The new film by Full Monty writer Simon Beaufoy will become the first to be launched officially over the internet. This is Not a Love Song, which stars Harry Potter actor David Bradley, will be streamed from 1800 BST on Friday. The low-budget British film - costing £500,000 to make - is a gritty thriller shot in less than a fortnight. The producers hope the internet launch will help more UK film-makers to have their films seen more widely. Writer Mr Beaufoy told BBC One's Breakfast programme he wrote the film for the internet because it was hard for small local films to get distribution deals. "It's on in five cinemas but the point was we felt British films were being squeezed out of the cinemas by big American blockbusters, and the films I like watching and making are little small niche films that have no place in the cinema. "We thought, 'Let's try and get our films out to the man in Norfolk and the woman in the Yorkshire Dales who never see my films'," he said. Watch it here: http://www.thisisnotalovesong.com/