Official trailer for Onwards and Sideways
starring Rhys Ifans and Laura Linney released
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A story of courage and the power of human connection coming to
BBC iPlayer and BBC One later this year.

The BBC has released the official trailer for Onwards and Sideways,
a new feature-length drama coming to cinemas, BBC iPlayer and
BBC One later this year.

Trailer (2mins 34secs)
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dEZEEeEQzc>

Starring BAFTA award winner Rhys Ifans (Inheritance, House of the
Dragon) and three-time Oscar award-nominee, Emmy and Golden Globe
award winner Laura Linney (Ozark, Love Actually), Onwards and
Sideways is the emotional and surprisingly funny story of two
people with lots in common - a great sense of humour, a love of
adventure, and an unexpected diagnosis of Parkinson's.

Tony (Ifans) is deputy headteacher of a primary school. Emma
(Linney) is a musician and composer, and a single mother of two
daughters. Neither knows the other, until a startling encounter
changes the course of their lives. On the same morning, they are
both confronted with a diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease.

Onwards and Sideways is their story - a friendship which unfolds
unexpectedly. A story of humour, courage, music, movement and the
transformative power of human connection. Challenging assumptions,
the film celebrates the capacity to find joy, freedom and hope,
even in life's most difficult moments.

Joining Rhys and Laura are Monica Dolan (Mr Bates vs The Post
Office, Sherwood) as Tony's sister Liz, and Rory Kinnear
(The Diplomat, The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power) as Professor
Ridge.

The feature-length drama from John Gore Studios and Hilltop Screen
is written by Paul Mayhew-Archer (The Vicar of Dibley, Roald
Dahl's Esio Trot, and co-host of the award-winning Parkinson's
podcast Movers and Shakers), and is directed by Oscar nominee
John Madden (Shakespeare in Love, Operation Mincemeat, The Best
Exotic Marigold Hotel) who continues his long-term collaboration
with the multiple Oscar nominated composer, Thomas Newman. It is
produced by Hilltop Screen for John Gore Studios and the BBC.
Kaleidoscope Film Distribution is representing worldwide sales,
with CAA Media Finance co-repping in North America.

Onwards and Sideways is produced by Hilary Bevan Jones and John
Gore. The executive producers are Hilary Strong, Francis Hopkinson,
Paul Mayhew-Archer, Ellie Wood, Helen Flint, Rhys Ifans, and John
Madden with Lucy Richer for the BBC. Alfie Johnson is co-producer.

Onwards and Sideways will be released in UK cinemas from 6 November
by Icon Film Distribution and shown on BBC iPlayer and BBC One
later in the year.



<https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2026/onwards-and-sideways-official-trailer>






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