[Ammi]

A new feature-length drama about the "controversial interrogation" of Madeleine McCann's mother Kate McCann is set to air on Channel 5. Suspect: Kate McCann will focus on Kate McCann being questioned by Portuguese police following the disappearance of her daughter.

A synopsis reads: "In July 2007, three months after the disappearance of her daughter, Kate McCann was brought in for questioning by Portuguese police. What started innocently enough quickly turned hostile - police told Kate that they no longer believed her and would be considering her an ‘arguida’ (formal suspect).

"Detectives told her they had evidence that would prove her involvement in the disappearance, and that if she didn’t confess, she would face murder charges.

"Suspect: Kate McCann” focuses on an extraordinary and tense 48-hour period that threatened to halt the search for Madeleine, and which left the McCanns fighting for their freedom. It’s the story of every parent’s nightmare, somehow getting worse."

The drama is based on official police material, documentary evidence, and recorded testimony.

Laura Bayston is set to deliver a "raw and visceral" performance as Kate McCann, while Paula Wittig directs a script penned by Philip Ralph.

Dan Louw, commissioning editor at 5, said: “This fantastic film goes where the cameras couldn’t – behind the closed doors of the interview room – to create a deeply moving drama from documentary evidence.

"Suspect: Kate McCann is one of the most tense, moving, and shocking films you will see this year. I cannot praise the writing, directing, and acting enough – especially a star-making turn from Laura Bayston as Kate McCann."

Further casting details and a release date will be announced in due course.

[Zizu]

Hopefully we will get a fairer take on Kate McCann in this piece .

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Zizu

Hopefully we will get a fairer take on Kate McCann in this piece .

from channel 5?

[MTVN]

Most Channel 5 show ever

[Glenn.]

Must be a space for child neglect in between a Jane McDonald special somewhere.

[arista]

[A new feature-length drama about the
"controversial interrogation" of Madeleine McCann's mother
Kate McCann is set to air on Channel 5.]

Good Ch5 (USA Paramount Global own them)
are doing this Ammi.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Crimson Dynamo

from channel 5?

They have big pockets
Paramount Global own them


It will be shown Worldwide

[arista]

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Spoiler:

[Crimson Dynamo]

[Glenn.]

Yeah appalling parenting

[Jordan.]

Originally Posted by Crimson Dynamo

Not relevant to the mccanns who intentionally left their kids unattended for hours on end

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Jordan.

Not relevant to the mccanns who intentionally left their kids unattended for hours on end

Exactly why I posted it for non parents

Bullseye

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Crimson Dynamo

Exactly why I posted it for non parents



Bullseye

What does that even mean? Not comparable at all -

Kind Regards,

A parent

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

What does that even mean? Not comparable at all -

Kind Regards,

A parent

An inconvenient truth isn't easy to swallow.

Best of luck with the narrative

[Glenn.]

Apparently leaving your children alone in a foreign country to go out for dinner is “good parenting”

[Ammi]

…Laura Bayston, the actress who will be portraying Kate McCann…