5 NEED-TO-KNOWS TODAY

1 to watch

The Great British Sewing Bee, BBC One, 9pm Scraps are used in Reduce, Reuse, Recycle week to create patchwork jackets.

1 to know...

Fred Perry, three times Wimbledon champion, was born on this day in 1909. He was also world table tennis champion in 1929.

1 to answer

Edwin Budding signed an agreement for the manufacture of which garden labour-saving invention, today in 1830?

Birthdays

Miriam Margolyes, 81; Rick Wakeman, 73; Chow Yun-Fat, 67; Toyah Willcox, 64; Holly Aird, 53; Martika, 53; Tina Fey, 52; Danny Mills, 45.

1 to listen to

The Confessional, BBC Radio 4, 6.30pm Alastair Campbell on cheating and fear of electricity. With Stephen Mangan.