Terror At The Arena

Victims of last year’s Manchester bombing share their stories

- Tess Lamacraft, Ian Macewan, Sean Marland

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Manchester: the Night of the Bomb

Tuesday, BBC2 HD, 9pm

On the evening of 22 May 2017, thousands of young music fans were leaving the Manchester Arena following a sell-out Ariana Grande concert when an explosion ripped through the venue.

A suicide bomber had detonated a nail bomb in the foyer, where scores of parents were waiting to pick up their children, killing 22 people and leaving many more with terrible injuries.

NIGHTMARE SCENARIO 

A year on, this powerful film retells the story of that fateful evening in forensic detail, hearing from victims and those who rushed to their aid. Eve Senior, 15, and her younger sister Emilia, 12, were two of the people caught in the blast.