BOLTON actress turned model Helen Flanagan will appear on the Come Dine With Me Christmas Special later this month.

The Channel 4 programme will be screened at 7.05pm on Tuesday, December 30.

The 24-year-old will try to impress funny man Mark Dolan, TV and radio presenter Kirsten O'Brien and Happy Mondays front man Shaun Ryder, from Little Hulton, with a sparkly Christmas party.

The second night will see part Norwegian presenter Kirsten O'Brien go back to her roots by throwing a Scandinavian style Christmas bash. But will the exotic fare be a smorgasbord too far for Helen and what is getting Mark and Shaun all steamed up?

The third festive dinner party of the week sees Mark Dolan take everyone back to Victorian England when he hosts a Dickensian Christmas serving up pea soup, a three bird roast and a very plum duff.

For the last party of the week it's up to Manchester for Shaun's "Madchester" Christmas with melons on the menu and a right festive rave up.