Crimecall

liam7831

This is a real poor effort by the new production company. Its more a consumer info show than actual crime show. Its terrible compared to CrimeWatch on BBC, looks like they have a budget of around €50.

We dont need to be reminded every week to close the door on your house on the way out !!!

Atlantic Dawn

Didn't catch it myself but previously they would show crimes that occured 6-8 months ago and be seeking the publics help in tracing a car spotted on the day in question, complete and utter waste of time looking for information that late. There was also cases where the actual value of the items stolen/damaged would have been less of the production costs of the reconstruction, would have been a better solution for production company to just send a cheque for the loss to the victim.

liam7831

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Didn't catch it myself but previously they would show crimes that occured 6-8 months ago and be seeking the publics help in tracing a car spotted on the day in question, complete and utter waste of time looking for information that late. There was also cases where the actual value of the items stolen/damaged would have been less of the production costs of the reconstruction, would have been a better solution for production company to just send a cheque for the loss to the victim.

One of the cctv was for a few pairs of jeans, another one was for a ladies Top

Arghus

I just thought it was merely there to function as good PR for The Gardai and to terrify the elderly of rural Ireland. It's merits as a tool for fighting crime are dubious at best.

Do they still have all the Guards in the studio in the background, supposedly answering those phones that are ringing off the hook constantly - looking like extras babbling away gibberish in McCoy's in Fair City?

The huge disparity sometimes in the quality between one piece of CCTV footage and another was amazing. I used to laugh whenever the presenter would turn to to whatever Guard was on CCTV duty on the show on the night and say, " So, we've a few items of security footage here P.J., and some of them are really good!", and P.J. would proceed to talk us through security cam footage consisting of a few solid potential identifications, but mainly the usual: grey murk where you could just about discern human shapes with pixelated blobs for faces.

Atlantic Dawn

They should actually refuse to broadcast any CCTV that's ****e quality, insurance companies should insist on a certain megapixel quality.

banoffe2

I like the format and presentation of the New Crimecall, Keelin Shanley much more suited to the role than Grainne

banoffe2

I like the format and presentation of the New Crimecall, Keelin Shanley much more suited to the role than Grainne

ligerdub

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Didn't catch it myself but previously they would show crimes that occured 6-8 months ago and be seeking the publics help in tracing a car spotted on the day in question, complete and utter waste of time looking for information that late. There was also cases where the actual value of the items stolen/damaged would have been less of the production costs of the reconstruction, would have been a better solution for production company to just send a cheque for the loss to the victim.

I recall a reconstruction where the only information they gave was that a burglar had an "Irish accent"! Thanks lads.

I've seen a few of them on there where they basically had zero information to give to the public in terms of who they were looking for, or places where they knew the perpetrators had been. All they did was tell us that X was robbed of Y by an unknown assailant. Thanks again lads.

In some ways I'm glad of the rather innocuous crimes on there. I'd rather that than live in a country where random murders of innocents is happening left, right and centre. There was one a few months back where some lad accidentally left an ipad on a table, and some randomer was walking past a few minutes later and swiped it. It's obviously a dishonest thing to do, but if I were the victim there I'd be slapping myself rather than reporting a crime.

Second Toughest in_the Freshers

liam7831 wrote: »

We dont need to be reminded every week to close the door on your house on the way out !!!

We're blue in the face from tellin' ye, ye can't be doin that

Duggie2012

ya i caught 5 mins of it last night and i was like is this show for real. it showed a guy stealing a purse from a bunch of girls in a night club like 6 months ago. A PURSE!!!! ok bad luck on the lady in question but its hardly jack the ripper stuff. even if he was identified so what. its a purse FFS. he'd hardly be banged up for 10 years over it. they must really have been desperate to include this in the show.

Go Harvey Go

This is the newest Crimecall thread, AFAIK - and, of course, the show is the Irish equivalent of Crimewatch, as was its predecessor Crimeline.

Hence me bumping the thread to point out that the BBC have axed Crimewatch after 33 years:

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-41648972

Tom Mann Centuria

Go Harvey Go wrote: »

This is the newest Crimecall thread, AFAIK - and, of course, the show is the Irish equivalent of Crimewatch, as was its predecessor Crimeline.

Hence me bumping the thread to point out that the BBC have axed Crimewatch after 33 years:

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-41648972

For a Public Service broadcaster this is pretty crap, one of the few things the BBC still did that could be considered in any way a public service.

darkdubh

The comments, well one anyway, on this Crimecall YT clip are kind of telling.