FILM and TV actor Burt Kwouk is to switch on Holmfirth's Christmas lights.

The Pink Panther star - now appearing in Last of the Summer Wine - will perform the ceremony on Saturday, November 29.

Organisers say it will be the best display yet, with £10,000 of improvements.

A procession will take place before the lights are switched on between 5.45pm and 6pm.

Royston Rogers, Holme Valley Business Association immediate past-president, said: "I think people are going to be delighted and amazed by this year's lights."