Charlotte to star as herself

Charlotte Church will play pranks on the public in her new TV show - including entering a talent contest as a Charlotte Church tribute act

The former Voice of Angel has landed her own Friday night series on Channel 4.

It will mix celebrity guests, comedy sketches and hidden camera stunts.

Each week she will take to the streets to fool the public.

Besides the talent contest, she also pops up working behind the counter of an information booth in a busy shopping centre.

The All New Charlotte Church Show kicks off next month.

Welsh star Church, 20, said: "I'm so excited to have my own TV show.

"I have a brilliant team around me and it's great to be given the opportunity to act in sketches, have fun with members of the public and meet some fabulous people.

"I hope everyone enjoys watching it as much as I enjoy making it."

The show will be recorded close to transmission in front of a studio audience.

Celebrity guests will join in the comedy skits and musical performances.

Executive producer Will Macdonald said: "Charlotte is great. She's funny, charming and smart and about the most natural all-round talent in this country. And she's still only 20."

Channel 4 head of entertainment and comedy Andrew Newman added: "Charlotte Church is such an exciting talent and while she is one of the biggest stars in the country, she remains almost completely unaffected by it.

"Despite being a modern celebrity icon she has a fantastic, down-to-earth sense of humour and an infectious enthusiasm and energy in the studio.

"Her unique mix of star quality and no-nonsense attitude makes her incredibly likeable and makes the show great fun. We are thrilled to have her new series on Channel 4."

Church, who rose to fame as a child star classical singer, is said to have dressed up as an Ecstasy pill-popping nun in a pilot for the programme, called the Pope a "Nazi" and smashed a statue of the Virgin Mary.

She landed her own show after impressing TV bosses when she hosted Have I Got News For You?