Newport Centre to host Katherine Jenkins Christmas TV show and BBC Children in Need

The singing star will host The Really Welsh Christmas Show in November with free tickets available now.

The Christmas show will be recorded on Thursday, November 13 with the Children in Need event happening the following evening.

The Really Welsh Christmas Show  on Thursday, November 13 with special guest

Katherine Jenkins will perform songs from her new album for the festive show, which will be recorded from 7.45pm and hosted by singer and actress Sophie Evans.

The show will feature the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, with more stars to be confirmed for the show before the event, and highlights will be broadcast in the run-up to Christmas on BBC One Wales.

Free tickets for the show will be available from the Newport Centre on 01633 656656 (lines open at 9am) and online at nccsec.newport.gov.uk/tickets, and also from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales Audience Line on 03700 101051 (standard geographic charges from landlines and mobiles will apply) - lines are open 9am-6pm Monday-Friday. Tickets are limited to 4 per household.

The BBC Children in Need show from the Newport Centre on Friday, November 14 will be broadcast live on BBC One Wales as inserts into the BBC’s annual extravaganza.

Presenter Wynne Evans will be encouraging fundraising heroes from far and wide to come along to the venue to present their donations and big cheques raised from baking challenges, fancy dress days and, no doubt, a hundred other innovative ways of raising money for a good cause.

The live TV show on Friday will also feature the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, as well as the BBC Children in Need choir - featuring pupils from St Joseph’s Roman Catholic High School, Mount Pleasant Primary School and Croesyceiliog School - and Derek Brockway as you’ve never seen him before, plus special performances by Katherine Jenkins.

Extended highlights will be broadcast in a special programme the following evening.