It was a programme that gripped households across the nation, with presenter Nick Ross famously signing off each episode of the BBC show with, ‘Don’t have nightmares.’ , which turns 40 this month, has shown thousands of reconstructions and appeals for information since it first aired in 1984 (as ), including a case close to home when presenter Jill Dando was shot dead in 1999. While the Dando case remains unsolved, ’s success in other cases is clear. On the show’s 25th anniversary in 2009,
