Film4 Summer Screen at Somerset House

London's oldest and most popular outdoor cinema event returns for 14 nights this August – starting with a world premiere of Richard Curtis's new movie reports LondonTown.com For Londoners who feel it's About Time to enjoy a picnic and Pimm's under the stars while watching a movie on a giant screen in a magnificent 18th-century courtyard, the wait is about to end. Tickets for London's best-loved open-air cinema – the Film4 Summer Screen at Somerset House – are on sale now. The extended 14-night programme of outdoor screenings runs from August 8 to August 21 and starts with the world premiere of Richard Curtis's new rom-com, About Time. The 2013 programme features the usual winning mix of cult classics, comedies, romance and thrillers – and also two UK premieres on top of the eagerly anticipated world premiere from the director of Notting Hill and Four Weddings And A Funeral. All films are shown on a giant screen with full surround sound, while early evening DJ sessions provide the ideal soundtrack to picnics or drinking at the bar as guests get settled. Travellers attending the Film4 Summer Screen at Somerset House can book their accommodation with LondonTown.com, where there's a wide range of London hotels to suit all budgets. Kicking the series off is Curtis's magical new rom-com About Time, in which Tim (Domhnall Gleeson) is able to relive every moment of his life until he gets it right. Also starring Rachel McAdams and Curtis favourite Bill Nighy, the delightful film charters the course of try love through life's unexpected twists and turns. On August 10, the programme features a late-night triple-bill of high-school comedy and horror with Mean Girls followed by Carrie and The Loved Ones. Other multiple-film evenings include a Friday night gore fest of Arnold Schwarzenegger's Predator followed by Gremlins 2: The New Batch (August 16) and a Saturday evening of American outlaw spirit with Badlands and Raising Arizona double bill (August 17). The diverse and widely appealing programme also features the blackly comic camp classic What Ever Happened to Baby Jane; gangsters in Prohibition-era Chicago in The Untouchables; Ken Loach's emotive debut Kes; Throne of Blood, a Japanese take on Macbeth; ballerina classic The Red Shoes and Broadway-inspired bonanza Guys and Dolls; the delectable Ryan Gosling in Crazy Stupid Love; and Paul Newman and Robert Redford in the timeless buddy Western Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Film4 Summer Screen at Somerset House is London's longest-serving and most central outdoor pop-up cinema. To read about more of the capital's open-air summer cinemas – including the Rooftop Film Club at Kensington Roof Gardens and The Queen of Hoxton, Nomad Cinema, Luna Cinema and Pop-Up Screens – please visit LondonTown.com's dedicated feature on London's Outdoor Film Screenings.