Wanted (Australian TV series)

Wanted
Genre News
Criminal Investigation
Presented by Sandra Sully
Matt Doran
Composer(s) Mads Dollabill
Country of origin Australia
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 10
Production
Producer(s) Cordell Jigsaw Zapruder
Location(s) Pyrmont, New South Wales
Running time 60 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel Network Ten
Picture format 576i (SDTV)
Audio format Stereo
Original run 8 July 2013 – present
Chronology
Preceded by Australia's Most Wanted
External links
Website
Production website

Wanted is an Australian television series. Its first episode went on air on Network Ten on 8 July 2013 at 8:30PM. "Wanted" Is presented and produced from the Network Ten's Sydney Studios In Pyrmont. The show is Telecasted nationally. Because of Australia's Multiple timezones, Wanted is aired Live on the East Coast of Australia. In South Australia, The Northern Territory and Western Australia airs the show on a time delay of 30 Minutes and 2 Hours respectively.

Format

Wanted Is a criminal investigation show which helps Federal and State police directly to solve Cold Cases, Homicides, disappearances and Petty Theft Cases such as burglaries and vandalism. Wanted is a socially interactive show which employs a broad range of social media to encourage the public to help solve crimes, with viewers being encouraged to provide immediate information anonymously that could prove an arrest or a lead to close the case.

Presenters

Wanted is Presented by Popular and well respected News presenters Sandra Sully and Matt Doran.

The show is also presented by a team of crime specialists including:

Dr Xanthe Mallett

Forensic anthropologist Dr Xanthe Mallett who investigates cold cases and finds new evidence to the cases. In 2010 Xanthe made a series in the UK called History Cold Case for BBC2/National Geographic, with a team from the Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification at the University of Dundee. History Cold Case saw skeletons of everyday people from across the ages analysed in staggering detail, opening new windows on the history of our forebears. A second series was broadcast in June 2011.

Mallett also presented a piece about Jack the Ripper called National Treasures for the BBC in 2011. The live magazine-style format show put science at the heart of programming for the BBC’s main entertainment channel.

Neil Mercer

Investigative crime reporter Neil Mercer goes into the field and interviews the victims' families for the main feature story. When Mercer isn't available, Doran or Sully presents the Story. Neil Mercer has been a journalist for more than 40 years, working in newspapers and television. Mercer has covered crime since 1981 when he reported on the shooting of criminal Warren Lanfranchi by NSW Detective Sergeant Roger Rogerson.

Terry Dalton

Former Detective Superintendent Terry Dalton brings an experience from over 30 years in the field with NSW Police. Dalton mostly presents the Petty Theft cases and brings with it a slight comedic twist to the show. Dalton once said in a case of a string of burglaries on a Sydney University that "these crooks are studying how to become a criminal... And they're failing at it" because the criminals were in full view of the security cameras.

Dalton is a recipient of the National Medal and 1st Clasp to the medal. He is also the recipient of the NSW Police Medal and 3rd Clasp to that medal. He was awarded the Centenary Medal in 2001 for service to policing in the community. Dalton was awarded the Australian Police Medal for distinguished service in the 2010 Queen’s Birthday Honours List. He is a Major in the Royal Australian Corps of Military Police (Reserves), currently attached to ADFIS. He has received the Reserve Forces Medal, Defence Medal and National Service Medal for military service. He has served in the Army Reserve since 1978 and was previously in the Citizens Military Forces.

Other Reporters

Only a few reporters have appeared on "Wanted" such as Nick Way who Covers the stories in Western Australia, appearing on more than half of the ten episodes.

Series 1

Series 1 was aired at 8:30PM on July 8, 2013. Wanted had a specially designed set in the Ten News studios in Sydney. Series 1 has so far aided State and Federal police In the arrests of 16 fugitives, some whom were on the Australia's Most Wanted List by the Australian Federal Police.

Series 2

On the Final episode of Series 1 on the 26th of September 2013, it was announced by Doran and Sully that the program will return in 2014. Wanted will return in thus second half of 2014

See also