The Good Morning Britain host was chatting to the director and actress of new Channel 5 factual drama Under Suspicion: Kate McCann
Susanna Reid confessed that Madeleine McCann's disappearance had a profound effect on her. The Good Morning Britain star was co-hosting the ITV show with Ed Balls on Tuesday, May 19 when they spoke to the star and director of the new Kate McCann factual drama.
Actress Laura Bayston plays Madeleine's mum in Channel 5's Under Suspicion: Kate McCann which shines a light on the famous case when three-year-old Madelience vanished from her family’s holiday apartment in Praia da Luz in the Algarve, Portugal in May 2007. Kate and husband Gerry McCann, who were cleared of any wrongdoing in 2008, found themselves wrongly accused of a cover up.
Kate found herself trapped between co-operation and self-preservation as she was confronted by detectives facing hours and hours of questioning. Chattinhg to director Paula Wittig, mother-of-three Susanna admitted the case had a profound effect on her as a mum to young boys at the time. Asking Paula about her intentions for the drama Susanna said : "This is such a high-profile case, I think it's one we all remember about how it effected you personally when you found out.
"I remember I didn't sleep for two weeks after Madeleine McCann went missing because one of my children was exactly the same age as Madeleine. I mean it was just devastating. So what do you want to convey through this drama?
" Paula replied: "We weren't intending to retell the whole story or reinterrogate the whole case. We were very much foicused on this particular point in time and when I read the source material and when I looked through everything I felt that it had been hugely misrepresented and misunderstood and I saw an opportunity to really tell the truth about what happened also to look at it through a very human emotional lens.
" The factual drama begins three months into the search to find Madeleine. Portuguese Police have no substantial leads, no real evidence, and no arrests have been made. As international attention intensifies, they summon Madeleine’s mother, Kate, for a meeting. Unlike previous friendly interactions, this meeting takes an accusatory tone from the start.
When Kate asks police why she is being treated this way, she gets told they don't believe her. The drama looks at official statements and recorded testimony. The film depicts Kate McCann's interrogation, as Portuguese investigators face mounting pressure to deliver answers. Public support has turned to scrutiny as the world’s media report on forensic evidence, leaked by the police, apparently implicating McCanns.
Kate finds herself now treated as an official witness. After eleven hours of questioning, Kate is told that the next day she will be named "arguida" - a formal suspect. The police then added pressure for a confession, without one she could be charged with her daughter's murder. This revelation not only threatens Kate's freedom; it diminishes all hope of finding Madeleine.
If detectives believe Kate is guilty, she fears they will stop looking for the real culprit. In her final interrogation, Kate defies all accusations by answering "no comment" on her lawyer's advice. The drama follows as she leaves the police station, reminding viewers that the story began with a mother searching for her child. Good Morning Britain is on ITV1 weekdays at 6am and ITVX.
Under Suspicion: Kate McCann will air on Channel 5 on Wednesday May 20 at 9pm
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