TAMWORTH rolled out the red carpet for a UK charity film premiere of a film starring EastEnders favourite Tamzin Outhwaite.

The first showing in Britain of Radio Cape Cod, which also starred The Tudors actress Tamzin Merchant, proved a winner for local charities St Giles Hospice and NSPCC.

The Odeon cinema showed the film in Screen 6 on Saturday night – as the final act of the town’s 2009 Heart of England International Film Festival.

Writer and director Andrew Silver came from Boston for the event and the movie’s male lead – OT Fagbenle – joined in the event and sat in row 17 to see himself star in the movie.

“I thoroughly enjoyed myself,” said OT who stayed at the Castle Hotel over the weekend.

Festival director Nick Hudson said: “Tamworth was given royal treatment for this film. It will be almost unheard of for the star of a film to sit in the cinema for its premiere – and watch it right the way through.”

OT, honoured by the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in the '100 faces of RADA' along with Sir Anthony Hopkins and Sir John Gielgud, was greeted with critical acclaim for his performance in Trevor Nunn's Tony Award–winning world premiere of Porgy and Bess The Musical.

Representatives from the two charities – along with Tamworth mayor Gerry Pinner - were present for the screening and monies are still being collected from the event.