5 NEED-TO-KNOWS TODAY

1 to watch

Britain’s Top Takeaways, BBC Two, 9pm Five toprated takeaways roll into Manchester to serve up amazing noodle dishes.

1 to know...

Thomas Edward Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) died six days after a motorcycle accident in Dorset, on this day in 1935.

1 to answer

Which Italian actress was jailed for 18 days for tax evasion today in 1982? In 2013, Italy’s supreme court cleared her of the charges.

Birthdays

James Fox, 83; Robert Kilroy-Silk, 80; Pete Townshend, 77; Grace Jones, 74; Jodi Picoult, 56; Amanda de Cadenet, 50.

1 to listen to

Dad’s Army, BBC Sounds The comic exploits of a Second World War Home Guard platoon in Walmington-on-Sea.