Trivia

Commenced his theatrical career in repertory at the Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton in 1958 and at the Oxford Playhouse in 1959.

Having founded Winchester Pictures in 1989, Sidaway took Winchester Entertainment to the Alternative Investment Market in 1994 and was Head Of Production for the public company.

Son of industrialist Ronald "Bill" Sidaway, Chairman and Managing Director of Ductile Steels, and Beryl Cynthia Webb.

Studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and graduated with honors in March 1962.

Was educated at Tettenhall College, Wolverhampton and Trent College, Derbyshire.

Has a son, Ashley Sidaway.

During the early 1970s he worked in public relations and marketing for London theatre managements, in particular for producer John Gale, and from 1972 he was involved in No Sex Please, We're British at London's Strand Theatre. It became the world's longest running comedy play.