The Child in Time
Drama about a writer of children's books who is confronted with the unthinkable when his only child, four-year-old Kate, disappears in a supermarket.
Adapted by Stephen Butchard from Ian McEwan's Whitbread Prize-winning novel, The Child in Time is a lyrical and heartbreaking exploration of love, loss and the power of things unseen.
Stephen Lewis, a successful writer of children's books, 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. With tenderness and insight, the film explores a marriage devastated by the loss of a child. Kate's absence sets Stephen and his wife, Julie, on diverging paths as both struggle with an all-consuming grief. With the passage of time, a balance of sorts returns, until hope surfaces and triumphs unexpectedly.
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Clips
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Benedict Cumberbatch: The Child in Time
Duration: 04:57
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"I see her too"
Duration: 01:26
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Trailer: The Child in Time
Duration: 00:40
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Stephen | Benedict Cumberbatch |
Julie | Kelly Macdonald |
Charles | Stephen Campbell Moore |
Thelma | Saskia Reeves |
Policewoman | Andrea Hall |
Male Neighbour | Jim Creighton |
Kate | Beatrice White |
Shop Assistant | Rosa-Marie Lewis |
Lydia Webb | Franc Ashman |
Rachel Murray | Anna Madeley |
91热爆 Secretary | John Hopkins |
Prime Minister | Elliot Levey |
Joanna Buckley | Lucy Liemann |
Stephen's Young Mother | Natasha Brown |
Greg Ellis | Laurence Spellman |
Stephen's Father | Richard Durden |
Stephen's Mother | Geraldine Alexander |
Estate Agent | Gerard Monaco |
Taxi Driver | Tony Walker |
Ruth Lyle | Chase Collard |
Mrs Forrester | Gehane Strehler |
Mrs Matterson | Karen Bryson |
Nurse | Doreene Blackstock |
Writer | Stephen Butchard |
Author | Ian McEwan |
Producer | Grainne Marmion |
Director | Julian Farino |
Broadcast
- Sun 24 Sep 2017 21:00