In a married couple’s life, the arrival of a child is the most awaited event and soon, the child becomes the center of their attention. Their life revolves around this new bundle of joy. But this also forms a bond that can give them unimaginable pain. The Child in Time on BBC One is one such heartbreaking exploration of love, loss and the power of things unseen.
The Child in Time Cast
The Drama series is based on Ian McEwan’s Whitbread Prize winning novel of the same name and will be aired in September 2017 on BBC One. The book is adapted by Stephen Butchard for the series. The series premieres in the US on PB in March 2018.
The Child in Time (2017)
Developed By: Benedict Cumberbatch
Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Kelly Macdonald, Stephen Campbell Moore, and Saskia Reeves
Network: BBC One
Release Date: 24 Septemebr 2017, 9 PM
The Child in Time Plot
Stephen is a happy and loving father – their child Kate is born into a very loving marriage. He is an everyman and has a small but close circle of friends – he’s at his best and most charismatic when he’s with them. But that all changes when he suffers the unimaginable trauma of losing his daughter in a supermarket and becomes the centre of the drama.
In one horrifying moment that replays itself over the years that follow, Stephen realises that his daughter is gone. With tenderness and insight, the drama 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.
The Child in Time Trailer
Watch this trailer of The Child in Time and tell us if you find the Drama riveting enough to draw you to the screen this week.
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