Amazing Spaces Special: 24 Hour Build, C4, 8pm
ACCORDING to a 600-year-old Welsh legend, if you can build a house with four walls and a roof and have a fire burning in the hearth in less than a day, the property and the ground beneath it is yours. Now, George Clarke is putting that folklore in action as he recruits a team of builders to help him construct a lakeside cabin using the natural raw materials from near Machynlleth in Wales. They have two days to prepare and one day to build – but will wild and stormy weather derail their plans?
Mo Salah: A Football Fairy Tale, C4, 10pm
VOTED the best player in England and a candidate for the prestigious Ballon d’Or, Mo Salah has had a stunning debut campaign for Liverpool. He became the first player to score 40 goals in a season for the club since Ian Rush during the 1980s and his performances have carried the Merseyside club to Saturday’s Champions League final against Real Madrid. This documentary charts the rise of Salah from humble origins in Egypt. There is footage of all of all his goals from this year’s dramatic European campaign, plus action from his time in Italy and Switzerland.
Manchester: The Night of the Bomb, BBC2, 9pm
MAY 22, 2017, should have been a peaceful spring night for music lovers desperate to see their idol. Then a Manchester-born man detonated a homemade bomb at an Ariana Grande pop concert, killing 22 people and himself. The atrocity at Manchester Arena was Britain’s deadliest terrorist attack since the London bombings of July 7, 2005. In this moving documentary, cameras reveal the story of that night through the eyes of teenage survivors and members of the emergency services.
Trains from Hell: Caught on Camera, Channel 4, 9pm
PSYCHOLOGISTS and rail industry experts discuss the anxieties and situations passengers experience in and around the railways. There is also real-life footage – ranging from the funny to the dramatic – showing what can go wrong on and off the train tracks. There are clips of near-misses, devastating derailments, rush-hour rage and on-board entertainment, all captured on cameras and phones.
Why are you making commenting on The National only available to subscribers?
We know there are thousands of National readers who want to debate, argue and go back and forth in the comments section of our stories. We’ve got the most informed readers in Scotland, asking each other the big questions about the future of our country.
Unfortunately, though, these important debates are being spoiled by a vocal minority of trolls who aren’t really interested in the issues, try to derail the conversations, register under fake names, and post vile abuse.
So that’s why we’ve decided to make the ability to comment only available to our paying subscribers. That way, all the trolls who post abuse on our website will have to pay if they want to join the debate – and risk a permanent ban from the account that they subscribe with.
The conversation will go back to what it should be about – people who care passionately about the issues, but disagree constructively on what we should do about them. Let’s get that debate started!
Callum Baird, Editor of The National
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules here