Back to the Future Part II, the 1989 sequel to the iconic time-travel classic, will be shown on BBC One this Sunday afternoon at 2:50pm. The film will also be available to stream on BBC iPlayer for a limited time, alongside the first movie.
A sequel shaped by a real estate mogul
Following the unprecedented success of 1985's Back to the Future, Universal green-lit sequels, with creators Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis writing two films to be shot back-to-back, concluding the time-travel trilogy. In 1989, Back to the Future Part II hit cinemas, continuing the story from the end of the first film.
Christopher Lloyd's Doc Brown suddenly appears in his DeLorean time machine in 1985, having returned from the future. Dressed in strange clothes, he tells Michael J Fox's Marty McFly and his girlfriend Jennifer that something has to be done about their kids, before the car, thanks to a 21st-century hover conversion, lifts them off to 2015.
A darker story with a familiar villain
The darker story sees an older Biff Tannen steal the time machine and change history, creating an alternate 1985 where he rules Hill Valley from his Pleasure Palace Hotel Casino. Gale admitted he based the character in these scenes on future President Donald Trump.
What is particularly fun about Back to the Future Part II is that it takes Marty back to 1955 and the events of the first film, where he and Doc have to avoid their other selves.
