Nightwatch with Steve Scott

Nightwatch with Steve Scott
Also known as	Nightwatch: Crime; Nightwatch: Emergency; Nightwatch: Mystery
Genre	Documentary
Presented by	Steve Scott
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Production
Producer	ITV Central
Camera setup	Single-camera (documentaries),; Multi-camera (studio links)
Running time	50 minutes per episode
Release
Original network	ITV, STV, UTV
Original release	8 January 2008 –; 2010

Nightwatch with Steve Scott is a weekday late-night documentary series in the UK on ITV, first broadcast on 8 January 2008. The series was presented by the ITV News journalist Steve Scott and was produced by ITV Central. 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 Men & Motors. Nowadays, Nightwatch with Steve Scott is seldom shown on the ITV network but can be seen occasionally on ITV Channel Television.

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: Crime follows rapid-response road policing units or localised vice squads, often from the Greater Manchester Police.
Nightwatch: Emergency focuses on paramedics or air ambulance units (typically from Selly Oak Hospital in Birmingham), and occasionally coastal rescue in the Swansea area.
Nightwatch: Mystery tells stories of unsolved or lengthy cases of serial killing, murder, rape and other grievous crimes — some dating back over a century.
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 Red Arrows aerobatic team.

Featured programmes

Regional programmes featured in the series included:

Crimefighters - various versions produced by ITV Granada, ITV Yorkshire, ITV Border and ITV Central
Helicops - produced by ITV Wales
True Crimes - produced by ITV Border
Emergency: Medics - produced by ITV West and ITV Westcountry

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