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 The Avengers — Series 4

(1) Late addition to the schedule due to industrial action by Granada Television technicians, replacing A Family at War.

 The Avengers — Series 5

 The Avengers — Series 6

(2) It seems likely that Channel joined Westward Television in this transmission - as it did for all other episodes in this run - but the listings in The Times (suggesting that Channel followed ATV between 10.32 and 11.55pm, taking University Challenge and Treasures of the British Museum) and The Guardian (stating an 83-minute slot for half-hour show University Challenge between 10.32 and 11.55pm) cast some doubt over the transmission of The Avengers on this night.

 The New Avengers — Series 1 & 2

In common with several other ITV regions, Channel Television's repeat run of The New Avengers did not pay great heed to the delineation of Series 1 and 2, with episodes from both runs featuring in a seemingly random order. We present the repeat run here as it unfolded. Episodes are marked • (1) or •• (2), dependent upon which series they were originally a part of. 

 The New Avengers — Series 1 & 2

This short, emergency run of repeats took place during the 11-week period of industrial action across the ITV network which blanked television screens in 14 of the 15 ITV regions - Channel Television being the only franchise holder that continued broadcasting throughout the dispute. However, this meant that they were dependent upon programmes to hand as nothing was being produced by the other regions. A programme like The New Avengers was ideal as it was pre-existing and was provided by a production company independent of the regional franchises.

 The New Avengers — Series 1 & 2

(3) This transmission of The Gladiators appears to be the first repeat of the episode on Channel Television. However, there is some confusion over the first run showing in 1978 and a possibility that it was replaced with Hostage on that occasion. If that was indeed the case then this supposed repeat screening on Wednesday 15th October 1980 actually marked its debut in the region!
(4) Newspapers disagree over the actual broadcast times.

 The New Avengers — Series 1 & 2

From the start of 1986, it appears that Channel now received its ITV feed from TVS rather than from TSW (and formerly, Westward). Consequently, variations from the network, other than those originated by Channel, now followed TVS's programming rather than TSW's. In 1986, this meant that Channel didn't carry many episodes of The New Avengers because TSW had yet to start their repeat run and TVS had nearly finished theirs.

 The New Avengers — Series 1 & 2

It would appear that ITV franchise operators were either offered or only chose to purchase a package of 20 episodes of The New Avengers for this repeat run. The following episodes appear not to have been included in the package: House of Cards, Cat Amongst the Pigeons, Dirtier by the Dozen, Dead Men Are Dangerous, Medium Rare and Obsession.

(5) Listed in Daily Mirror but not reflected in listings in the Daily Telegraph, so may or may not have gone ahead.
(6) Synopsis in newspapers was "Steed is given a warning". By process of elimination, this is thought to have been Sleeper.
(7) Billed but replaced by overnight War in the Gulf ITN programming (11.50pm-6.00am).
(8) Episode likely but not confirmed: newspaper synopsis was "Purdey's kidnapped", which suggests Hostage but could apply to other episodes.

Researched and compiled by Simon Coward, Andrew Pixley and Alan Hayes

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