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(s)	ITV Central
Running time	50 minutes per episode
Broadcast
Original channel	ITV (ITV1/STV/UTV)
Original run	8 January 2008 (2008-01-08) – present

Nightwatch with Steve Scott is a weekday late-night documentary series on ITV, first broadcast on 8 January 2008. The series is presented by ITV News presenter Steve Scott and is produced by ITV Central. Nightwatch features various regional ITV programmes focusing on crime and emergency services. The series airs on ITV on various nights, anytime between midnight and 0300. The show was also repeated on ITV-owned digital channel Men & Motors. Nowadays, Nightwatch with Steve Scott is currentery repeated on ITV1 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 which 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 include:

• 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