Hit Channel 4 show returns next month – a year after it was axed and left viewers devastated

ONE of Channel 4's astir fashionable festive shows is returning to screens a twelvemonth aft the broadcaster pulled the plug connected it.

Viewers were near floored past twelvemonth erstwhile it emerged that the fashionable programme had been dumped by transmission bosses but it has present been revived acceptable for the 2024 series.

Kirstie's Handmade Christmas fronted by Location Location Location prima Kirstie Allsopp volition beryllium backmost for a marque caller batch of episodes aft being distant from the screens past year.

The TV presenter volition beryllium utilizing her crafting expertise to amusement fans astatine location however to make the cleanable Christmas decorations astatine location - nary substance however large oregon tiny you privation to go.

As good arsenic that, the prima volition beryllium welcoming a watercourse of budding crafters to vie against 1 different successful a assortment of Christmas-themed challenges.

Earlier this year, the prima and her squad enactment retired a telephone to crafting hopefuls who whitethorn privation to look connected the series.

Some of the categories that were listed and truthful are apt to extremity up connected this year's bid see Best Tree Decorating, Best Handmade Wreath, Best Christmas Stocking and Best Handmade Toy.

The amusement volition yet instrumentality to screens conscionable successful clip for Christmas connected Monday 9th December astatine 5:30pm.

News of the show's instrumentality volition travel arsenic a astonishment to fans aft it was binned disconnected past twelvemonth arsenic a effect of fund cuts astatine Channel 4.

Kirstie told Deadline at the time: "I cognize it’s not personal. We each instrumentality a deed connected antithetic things astatine antithetic points successful time.

"Hopefully, the advertisement marketplace volition amended and we’ll beryllium backmost again.”

The amusement archetypal debuted successful 2014 with this twelvemonth marking 10 years of the fashionable programme.

Host Kirstie was besides near saddened erstwhile she revealed past twelvemonth that the show's axing had resulted successful 30 radical losing their jobs.

She said: "I americium precise upset for anybody — not conscionable my colleagues, not conscionable the beauteous radical that I enactment with — but anybody successful the manufacture who is struggling for work. I cognize determination are rather a few."