5 NEED-TO-KNOWS TODAY

1 to watch

The Repair Shop, BBC 1, 8pm: Jay Blades and the team take on a jazz guitar, a card table, a bookie’s bag and a clockwork pigeon.

1 to know...

Prime Minister Harold Macmillan made his historic ‘wind of change’ speech in South Africa on February 3, 1960.

1 to answer

Which US singer and guitarist aged 22 died in an air crash in Iowa on February 3, 1959? Answer above right.

Birthdays

Morgan Fairchild, actress, pictured, 71; Dave Davies, rock singer, 74; Kirsty Wark, TV presenter, 66; Warwick Davis, actor, 51.

1 to listen to

Podcast - Joyride With Jools Holland and Jim Moir: A chat with friends about transport, travel, trips and tittle tattle.