Crimes ("Crims" in the original language) is a Catalan radio and television program on true crime co-produced by the Catalan Audiovisual Media Corporation and the production company Goroka and presented by Carles Porta and Gasset. Its broadcasts began on September 8, 2018, in the radio version on Catalunya Ràdio, while the first episode of the television version on Televisió de Catalunya (TV3) aired on February 3, 2020
The televised episodes of the program are partially subtitled in Catalan (except for interventions in Spanish), and they are expected to be subtitled in Spanish, English, and Arabic as well.
Plot.
The program, through radio and television episodes lasting between 50 minutes and one hour, depicts real crimes that occurred in Catalonia (and, in some cases, in other territories of the Catalan Countries or other states) from the second half of the 20th century and the 21st century. The narrative genre used is that of a novelized true crime chronicle, delivered with solemnity and austerity by the acclaimed radio and television presenter Carles Porta —who introduces each case, opens investigative lines, and reveals new facts in every episode— and combined with contributions from people directly or indirectly involved in the case: family members and friends of the victims, law enforcement bodies such as the Mossos d'Esquadra or the Civil Guard, forensic doctors, investigating judges, crime reporters like Mayka Navarro or Tura Soler, attorneys representing the parties, and even some of the initially accused.
In each episode, the testimonies of those involved and the dramatized narrations are accompanied by fictional reenactments of the events, as well as archive footage from TV3, newspaper clippings, police documentation, and aerial shots taken by drones of the towns and areas where the events took place.
Emission.
At present, the program emits in Catalonia Radio since the September 8, 2018 and at TV3 since the February 3, 2020.