Bob the Builder is going to fix it for Keighley.

The popular children's TV character is switching on the town's Christmas lights.

He will flick the switch in Town Hall Square on November 29, at 7pm.

Youngsters will have the chance to meet Bob when he makes special appearances in the Airedale Shopping Centre before and after the switch-on ceremony.

Janice Hogarth, operations manager at the centre, said: "This is very much a family shopping centre so we are thrilled that Bob the Builder is coming to Keighley. We hope many people will come along to see him and make this a really memorable Christmas."

The event -- a joint initiative between the Airedale Centre and Town Centre Management -- will also herald the start of late-night shopping. Shops in the centre will be open until 9pm that evening and each Thursday until Christmas. The centre will also be open on Sundays.

And as part of the switch-on celebrations free children's entertainment -- including face painting and Rumple the Crown -- will be provided in the Airedale Centre from 4pm, and Rumple will also perform for the crowds in Town Hall Square.

Other pre-Christmas entertainers in the Airedale Centre will include: Sunday, December 2, Frosty the Snowman (11am-4pm); Thursday, December 6, Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer (4.30-9pm); Sunday, December 9, the Rapide Brothers (11am-4pm); Thursday, December 13, Charlie Chaplin (4.30-9pm); Sunday, December 16, mime artist Valerie van Looe (11am-4pm); Thursday, December 20, Chirpy the Clown (4.30-9pm); and Sunday, December 23, Fairy Twinkle (11am-4pm).