The Child in Time

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Benedict Cumberbatch Stephen Lewis

Kelly Macdonald Julie Lewis

Stephen Campbell Moore Charles Darke

Saskia Reeves Thelma Darke

Andrea Hall Policewoman