Winter Paralympics 2018 schedule: TV, dates, games, how to live stream and more on Pyeongchang games... all you need to know

A glittering Opening Ceremony at the PyeongChang Olympic Stadium will raise the curtain up on the Winter Paralympics on Friday.

ParalympicsGB have sent a squad of 17 over to South Korea for the Games following their most successful Paralympic Winter Games ever four years ago in Sochi.

The Brits brought home six medals from the last Games and have been set a target of seven by UK Sport ahead of this year's Paralympics.

The Winter Paralympics will feature over 600 athletes across 80 events, with Skiers Kelly Gallagher, Millie Knight and Menna Fitzpatrick among those hoping to win medals for Britain.

Here’s everything you need to know for the games…

The 2018 Winter Paralympics start on Thursday, March 8 and run until Sunday, March 18.

The majority of events will be held at Alpensia ski resort, in PyeongChang, South Korea.

The opening ceremony will be live on Channel 4 on Friday, March 9 at 10.55am.

The Winter Olympics 2018 will be broadcast live on Channel 4, with Clare Balding hosting up to 100 hours of coverage across the 10 days.

Viewers based in the UK will able to watch live coverage online via All 4.

Download the All 4 app to stream live or catch up.

Great Britain's Paralympic team has been set a target of seven medals at the Winter Olympics.

Should Paralympics GB meet their target, they would bring back one more medal than the six won at the Sochi Games four years ago. It would also be Britain's best return since the Innsbruck Games in 1984.

Skiing pair Millie Knight and Menna Fitzpatrick are considered strong medal hopes. Knight won four medals at the 2017 World Championships in Tarvisio, including gold in the Downhill event.

Kelly Gallagher (above), who won Great Britain's first ever Winter Paralympics gold medal in Sochi, will also compete in Pyeongchang.

Para-snowboarders Owen Pick, who lost a leg in Afghanistan, and Ben Moore are both hoping for podium finishes in South Korea after winning medals at the World Championships in early 2017.

Great Britain’s wheelchair curlers, who claimed bronze in Sochi, will be bidding to go two better in Pyeongchang. For of the five curlers from Sochi are again competing, with Hugh Nibloe making his debut.

Winter Olympics 2018 events schedule