in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal; "it's easy to get the `i' and the `e' backward in words like `seize' and `siege'"; "the child put her jersey on backward"
Backwards is the name of the first episode of the third series)of British television comedy Red Dwarf. It is one of the most popular episodes from the show. The story was eventually reformulated as a novel by the same name.