{"id":24472,"date":"2026-02-26T12:13:56","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T17:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/5-commissions-true-crime-drama-series-suspect\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T15:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T20:00:12","slug":"5-commissions-true-crime-drama-series-suspect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/5-commissions-true-crime-drama-series-suspect\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Commissions True-Crime Drama Series Suspect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>5 has commissioned <em>Suspect<\/em>, a limited-run scripted series that will shed new light on pivotal moments in real high-profile criminal investigations in which the victims become the prime suspects.<\/p>\n<p>The first film in the series will be<em> Suspect: Kate McCann<\/em> (w.t.), about the time when Portuguese police brought Madeleine McCann\u2019s mother in for questioning and then told her she was a suspect. It is based on official police material, documentary evidence and recorded testimony.<\/p>\n<p><em>Suspect: Kate McCann<\/em> is directed by Paula Wittig (<em>Black Widow<\/em>,<em> Sharon &amp; Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home<\/em>) and written by Philip Ralph (<em>Einstein and The Bomb<\/em>, <em>8 Days: To The Moon and Back<\/em>). Laura Bayston (<em>Killing Eve<\/em>, <em>Slow Horses<\/em>, <em>Doctors<\/em>) stars in the lead role.<\/p>\n<p>The second film\u2014<em>Suspect: The Road Rage Killer<\/em> (w.t.)\u2014examines the case of Tracie Andrews, who claimed her fianc\u00e9 had been killed in a shocking road rage attack. After a disastrous press conference, however, she found herself accused of murdering him.<\/p>\n<p><em>Suspect: The Road Rage Killer<\/em> stars Emma Rigby in the lead role. it is directed by Grant Armour (<em>Murderer Behind The Mask<\/em>, <em>Barrymore: The Rise and Fall of Mr Saturday Night<\/em>, <em>Manhunt: The Phantom Cop Killer<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis fantastic film goes where the cameras couldn\u2019t\u2014behind the closed doors of the interview room\u2014to create a deeply moving drama from documentary evidence,\u201d said Dan Louw, commissioning editor at 5. \u201c<em>Suspect: Kate McCann<\/em> is one of the most tense, moving and shocking films you will see this year. I cannot praise the writing, directing and acting enough\u2014especially a star-making turn from Laura Bayston as Kate McCann.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nat Lippiett, head of programs at Orchard Studios and executive producer of <em>Suspect<\/em>, added, \u201cYou might think you know these stories, but these powerful, meticulously researched dramas will surprise viewers by shedding light on the lesser-known moments in these iconic crime cases.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>5 has commissioned Suspect, a limited-run scripted series that will shed new light on pivotal moments in real high-profile criminal investigations in which the victims become the prime suspects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":24475,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[10376,11971,11972,4675],"class_list":["post-24472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-10376","tag-dan-louw","tag-nat-lippiett","tag-suspect","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>5 Commissions True-Crime Drama Series Suspect - TVDRAMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/5-commissions-true-crime-drama-series-suspect\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"5 Commissions True-Crime Drama Series Suspect - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"5 has commissioned Suspect, a limited-run scripted series that will shed new light on pivotal moments in real high-profile criminal investigations in which the victims become the prime suspects.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/5-commissions-true-crime-drama-series-suspect\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-26T17:13:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-26T20:00:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/02\/5-Suspect-0226.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"649\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/5-commissions-true-crime-drama-series-suspect\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/5-commissions-true-crime-drama-series-suspect\/\",\"name\":\"5 Commissions True-Crime Drama Series Suspect - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-26T17:13:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-26T20:00:12+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/5-commissions-true-crime-drama-series-suspect\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/5-commissions-true-crime-drama-series-suspect\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/5-commissions-true-crime-drama-series-suspect\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"5 Commissions True-Crime Drama Series Suspect\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\",\"name\":\"TVDRAMA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. She can be reached at jstalcup@worldscreen.com.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/author\/jamiestalcup\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"5 Commissions True-Crime Drama Series Suspect - TVDRAMA","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/5-commissions-true-crime-drama-series-suspect\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"5 Commissions True-Crime Drama Series Suspect - TVDRAMA","og_description":"5 has commissioned Suspect, a limited-run scripted series that will shed new light on pivotal moments in real high-profile criminal investigations in which the victims become the prime suspects.","og_url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/5-commissions-true-crime-drama-series-suspect\/","og_site_name":"TVDRAMA","article_published_time":"2026-02-26T17:13:56+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-02-26T20:00:12+00:00","og_image":[{"width":649,"height":400,"url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/02\/5-Suspect-0226.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Jamie Stalcup","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jamie Stalcup","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/5-commissions-true-crime-drama-series-suspect\/","url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/5-commissions-true-crime-drama-series-suspect\/","name":"5 Commissions True-Crime Drama Series Suspect - TVDRAMA","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-02-26T17:13:56+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-26T20:00:12+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/5-commissions-true-crime-drama-series-suspect\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/5-commissions-true-crime-drama-series-suspect\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/5-commissions-true-crime-drama-series-suspect\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"5 Commissions True-Crime Drama Series Suspect"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website","url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/","name":"TVDRAMA","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb","name":"Jamie Stalcup","description":"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. She can be reached at jstalcup@worldscreen.com.","url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/author\/jamiestalcup\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1412"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24472\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}