22 April 1942: birth of Denis Lill, who played Dr. Fendleman in Image of the Fendahl (1977) and Sir George Hutchinson in The Awakening (1984).
22 April 1984: birth of Michelle Ryan, who played Christina de Souza in Planet of the Dead (2009).
22 April 1989: death of Kenny McBain, who directed The Horns of Nimon (1979-80).
ii) broadcast anniversaries
22 April 1967: broadcast of third episode of The Faceless Ones. The Doctor convinces the Commandant to let him investigate the mysterious disappearances.
22 April 1972: broadcast of third episode of The Mutants. Jo, the doctor, Cotton and Stubbs are trapped in the caves by the Marshall, with gas closing in.
22 April 2006: broadcast of Tooth and Claw. The Doctor and Rose save Queen Victoria from werewolves; she founds the Torchwood Institute.
(Odd coincidence that Pauline Collins features in two episodes shown exactly 39 years apart.)
The Hunger Games suffer somewhat from YA Logic (attempting to avoid spoilers, the thing that I thought ‘no, that can’t possibly be how this ends because that is way too unrealistic’ was in fact how one of the books ends) – the first book is definitely worth reading, the others are entertaining but suffer a bit from feeling the need to trump the events of the first book…