Festivals, budget horror, and running a cinema: Spencer Hawken

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He ran a video shop showing banned films in the back, was a recurring extra in "Dr Who", made his own horror film for next to nothing, and now owns the Lumiere cinema in Romford - one of the few successful cinemas - while hosting the Romford Horror Festival and Romford Film Festival, which has boasted Oscar-shortlisted films. When it comes to film, there's little that Spencer Hawken hasn't done, and Chris and I got to ask all about it.

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