THE CHILD IN TIME

ACORN TV DRAMA

During a trip to the supermarket children’s author Stephen Lewis (Benedict Cumberbatch) loses sight of his four-yearold daughter for just a second – and she’s gone. The loss tears Stephen and his wife Julie (Kelly Macdonald) apart. So raw is their grief that the first 15 minutes or so of this film are actually quite difficult to watch. But the remainder, about how the couple cope and the long-term impact on them, and a secondary storyline about a friend of Stephen’s reverting to childhood, is less successful.

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