In Pictures: Apes UK premiere

An array of celebrities and thousands of fans turned out for the UK première of the blockbuster Planet of the Apes in London.

BBC News Online looks at the night in pictures.

Star Helena Bonham-Carter, who plays an ape in the film, took a banana-shaped handbag

Liam Gallagher and Nicole Appleton were in Leicester Square

Co-star Estella Warren plays one of the humans

Big Brother's Helen was among the celebrities present

Mark Wahlberg went on a walkabout to meet the crowd

The bash drew big names including Winona Ryder

Singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor posed in front of waiting fans