TWIN brothers from Rose Hill said making a movie for a popular children’s TV show has left them wanting more from the silver screen.

Eleven-year-old Josh and Kai Mattinson were part of a five-strong team who wrote, directed and starred in their own spy-themed mini-blockbuster for Saturday morning series Cinemaniacs.

The programme sees young film fans get behind the camera to create their own movie, while viewers get tips and tricks from Hollywood stars about the showbiz industry.

They filmed at Blenheim Palace with fellow Larkrise Primary School pupil Harvi Chase, from Cowley, also 11 and sisters Lilah, eight, and Ruby Main, 10, from Abingdon.

Kai said: “It was really good seeing the end result and when I saw the film it made me want to make more films like that.”

Josh added: “There were many things I didn’t know about before, like perspective and lighting, so I learned a lot and liked how we had a lot of freedom.”

Aimed at six to 12-year-old film fans, the show is made by Banbury Road-based production company Novel Entertainment, which also produces the Horrid Henry hit TV series.

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The youngsters’ movie Race to the Safe was shown on TV on March 21.

Lilah, who, with Ruby, goes to Rush Common school in Abingdon, picked up insider tips.

She said: “I really enjoyed writing the script because we could see other people’s ideas and now I have had the experience, I think I would do it again.”

Novel Entertainment co-founder and Cinemaniacs executive producer Lucinda Whiteley said: “The kids were entirely free to make their own decisions about the script and spent a day on location.”

Blenheim Palace has been used as a backdrop for countless blockbusters in the past, including new James Bond film Spectre, Mission Impossible and Gulliver’s Travels.

To view the Cinemaniacs episode starring the Oxford youngsters and Blenheim Palace, visit bbc.co.uk/cbbc/shows/cinemaniacs