Netflix is expanding its true crime collection with a documentary about the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.

The 3-year-old disappeared from her hotel room while on holiday with her parents and two siblings in Praia de Luz in 2007, and has remained missing ever since despite several potential suspects and sightings.

The as-yet-untitled series will feature eight episodes and include interviews with key figures and investigators.

Of course, this isn't the first time that the streaming service has made a documentary out of a high-profile recent crime.

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Last year, Netflix aired the controversial one-part Amanda Knox documentary, which featured interviews with Knox herself. She served time in an Italian prison for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher, before being later acquitted.

It has also had huge success with true crime anthology series such as Making a Murderer, which follows the convictions of Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey for the murder of Teresa Halbach; and most recently The Keepers, which looks to solve the murder of nun Cathy Cesnik in the 1960s.

Both series inspired a legion of armchair detectives who have volunteered time and resources to help find the truth about what really happened, with actual results.

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There have been big developments since Making a Murderer aired, with Brendan Dassey edging closer to his release from prison while Steven Avery's new lawyer Kathleen Zellner has revealed who she thinks really murdered Teresa Halbach.

And since The Keepers hit screens, the buried body of the prime suspect has been exhumed for DNA analysis.

From: Digital Spy