When is The Child in Time with Benedict Cumberbatch on TV?

The one-off drama airs at 9pm on 24^th September on BBC1.

What’s it about?

The plot centres on Stephen Lewis, a successful children's author whose life is torn apart after his only child – four-year-old Kate - disappears in a supermarket. And that’s just the start of the story. The 90-minute one-off special will focus on how Stephen and wife Julie cope with their all-consuming grief.

Three years on from her disappearance, the two have gone their separate ways, with Stephen still conducting daily futile searches for his missing daughter.

Who’s in the cast?

Doctor Strange, Sherlock and Star Trek actor Benedict Cumberbatch will play distraught father Stephen. Joining him is Trainspotting's Kelly Macdonald, who’ll play wife Julie. Also starring are Stephen Campbell Moore (The History Boys) and Saskia Reeves (Luther).

Cumberbatch said,“I read the novel years ago and it stayed with me – profound, beautiful and very moving. Only Ian McEwan could write about loss with such telling honesty.”