Fight Like a Girl, BBC 1, 7.30pm
DOCUMENTARY from the Our Lives series following Kimberly Benson, 26, from Ayrshire as she leads a double life, working in the family coach hire business as well as stepping into the ring as leading wrestler Viper. The film shows Kimberley competing in a series of high-pressure matches that could have a huge impact on her career. She battles for the Scottish championship in Glasgow and heads for Japan where she puts everything on the line for a chance at her first world title. Edith Bowman narrates.
Grenfell, BBC 1, 8.30pm
ON Thursday, it will be one year since the most devastating tower-block fire in British history. Bafta-winning director Ben Anthony began work on this documentary the day after the blaze, and the finished 90-minute film, which draws on hundreds of hours of interviews, social media content and archive footage, aims to tell the story of what happened before, after and during the fire. It follows survivors in the immediate wake of the tragedy and as they attempt to rebuild their lives. Among the residents featured is Lorraine Beadle, one of the first people to move into the block in 1975.
Long Lost Family: What Happened Next, STV, 9pm
NEW series. Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell revisit more of the programme’s most memorable searches, catching up with three people whose lives have been transformed. They are Cathie Cutler Evans, who wanted find the birth mother who had given her up for adoption nearly 50 years earlier; John Ayton, who was searching for his father after being adopted as a baby; and Maureen Charlton who was looking for her brother.
The Challenger Disaster: Lost Tapes, Channel 5, 10pm
THE space shuttle launch on January 28, 1986, was the first to carry a private citizen on board – schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe – but disaster struck when the Challenger exploded. This film examines the 24 hours before the fateful launch as the excitement built, only to be diffused by high winds and low temperatures. With no narration or interviews, the soundtrack instead features recordings of journalists from the time, along with Nasa archives and military photos.
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