Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleThe parents of Madeleine McCann have said they are “disappointed” that a new true crime drama about their daughter’s disappearance was made without them being consulted or asked for consent.Kate and Gerry McCann said they “had no involvement whatsoever” in the making of Channel 5’s Under Suspicion: Kate McCann, which depicts Madeleine’s mother being treated as a suspect during the investigation.In a statement on the same day, Kate and Gerry raised concerns over the “negative impact” such programmes have on their family.A spokesperson for Channel 5 acknowledged the sensitivity of the drama’s subject matter, but said the production team had “worked carefully to ensure accuracy, restraint and fairness”.Madeleine McCann was three when she went missing from her family’s holiday apartment in Praia da Luz in southern Portugal on May 3 2007.Thank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Madeleine McCann’s parents ‘disappointed’ by new Channel 5 drama
Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleThe parents of Madeleine McCann have said they are “disappointed” that a new true crime drama about their daughter’s disappearance was made without them being consulted or asked for consent.Kate and Gerry McCann said they “had no involvement whatsoever” in the making of Channel 5’s Under Suspicion: Kate McCann, which depicts Madeleine’s mother being treated as a suspect during the investigation.In a statement on the same day, Kate and Gerry raised concerns over the “negative impact” such programmes have on their family.A spokesperson for Channel 5 acknowledged the sensitivity of the drama’s subject matter, but said the production team had “worked carefully to ensure accuracy, restraint and fairness”.Madeleine McCann was three when she went missing from her family’s holiday apartment in Praia da Luz in southern Portugal on May 3 2007.Thank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
