Crime Night! on ABC and ABC iview S1E1 – Crime Night! is a brand-new panel show where an expert team of criminologists and comedians dive beneath the surface of crime to discover the science and psychology behind it all.
Episode 1: Eyewitness Testimony
Host Julia Zemiro and expert criminologists Prof. Danielle Reynald and Dr. David Bartlett are joined by Celia Pacquola and Mel Buttle to explore the complexities of eyewitness testimony.
They discuss the importance of eyewitness accounts while also examining their unreliability, referencing the wrongful conviction of Richard Phillips and factors like own-race bias and weapon focus. The “forgetting curve” illustrates memory’s rapid decay, even when witnessing significant events like the JFK assassination.
Crime Night on ABC and ABC iview – Wednesday 5 November at 8.30pm
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Crime Night! on ABC and ABC iview S1E1
About the Show
Crime Night! puts crime under the microscope this November – Hosted by the award-winning Julia Zemiro, ABC’s brand new entertainment show Crime Night! premieres on Wednesday 5 November at 8.30pm on ABC TV and ABC iview.
The six-part series dives beneath the surface of crime to explore the science and psychology behind it all.
Each week Julia is joined by expert criminologists Professor Danielle Reynald and Dr David Bartlett, alongside a rotating panel of Australia’s sharpest comedians to unpack a different area of crime and criminology. Special guests include Celia Pacquola, Mel Buttle, Claire Hooper, Rhys Nicholson, Susie Youssef, Nick Cody, Ryan Shelton, Lizzy Hoo, Alexei Toliopoulos and Steph Tisdell.
Each episode features a unique Experiment of the Week, where panellists or the studio audience become unwitting accomplices in testing long-held assumptions about criminal behaviour.
Adding to the mix is comedy sensation, Lou Wall, who delivers their own analysis on a quirky criminal curiosity tied to the week’s theme.
While the criminologists share insightful analysis and the comedians ask the questions we’re all dying to know, Crime Night! blends real-life criminal cases, witty storytelling and entertaining social experiments to expose the frailties, illusions and delusions of our very human obsession with crime.
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Production credit: Commissioned by the ABC. Produced by Dreamchaser and Maverick Entertainment in association with the ABC. Maverick Executive Producers: David Forster, Frank Bruzzese and Julia Zemiro. Dreamchaser Executive Producers: Carl Fennessy, and Monique Keller. ABC Executive Producer: Michiko Smith. ABC Head of Entertainment: Rachel Millar. World distribution rights managed by ABC Commercial.
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