Film fan Art Zarb loves cinemas so much he built one in his garden shed.
The 76-year-old former projectionist has spent thousands of pounds converting a humble wooden shed into a fully operational 12-seater cinema in his garden in Oadby.
The 30ft-long, 12ft-high cinema has surround sound, three rows of tiered original cinema seats, a moving screen curtain, a projector and a part-time usherette who serves ice creams during the interval.
Art said: "I fell in love with the cinema at a very early age and left school to take up a job as a projectionist at a cinema.
"I promised myself that one day I would have my own cinema.
"When I got the chance 20 years ago, I had a shed built so that I could recreate a cinema from the 1960s.
"I spent so much time at the cinema it made sense in every way to have my own in my garden."
He said the 10ft screen could accommodate wide screen CinemaScope movies, but he can also watch television on it if he wishes.
Art, who has a library of more than 1,000 films, said: "The system is wired up to the TV so I can watch any programme I want in there, so if we want to see Coronation Street we can pop in there.
"My wife, Anne, is not that keen but I often wander in and pop on a film, although I get more enjoyment from showing films to others." Over the years, Art has used his shed cinema to entertain friends and his three children and four grandchildren.
He said: "On special occasions, my wife has been known to don a uniform and act as chief usherette and hand out the ice creams during the interval."
Anne said: "We used it quite a lot when the kids were little and then the grandchildren but they're all a bit old for it now.
"I made all the curtains in the cinema as I love sewing. I also made my own usherette outfit which I wore on occasions to hand out ice creams just like in a real cinema."
Art has entered his shed into the Cuprinol Shed of the Year contest.
He is up against some unusual sheds from across the country, including 308 "pubs" and 17 inspired by The Tardis in Doctor Who.
Also in the hunt for the first prize is Garry Wells-Lareter, of Thurmaston, whose shed is a party venue called Bar Code.
Garry said his shed "comes into its own in summertime, with the music on".
He said: "Everybody loves Bar Code. We're known locally as the party house."
Whoever wins the Cuprinol contest will get £1,000 in cash, £100 worth of Cuprinol products and a plaque and crown for the shed.
There is to be a three-part Channel 4 show about the contest.
The public vote closes on June 9.
To see Art's and Garry's sheds and to vote for your favourite, go to:
www.readersheds.co.uk
