TV film: Stuart a Life Backwards

CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND - MARCH 2007; Actor Benedict Cumberbatch in character as Alexander Masters filming on set of Stuart a Life Backwards."n"nA writer takes a backwards look at the life of his unlikely friend Stuart, a homeless alcoholic who experienced a traumatic event in his childhood. "n"nBenedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch CBE is an English actor and film producer who has performed in film, television, theatre and radio."n"nStuart: A Life Backwards is a biography by Alexander Masters of his friend Stuart Clive Shorter, formerly, at various times, a prisoner and a career criminal. It explores how a young boy, somewhat disabled from birth, became mentally unstable, criminal and violent, living homeless on the streets of Cambridge. As the title suggests, the book starts from Shorter's adult life, and works backwards to trace Shorter's through his troubled childhood, examining the effects his family, schooling and disability had on his eventual state. (Photo by Peter Dench/Getty Images Reportage) (Photo by Peter Dench/Getty Images Reportage)