ABV-2
(ABC Melbourne)

ABV-2 was a regional variant of the national public service channel ABC. The 'V' in the station code stands for Victoria. The suffix '2' denoted their channel position on the dial, not that they were the second ABC channel. There were also other variants of ABC in other states.

 The Avengers — Series 2

 The Avengers — Series 3

 

No.	Title	ABV-2 (ABC) Transmissions (Australia)	MELBOURNE
24	Brief for Murder	Thursday 5th November 1964, 7.30pm
25	Concerto	Thursday 12th November 1964, 7.30pm
26	The Nutshell	Thursday 19th November 1964, 7.30pm
27	Death a la Carte	Thursday 26th November 1964, 7.35pm
28	The Grandeur That Was Rome	Thursday 3rd December 1964, 7.30pm
29	The Undertakers	Thursday 10th December 1964, 7.30pm
30	Build a Better Mousetrap	Thursday 17th December 1964, 7.30pm
31	Second Sight	Thursday 24th December 1964, 7.30pm
32	November Five	Thursday 31st December 1964, 7.30pm
33	The Golden Fleece	Thursday 7th January 1965, 7.30pm
34	Death of a Batman	Thursday 14th January 1965, 7.30pm
Break in transmission No further episodes shown until Monday 17th January 1966
35	The Gilded Cage	Monday 10th January 1966, 8.00pm
36	Dressed to Kill	Monday 17th January 1966, 8.00pm
37	The Medicine Men	Monday 24th January 1966, 8.00pm
38	The Secrets Broker	Monday 31st January 1966, 8.00pm
39	The Charmers	Monday 7th February 1966, 8.00pm
40	The Wringer	Monday 14th February 1966, 8.00pm
41	The White Elephant	Monday 21st February 1966, 8.00pm
Break in transmission No further episodes shown by ABV-2 Melbourne

 The Avengers — Series 4

No.	Title	ABV-2 (ABC) Transmissions (Australia)	MELBOURNE
42	The Murder Market	Tuesday 1st March 1966, 7.30pm
43	The Grave-Diggers	Tuesday 8th March 1966, 7.30pm
44	The Cybernauts	Tuesday 15th March 1966, 7.30pm
45	Room Without A View	Tuesday 22nd March 1966, 7.30pm
46	A Surfeit of H2O	Tuesday 29th March 1966, 7.30pm
47	The Town of No Return	Tuesday 5th April 1966, 7.30pm
48	The Master Minds	Tuesday 12th April 1966, 7.30pm
49	Death at Bargain Prices	Tuesday 19th April 1966, 7.30pm
50	Dial A Deadly Number	Tuesday 26th April 1966, 7.30pm
51	Man-Eater of Surrey Green	Tuesday 3rd May 1966, 7.30pm
52	Two's A Crowd	Tuesday 10th May 1966, 7.30pm
53	The Hour That Never Was	Tuesday 17th May 1966, 7.30pm
54	Castle De'ath	Tuesday 24th May 1966, 7.30pm
55	The Thirteenth Hole	Tuesday 31st May 1966, 7.30pm
56	Small Game for Big Hunters	Tuesday 7th June 1966, 7.30pm
57	Quick-Quick Slow Death	Tuesday 14th June 1966, 7.30pm
58	The Girl from Auntie	Tuesday 21st June 1966, 7.30pm
59	A Touch of Brimstone	Tuesday 28th June 1966, 7.30pm
60	What the Butler Saw	Tuesday 5th July 1966, 7.30pm
61	The Danger Makers	Friday 15th July 1966, 7.30pm
62	The House That Jack Built	Friday 22nd July 1966, 8.00pm
63	Silent Dust	Friday 29th July 1966, 8.00pm
64	A Sense of History	Friday 5th August 1966, 8.00pm
65	How to Succeed... at Murder	Friday 12th August 1966, 8.00pm
66	Honey for the Prince	Friday 19th August 1966, 8.00pm
Break in transmission No further episodes shown until Sunday 25th December 1966
67	Too Many Christmas Trees	Saturday 25th December 1966, 9.20pm

 The Avengers — Series 5

No.	Title	ABV-2 (ABC) Transmissions (Australia)	MELBOURNE
69	Escape in Time	Monday 10th April 1967
70	From Venus With Love	Monday 17th April 1967
71	The Bird Who Knew Too Much	Monday 24th April 1967
72	The See-Through Man	Monday 1st May 1967, 8.00pm
73	The Fear Merchants	Monday 8th May 1967, 8.00pm
74	The Living Dead	Monday 15th May 1967, 8.00pm
75	The Hidden Tiger	Monday 22nd May 1967, 8.00pm
76	The Correct Way to Kill	Monday 29th May 1967, 8.00pm
77	Never, Never Say Die	Monday 5th June 1967, 8.00pm
78	Epic	Monday 12th June 1967, 8.00pm
79	The Superlative Seven	Monday 19th June 1967, 8.00pm
80	Something Nasty in the Nursery	Monday 26th June 1967, 8.00pm
Break in Transmission No further episodes shown until Monday 2nd October 1967
81	A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Station	Monday 2nd October 1967, 8.00pm
82	The Joker	Monday 9th October 1967, 8.00pm
83	Who's Who ???	Monday 16th October 1967, 8.00pm
84	Death's Door	Monday 23rd October 1967, 8.00pm
85	Return of the Cybernauts	Monday 30th October 1967, 8.00pm
86	Dead Man's Treasure	Monday 6th November 1967, 8.10pm
87	The £50,000 Breakfast	Monday 13th November 1967, 8.30pm
88	You Have Just Been Murdered	Monday 20th November 1967, 8.00pm
89	The Positive Negative Man	Monday 27th November 1967, 8.00pm
90	Murdersville	Monday 4th December 1967, 8.00pm
91	Mission... Highly Improbable	Monday 11th December 1967, 8.00pm
—	The Winged Avenger	Episode transmission not yet found

ATV-0
(Melbourne)

 The Avengers — Series 3

No.	Title	ATV-0 Transmissions (Australia)	MELBOURNE
1	The Outside-In Man	Monday 20th September 1971, 8.30pm (ATV-0)
—	Man with Two Shadows	Episode transmissions not yet found
—	Don't Look Behind You
—	The Little Wonders
—	Trojan Horse
—	Lobster Quadrille
—	Esprit de Corps
—	Mandrake

ABV-2
(ABC Melbourne)

 The New Avengers — Series 1

(1) Sleeper was scheduled in Melbourne for 13th April 1977, but it appears to have been replaced with Dirtier by the Dozen, perhaps in order to follow the Sydney broadcast.

 The New Avengers — Series 2

Researched and compiled by Alan Hayes and Denis Kirsanov
with thanks to Piers Johnson

Research Sources for Australian Research (The Avengers / The New Avengers):
The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age

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