Special Question Time from Manchester to air tonight

From Digital Spy

BBC's Question Time is airing a special show tonight from Salford in Greater Manchester, in the wake of Monday's suicide bombing that killed 22 people.

David Dimbleby will host as usual and he will be joined by guests including the Home Secretary Amber Rudd and Mayor of Manchester Andy Burnham (via Radio Times).

Also appearing are anti-extremism campaigner Sara Khan, head of the Police and Crime Commissioners Association Nazir Afzal, and peace campaigner Colin Parry.

The weekly current affairs show was originally due to broadcast from Belfast tonight (May 25) but the schedule was altered after the attack at the Manchester Arena.

Other schedule changes this week include the announcement that Songs of Praise will broadcast a special episode from Manchester, while Broken starring Sean Bean was pulled from broadcast and replaced with a Planet Earth II repeat.

Today (May 25) saw a minute's silence take place across the United Kingdom to honour those who were killed in the Manchester terror attack at Ariana Grande's concert earlier this week.

After the crowd applauded the tribute and fell silent again, one woman began to sing the opening bars of Oasis's 1995 hit 'Don't Look Back In Anger'.

Soon, in a beautiful and spine-tingling moment, the Mancunian band's classic was being sung by the hundreds of people gathered to honour the 22 who lost their lives.

Question Time will air tonight (Thursday, May 26) on BBC One at 10.45pm.

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