Hank Zipzer will return to CBBC next month with a feature-length festive special, Hank Zipzer’s Christmas Catastrophe.

The 90-minute film began filming in Yorkshire in August.

CBBC controller Cheryl Taylor commented: “Our fabulous standalone Xmas special will delight Hank’s growing army of fans and we’re thrilled to have a full 90 minutes to enjoy his Christmas capers alongside partner in crime Henry Winkler who plays the irrepressible Mr Rock.”

Executive producer Anne Brogan added: “Hank’s Christmas Catastrophe will give the audience everything they love about the TV series – big laughs and big emotional moments – with the additional sparkle of a Christmas romance for Hank and the birth of a baby brother.”

Inspired by the book series Hank Zipzer: The World’s Greatest Underachiever, the TV series launched on CBBC in January 2014, starring Henry Winkler as Mr Rock, Hank’s favourite teacher.

The official synopsis reads: “Hank Zipzer’s Christmas Catastrophe joins Hank in the run up to Christmas as he prepares for a new baby brother. But Hank’s life never runs smoothly and soon Miss Adolf (played by Felicity Montagu) is turning Mr Rock’s Rudolph the Rock’n’Roll Reindeer into a one-woman Christmas Carol – two school inspectors are getting injured in a bizarre sleighing accident and Mr Joy (played by Javone Prince) is trying to cancel Christmas altogether.

“In his attempt to drag triumph from the glittering jaws of doom, Hank will ice skate into disaster, nearly crash a Christmas tree into a crowd, get himself and his best friends arrested, get his favourite teacher sacked and lose the love of his life. This time, he really has let everyone down. Surely even Hank can’t get out this one. Luckily for us, there’s no way to tell Hank that.”

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Hank Zipzer’s Christmas Catastrophe will air on CBBC in December.

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