| Genre: | Factual |
| Based On: | America's Most Wanted |
| Presenter: | Don Willesee (1988 pilot) Bryan Marshall (1989) Ann Sanders (1993) Sarah Henderson (1994) Roger Climpson (1997–1998) Hugh Riminton (1999) Kim Watkins (1999) |
| Voices: | Alastair Duncan |
| Country: | Australia |
| Language: | English |
| Num Seasons: | 6 (Seven Network) 1 (Channel Nine) |
| Runtime: | 60 minutes |
| Company: | Grundy Television (Seven Network) |
| Network: | Seven Network (1988–1998) Nine Network (1999) |
| First Aired: | [1] |
| Related: | Wanted (2013) |
Australia's Most Wanted is a television program based on the format made popular by America's Most Wanted. It was screened on the Seven Network as a regular series from 1989 until 1998.[2] [3]
The show was often in the headlines due to its graphic crime scene re-enactments which many deemed too distressing for the show's 7:30pm Monday timeslot.[4]
After the Seven Network cancelled the series in early 1999, the Nine Network created their own version of the format later that year. It was unsuccessful and cancelled after six weeks.
Featured presenters on the various incarnations of the show included:
During 1993, the regular New South Wales Police representative was Senior Constable Denise Behringer.Jackie Forsyth, the wife of murdered police constable Peter Forsyth, worked as a special reporter in the Nine Network version.[11]
In 2013, Network Ten re-booted the series calling it Wanted. The hosts were Sandra Sully and Matt Doran.[12] The show was not a success and was cancelled two months later.