

The Child in Time
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
Beatrice White
Kate Lewis
Rosa-Marie Lewis
Shop Assistant

Franc Ashman
Lydia Webb

Anna Madeley
Rachel Murray

John Hopkins
Home Secretary

Elliot Levey
Prime Minister

Lucy Liemann
Joanna Buckley
Natasha Brown
Steven's Young Mother

Laurence Spellman
Greg Ellis
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Storyline
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.
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