TREDEGAR'S famous clock was transformed into a cinema yesterday for one day only.

It was home to the final public screening of the film 'A Bit of Tom Jones?' which was shot in the town, with five screenings spanning each of the five floors inside the 72 feet high, eight feet wide structure.

Director Peter Watkins-Hughes, who was born in Brynmawr, said the screening was a thank you for the "generosity" of the people of Tredegar.

An invitation-only guest list was put together and projectors inside the clock cast images on the inside of the structure, with picture sizes ranging from six feet to a mere 18 inches.

Mr Watkins-Hughes said: "The final screening should be in its most famous landmark, we wanted it to be special as it's our swan song and it's important to us to have that in our film's home town."

Manager at Brynmawr's Market Hall Cinema, Bernard Snowball, stepped in to manage the screenings at the nine-person capacity, 152-year-old multiplex, with each patron donning a hard hat and high visibility jackets before settling down on fold away chairs to enjoy the show.

There were even mock tickets and popcorn available.

The film is based around a wild 24 hours in the town and stars Margaret John (Gavin and Stacey, High Hopes) Eve Myles (Torchwood), and Loose Women host Denise Welch.

It was a surprise box office hit, outperforming Hollywood blockbusters at multiplexes in Wales which led to a premiere in London's Leicester Square in January.

Representatives from the Guinness Book Of Records are set to visit the town in the autumn to verify if this one-off can make the record books as the world's smallest multiplex cinema.

The film comes out on DVD on April 12.