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Madeleine appeal on Crimewatch TV

The abduction of Madeleine McCann is expected to feature on Crimewatch as her parents redoubled their efforts to find the little girl, a family spokesman said.

After a weekend spent with two-year-old twins Sean and Amelie, Kate and Gerry McCann are preparing to travel to Germany and the Netherlands in the search for their four-year-old.

It is now 32 days since she was snatched from her bed in the family's apartment in the Algarve resort town of Praia da Luz.

It is hoped that an appeal will be made on the BBC1 programme on Tuesday night at 9pm. By then, the McCanns will be in Berlin to highlight Madeleine's disappearance.

The family spokesman said: "Crimewatch is very important and it has a large audience.

"At one stage we felt the message was out there so utterly in Britain but we now feel it is more relevant."

Last week, Mr and Mrs McCann spoke at length about their daughter's abduction on Spanish television missing persons programme Los Mas Buscados, or Most Wanted.

Before they leave for Germany, the McCanns want to meet Portuguese police officials for an update on the investigation.

It has been 11 days since they had a "constructive and amicable" meeting, which led to the release of a description of a suspect which they had been aware of from the outset.

A meeting planned with police officials fell through last week.

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