{"id":6324,"date":"2021-10-27T12:19:59","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T10:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1482072"},"modified":"2021-10-27T12:43:07","modified_gmt":"2021-10-27T10:43:07","slug":"jenny-agutter-is-back-and-opposite-sheridan-smith-in-the-railway-children-returns-first-trailer","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/jenny-agutter-is-back-and-opposite-sheridan-smith-in-the-railway-children-returns-first-trailer\/","title":{"rendered":"Jenny Agutter is back and opposite Sheridan Smith in The Railway Children Return\u2019s first trailer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Lidia Molina-Whyte\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 27 October 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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More than 50 years after its release, classic British film The Railway Children is getting a sequel set to take viewers back to Yorkshire for another heart-warming adventure.<\/p>\n

The Railway Children Return<\/a> is expected to land in UK cinemas in 2022, with\u00a0Jenny Agutter reprising the role of Roberta \u2018Bobbie\u2019 Waterbury. She is joined by a stellar cast that includes Sheridan Smith (Cilla, Gavin & Stacey) as headmistress Annie, Tom Courtenay (45 Years, Billy Liar) and John Bradley (Game of Thrones).<\/p>\n

The sequel will take place 40 years after the original, which was based on E. Nesbit\u2019s\u00a0 novel The Railway Children<\/a>, with \u2018a new generation of railway children\u2019 sent to the original\u2019s Yorkshire village in the midst of World War II.<\/p>

The recently released first-look trailer offers a glimpse at Beau Gadsdon (The Crown, Star Wars: Rogue One), KJ Aikens, Eden Hamilton, Austin Haynes and Zac Cudby as said children. Agutter\u2019s Bobbie also recalls her own experience when she first got to the Yorkshire village she and her siblings would eventually call home.<\/p>\n

Take a look below:<\/p>\n\n<p>As with the original, the children will encounter a young soldier who, as the synopsis teases \u201cis far away from home\u201d just like them.<\/p>\n<p>The trailer also confirms we can expect sweeping shots of the stunning Yorkshire countryside, and a return to The Railway Children\u2019s classic locations, including Haworth, The Bront\u00eb Parsonage, Oakworth station and the iconic railways from the original film (all part of the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway).<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s plenty of talent behind the camera too, with BAFTA-winning director Morgan Matthew at the helm and Danny Brocklehurst (Brassic) writing the script.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Looking for something else to watch? Check out our <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/railway-children-return-first-pictures-newsupdate\/"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""noopener" noopener noreferrer\">TV Guide<\/a> or visit our <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/railway-children-return-first-pictures-newsupdate\/"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""noopener" noopener noreferrer\">Movies<\/a> hub for the latest film news.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lidia Molina-Whyte Published: Wednesday, 27 October 2021 at 12:00 am More than 50 years after its release, classic British film The Railway Children is getting a sequel set to take viewers back to Yorkshire for another heart-warming adventure. The Railway Children Return is expected to land in UK cinemas in 2022, with\u00a0Jenny Agutter reprising […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":6325,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/10\/jenny-agutter-is-back-and-opposite-sheridan-smith-in-the-railway-children-returns-first-trailer.jpg",895,596,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/10\/jenny-agutter-is-back-and-opposite-sheridan-smith-in-the-railway-children-returns-first-trailer-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/10\/jenny-agutter-is-back-and-opposite-sheridan-smith-in-the-railway-children-returns-first-trailer-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/10\/jenny-agutter-is-back-and-opposite-sheridan-smith-in-the-railway-children-returns-first-trailer-768x511.jpg",768,511,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/10\/jenny-agutter-is-back-and-opposite-sheridan-smith-in-the-railway-children-returns-first-trailer.jpg",800,533,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/10\/jenny-agutter-is-back-and-opposite-sheridan-smith-in-the-railway-children-returns-first-trailer.jpg",895,596,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/10\/jenny-agutter-is-back-and-opposite-sheridan-smith-in-the-railway-children-returns-first-trailer.jpg",895,596,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Lidia Molina-Whyte Published: Wednesday, 27 October 2021 at 12:00 am More than 50 years after its release, classic British film The Railway Children is getting a sequel set to take viewers back to Yorkshire for another heart-warming adventure. The Railway Children Return is expected to land in UK cinemas in 2022, with\u00a0Jenny Agutter reprising…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/6324"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}