The Big Cook Out (BBC2, 6.30pm)
If you were visiting Wales earlier this year, you may have caught this series when it first aired. But for Scottish viewers it’s the first time we’ll get to see Sam Evans and Shauna Guinn – owners of the Hang Fire Smokehouse barbecue restaurant in Barry – as they meet people across Wales before preparing huge feasts for local communities. They begin by visiting the Clwyd Special Riding School, a charity offering a variety of equine experiences for people with additional needs. They celebrate the organisation and its staff’s achievements by providing a mouth-watering menu involving beef briskets barbecued in a giant cinder-block smoker.
The Great British Bake Off (C4, 8pm)
Noel Fielding and Sandi Toksvig host Dairy Week, with Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood judging the baker’s efforts. The first of the three challenges is a decorative signature bake that involves a tricky turn-out. The bakers then move onto the technical challenge, which is a complex recipe with a long history that dates back to Henry VIII. With the first day behind them, the contestants regroup for the final challenge of the week – an intricate showstopper usually found at the centre of Indian weddings.
Sink or Swim for Stand Up to Cancer (Channel 4, 9.15pm)
Four weeks ago, we saw Linford Christie, Tessa Sanderson, Greg Rutherford, Sair Khan, Alex Brooker, James ‘Arg’ Argent, Simon Webbe, Wes Nelson, Rachel Adedeji and Diane Louise Jordan begin training for an ambitious relay swim across the English Channel in support of Stand Up to Cancer. In the final episode, the Channel swim is fast approaching and it’s down to the experts to decide whether the remaining celebrities have it in them to take on their ultimate test. Their 12 weeks of training have come to an end and now they must work together to attempt the 22-mile crossing to France. Battling the rough seas, inclement weather and their own flagging endurance, they’ll swim for upwards of 20 hours if the attempt is to be successful.
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