The Child in Time

Overview

A successful writer of children's books, Stephen Lewis is confronted with the unthinkable—he loses his only child, four-year-old Kate, in a supermarket. In one horrifying moment that replays itself over the years that follow, Stephen realises his daughter is gone. Kate's absence sets Stephen and his wife on diverging paths as both struggle with an all-consuming grief.

Cast

Benedict Cumberbatch

Stephen Lewis

Kelly Macdonald

Julie Lewis

Stephen Campbell Moore

Charles Darke

Saskia Reeves

Thelma Darke

Andrea Hall

Policewoman

Jim Creighton

Male Neighbour

N/A

Beatrice White

Kate Lewis

N/A

Rosa-Marie Lewis

Shop Assistant

Franc Ashman

Lydia Webb

Anna Madeley

Rachel Murray

John Hopkins

Home Secretary

Elliot Levey

Prime Minister