Couple dress up for weekly movie night for over 20 years

By Filipa Gaspar

A couple who dress up for 'Movie Night' every week to watch classic films together are celebrating - their 1,000th film over 20 years.

Ian and Yvette Perryman have turned their front room into an art deco picture house - covered in memorabilia and a gin bar with 80 different bottles.

Monday nights have been renamed Martini Mondays - when they sit down to watch a classic film from the black and white movie era with a glass of dry Martini.

This Monday marked the 20th anniversary of their weekly tradition - and also the 1,000th time they’ve sat down to watch a movie.

They watched the 1950 film The Astonished Heart - the film which first began their tradition two decades ago.

The Bristol couple, who have three grown-up kids, even dress in '30s or '40s-inspired clothing for the special occasion.

Ian, 64, who works as a mortgage broker said: "Who likes Mondays? Nobody does.

''It always gave us something to look forward to on a Monday morning. It is a staple for us - we love it.

"Some of them are real favorites like 'Brief Encounter' and 'This Happy Breed' - we have seen them three or four times.

"When we dress we'll dress in a 40s style. I'd wear a dinner jacket and I also have a smoking jacket. Yvette has got a few outfits with big skirts with petticoats underneath of them."