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Channel 5 Commissions First Drama on Madeleine McCann Titled Suspect: Kate McCann

The 90-minute factual film recreates Kate McCann’s 2007 police questioning from official records with no editorial involvement from her family.

Overview

  • Laura Bayston stars as Kate McCann, with Paula Wittig directing and Philip Ralph writing the 90-minute single.
  • The drama reconstructs a tense 48-hour period three months after Madeleine’s disappearance when Portuguese police moved to treat Kate as an arguida (formal suspect).
  • Channel 5 says the production draws on official police material, documentary evidence and recorded testimony to depict the interrogation.
  • The broadcaster confirmed the McCanns were informed about the project but are not involved editorially.
  • Produced by Orchard Studios, the film launches a two-episode factual drama strand that will also cover the Tracie Andrews case under the working title Suspect: The Road Rage Killer.