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 The Avengers — Series 2 (Best of The Avengers)

Best of The Avengers was the first ever Avengers repeat season, with seven ITV regions participating: ABC Midlands, ABC North, Anglia, Border, Teledu Cymru (WWN), Television Wales & West (TWW) and Ulster.

(1) Death of a Great Dane was scheduled on this date but was not screened due to an ACTT strike which resulted in almost all regional ITV companies being off the air from some time on Wednesday 1st July until some time on Monday 6th July 1964. There is evidence to suggest that Ulster did actually attempt to broadcast for part of Saturday 4th July but their emergency schedule comprised mostly feature films and bought-in film series with a closedown time of 9.45pm.

 The Avengers — Series 4

(2) There is some question whether this episode was actually broadcast.

 The Avengers — Series 5

(3) Several newspapers including The Times gave a timeslot of 11.15-11.55pm for this episode, which was clearly erroneous. Ulster's schedule beforehand was stated as following that of Thames and this confirms the handover and Avengers start time as being correct.

 The Avengers — Series 6

(4) Repeated again on Thursday 6th April 1972, so this transmission is in doubt.
(5) Series 5 episode.
(6) TV Times and some newspapers have Ulster Television screening The New Dick Van Dyke Show in this timeslot, whereas other sources list The Avengers. It is therefore possible that The Avengers was a late replacement for the Dick Van Dyke programme but we cannot be sure.
(7) This episode appears to have been moved to Monday night as the regular Thursday slot during this week was given over to tennis coverage.
(8) Thingumajig reshown as part of this repeat run on Sunday 14th July 1974 suggesting that this May 1973 transmission could have been pre-empted.

 The New Avengers — Series 1 & 2

Ulster Television's two repeat runs of The New Avengers were transmitted over a period of seven years and one week - one might get the idea they were less than enthused! The run skipped between Series 1 and Series 2 and first and second repeats, so we present the broadcasts as they happened. Episodes are marked • (1) or •• (2), dependent upon which series they were originally a part of. 

(9) Episode scheduled but transmission cancelled due to 11-week ITV network strike which which blanked television screens in 14 of the 15 ITV regions between Friday 10th August and Wednesday 24th October 1979.
(10) The TV Times magazine issued in the Ulster Television area was an emergency edition that also included Southern, Westward and HTV Wales and West listings. Unfortunately, the only programmes that were afforded full details were 'networked' programmes screened simultaneously by all these regions. Details of regional variations were restricted to series titles with episode titles not mentioned.
(11) This appears to have been Ulster's second repeat of this episode.
(12) A third repeat of this episode, perhaps suggesting its earlier repeat screenings did not go to plan.

 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.

No.	Title	Ulster Television Repeats (UK)
139	Complex ••	Monday 14th January 1991, 11.40pm
140	[episode not known]	Monday 21st January 1991, 11.10pm
141	[episode not known]	Monday 28th January 1991, 10.55pm
142	The Eagle's Nest •	Monday 4th February 1991, 11.55pm
Break in Transmission No episode on Monday 11th February 1991
143	[episode not known]	Monday 18th February 1991, 11.45pm (13)
Break in Transmission No episode on Monday 25th February 1991
144	To Catch A Rat •	Monday 4th March 1991, 11.40pm
145	Sleeper •	Monday 11th March 1991, 11.40pm
146	Target! •	Monday 18th March 1991, 11.40pm (14)
Break in Transmission No episode on Monday 25th March 1991
147	Three Handed Game •	Tuesday 2nd April 1991, 11.40pm
148	[episode not known]	Tuesday 9th April 1991, 11.40pm
Break in Transmission No further episodes scheduled until Monday 17th June 1991
149	Faces •	Monday 17th June 1991, 11.40pm
150	The Tale of the Big Why •	Monday 24th June 1991, 11.40pm
151	Gnaws •	Monday 1st July 1991, 11.40pm
152	Hostage ••	Monday 8th July 1991, 11.05pm
153	Trap ••	Monday 15th July 1991, 11.05pm
—	The Last of the Cybernauts...?? •	Repeat transmission not yet located
—	The Midas Touch •
—	Angels of Death ••
—	The Lion and the Unicorn ••
—	K is for Kill — Part One: The Tiger Awakes ••
—	K is for Kill — Part Two: Tiger by the Tail ••
—	The Gladiators ••
—	Forward Base ••
—	Emily ••
—	House of Cards •	Not repeated in this run
—	Cat Amongst the Pigeons •
—	Dirtier by the Dozen •
—	Dead Men Are Dangerous ••
—	Medium Rare ••
—	Obsession ••

(13) A potted review in the local press the day after said, "In the Seventies, The New Avengers seldom reached the zany heights of their predecessors. But last night's episode was one of those few magical achievements." This doesn't reveal the identity of the episode, but it might discount a few!
(14) One newspaper, through its potted synopsis, implies that this was in fact K is for Kill — Part Two: Tiger by the Tail. This seems somewhat unlikely.

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

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