THERE was only ONE place to be in Christchurch when the Regent Centre was chosen from all the Independent Cinemas in the UK to be on BBC 1's The One Show.

The hit programme needed a representative audience of film fans to appear live on air - and the Regent was happy to oblige!

A near capacity audience of 476 patrons who had booked to see the Oscar nominated film, Lion (PG), on Wednesday 15 March for the 7.30pm show, were absolutely amazed to find themselves as the stars of the evening, live on The One Show!

A live satellite lead had been set up from Broadcasting House in London to beam The One Show direct for everyone to watch on the big screen at the Regent from 7pm.

The lead story on The One Show was an interview with Hollywood A listers, Jake Gyllenhaal and Rebecca Ferguson, who were promoting their brand new film, the Sci-Fi thriller, Life (15), produced by Sony Pictures and due for its UK release on 24 March.

What the Regent audience did not realise was that the BBC also had a film crew in the auditorium in Christchurch, ready to beam back their live reaction to the star interview and the clips from Life (15).

Life (15) obviously met with the film fans’ approval because there was loud applause and cheers as their reactions were beamed live across the UK on BBC 1.

Christchurch will get an early chance to see the new film, when Life (15) will be shown at the Regent on Wednesday 5 April at 5.15pm and 8pm.

The scheduled showing of Lion (PG) followed on at 8pm just to complete an unforgettable night out for the audience at the Regent.

Regent General Manager, Felicity Porter, said: “It is absolutely amazing that the BBC chose the Regent as their leading Independent Cinema to appear on The One Show. We are so proud both for the Regent and for Christchurch. The One Show has an average audience of 5 million viewers, so this has really put us on the map and it will be the talk of the town for years to come!”