be on Monday 2 July 2007 and will include an item celebrating his contribution to Crimewatch and some of the major crimes that have been solved while he has been presenting the programme.
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Peter Fincham, Controller, 大象传媒 One, says: "Nick has made a gigantic contribution to Crimewatch which for 23 years has been a uniquely important 大象传媒 One programme.
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"The 大象传媒 is in his debt, as are the countless victims of crime whose cases Crimewatch has taken up and, on many occasions, helped to solve. It's no exaggeration to say that, without Nick, there would have been no Crimewatch.
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"We wish him well for the future and I am hoping that he will be back on 大象传媒 One soon."
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Nick Ross says: "After more than 23 years at the helm of Crimewatch I shall greatly miss the programme, and I am grateful to the 大象传媒 for the privilege of presenting this flagship show. Together we have created something of a national institution which continues to be a phenomenal success in solving crime, winning ratings and maintaining high standards of public service.
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"As a direct result of Crimewatch dozens of murders have been solved and undoubtedly many very serious crimes have been averted. All terrestrial audiences have declined in the multichannel era but our last show, as so often, beat all the competition and won some of the highest audience approval ratings on TV.
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"I have watched police professionalism grow over more than two decades, and it has often been a humbling experience to work with victims on appeals. I have no bad memories other than of April 1999 and the death of my colleague Jill Dando.
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"I shall continue to do all I can to support the Jill Dando Institute at University College London which, with huge public support, we created in her memory. I shall also stay working with the police on crime prevention and other initiatives, and retain my role with Crimestoppers and as an adviser to Victim Support.
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"I want to thank my other co-presenters over these two decades, Sue Cook and Fiona Bruce, and Crimewatch's resident police officers David Hatcher, Helen Phelps, Jacqui Hames, Jeremy Paine, Jonathon Morrison, Rav Wilding and Jane Corrigan, who have all been such professional and supportive colleagues.
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"Crimewatch has also been blessed with a consistently strong production team and along the way secretaries, researchers, directors, producers and departmental heads have gone on to make award-winning programmes, direct major dramas and feature films, and become leading figures in the television industry.
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"I have hugely enjoyed working with them and learning from them. Finally, as I shall say in my last appearance on the show, I am grateful for the enormous warmth and loyalty of Crimewatch viewers.
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"My career thus far in broadcasting has spanned many different types of factual programme, but nothing has given me a greater sense of public service than my time on Crimewatch. I wish the series well. I am sure the 大象传媒 will continue to cherish it, and I shall watch with interest to see how they will do better over the next two decades than we have in the past."
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Ben Gale, Commissioning Editor for Factual Features and Formats, says: "We remain committed to the long term future of Crimewatch, which continues to perform well. However, every long running strand needs to be regularly refreshed and we are currently taking a wide-ranging look at all aspects of the programme."
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Fiona Bruce will continue to present Crimewatch.
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