SHAW Taylor, one of the pioneers of solving crime on TV, has died at the age of 90.

Mr Taylor was one of the best-known faces on regional TV in the 1960s to the early 1980s.

He presented Police 5 on independent television including Southampton-based TVS, a long-running five-minute show that from 1962 appealed to the public to help solve crimes.

The show broadcast an estimated 25,000 appeals to help with police work.

It was a forerunner to Crimewatch which has helped snares hundreds of criminals.

His catchphrase was “Keep ’em peeled!”, urging the public to be alert to crime, and he recently reported that strangers still shout it at him in the street.

In 2014 Channel 5 revived Police 5 with new presenters and, at the age of 89, he appeared on each programme for a short segment.

Mr Taylor was born in London and served in the RAF. After the Second World War he worked as a stage and television actor and TV announcer.

He wife Ianette predeceased him. He leaves theri son Richard and his partner Shirley Ferrari.

He died at his home at Totland on the Isle of Wight on Tuesday.