5 NEED-TO-KNOWS TODAY

1 to watch

Celebrity Best Home Cook, BBC One, 9pm:

Nine celebrities impress with chocolate desserts for Mary, Angela and Chris.

1 to know...

America signed a ceasefire to end military action in Vietnam on January 27, 1973. 58,000 US troops died in the war.

1 to answer

Who was the author of The Catcher In The Rye who died aged 91 on January 27, 2010? Answer above right.

Birthdays

Mark Owen, Take That singer, pictured, 49; Nick Mason, Pink Floyd, 76; Mimi Rogers, actress, 65; Bridget Fonda, actress, 57.

1 to listen to

The Battersea Poltergeist, BBC Sounds: A paranormal cold case re-investigated through drama and documentary.