Neil Connor pulled up to the bumper at Birmingham's first drive-in movie experience and found himself joined at the big screen experience by several celebrities...

You have got to hand it to them - it was certainly something never seen before in Birmingham.

Picture a scrapyard, the size of which hasn't been seen since Superman lost the plot and started throwing tyres around like Freddie Flintoff.

However, in this particular scrapyard there's only a few dozen cars and most were pointed at a giant screen.

Sited all around an area the size of a football pitch were bars and hamburger stalls decked out in Mad Max style decor.

T-Mobile's "Street Movies" is all about bringing the drive-in movie experience to Birmingham. But does it work? Well bizarrely, yes.

Last night the first film on show at the site T-Mobile had commandeered on Curzon Street was Shaun of the Dead, the award-winning romzomcom from a couple of years back.

But before the sun was hidden behind Millennium Point the party was already swinging as Fright night style drinks, together with some kind of eyeball substitute floating in it, were handed out.

And then the ghouls turned up - Saskia, Maxwell and Kinga from Big Brother.

As Big Brother contestants go they are probably not the biggest, well not in the stardom sense anyway, but the two girls certainly got the male movie-goers attention although Kinga was clearly under orders to leave the wine bottle at home.

Indeed, celebrities of this stature hadn't been seen in the shadow of Millennium Point since Bananarama performed at the official New Year's Eve celebrations in Birmingham.

Kinga arrived first, loving her time in the limelight as the cameraman followed her about.

Then the DJ announced "Saskia and Maxwell just drove in".

It was difficult to hear his words as most of the crowd had made their way to the burger bar after his previous announcement that drinks and food were free.

The Street Movies event is only on for four weeks (probably a week longer than the camera will stay on Kinga).

However unfortunately for the readers of the Birmingham Post Kinga had signed a magazine deal and would not speak to the local press.

But the good news is Jessica Simpson might make an appearance in Birmingham for the regional premiere of Hollywood blockbuster Dukes of Hazzard.

She plays Daisy Duke in the film, and her skills washing cars in her bikini might come in useful at the Street Movies event.

Let's hope she's not cleaning cars as Kinga does an impression of Olivia Newton John.

Eventually Kinga (the 'Minga' as she's been dubbed) spoke, be it fleetingly. Unfortunately, the only thing she was allowed to say was that she was currently in the studio and writing her own music. Apparently. After being asked if she'd ever seen a drive-in before, she said: "Only in Grease".

But as Birmingham hoped that she didn't launch into a latex-clad Olivia Newton John impression at its newest venue, Saskia and Maxwell said a few words.

"We are going to lots of premieres lapping it up," said Saskia.

"This is our 15 minutes". Well at least someone was talking sense.

* Anyone interested in attending the events that are taking place every night for the next four weeks should register free at www.tmobile.co.uk/street