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 The Avengers — Series 4

No. Title Westward Television Repeats (UK)
1 Quick-Quick Slow Death Thursday 22nd August 1968, 11.00pm
2 A Touch of Brimstone Thursday 29th August 1968, 11.00pm
3 How to Succeed... at Murder Thursday 5th September 1968, 11.00pm
4 Castle De'ath Thursday 12th September 1968, 11.00pm
5 The Danger Makers Thursday 19th September 1968, 11.00pm
Break in Transmission
No further episodes until Tuesday 8th January 1985
6 Man-Eater of Surrey Green Tuesday 16th June 1970, 9.00pm (1)
7 The Town of No Return Sunday 12th July 1970, 11.15pm
8 The Grave-Diggers Sunday 19th July 1970, 11.15pm
9 The Cybernauts Sunday 26th July 1970, 11.15pm
10 Death at Bargain Prices Sunday 2nd August 1970, 11.15pm
11 The Master Minds Sunday 9th August 1970, 11.15pm
12 The Murder Market Sunday 16th August 1970, 11.15pm
13 A Surfeit of H2O Sunday 23rd August 1970, 11.15pm
14 The Hour That Never Was Sunday 30th August 1970, 11.15pm
15 Dial A Deadly Number Sunday 6th September 1970, 11.15pm
16 Two's A Crowd Sunday 13th September 1970, 11.15pm
17 Honey for the Prince Sunday 20th September 1970, 11.15pm
18 Silent Dust Sunday 27th September 1970, 11.15pm
19 Room Without A View Sunday 4th October 1970, 11.15pm
20 Small Game for Big Hunters Sunday 11th October 1970, 11.15pm
21 The Girl from Auntie Sunday 18th October 1970, 11.15pm
22 The Thirteenth Hole Sunday 25th October 1970, 11.15pm
23 What the Butler Saw Sunday 1st November 1970, 11.15pm
24 The House That Jack Built Sunday 8th November 1970, 11.15pm
25 A Sense of History Sunday 15th November 1970, 11.15pm
26 Too Many Christmas Trees Sunday 22nd November 1970, 11.15pm

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

 The Avengers — Series 5

No. Title Westward Television Repeats (UK)
27 Escape in Time Monday 1st February 1971, 11.02pm
28 From Venus With Love Monday 8th February 1971, 11.02pm
29 The Fear Merchants Monday 15th February 1971, 11.02pm
30 The Correct Way to Kill Monday 22nd February 1971, 11.03pm
Break in Transmission
No episode on Monday 1st March 1971 - University Challenge / Faith for Life
31 The Bird Who Knew Too Much Monday 8th March 1971, 11.16pm
Break in Transmission
No further episodes until Monday 3rd May 1971
32 Never, Never Say Die Monday 3rd May 1971, 11.03pm
33 Epic Monday 10th May 1971, 11.03pm
34 The Superlative Seven Monday 17th May 1971, 11.03pm
35 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Station Monday 24th May 1971, 11.03pm
Break in Transmission
No episode on Monday 31st May 1971 - The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder / Time to Remember
or Monday 7th June 1971 - Tennis
36 Who's Who ??? Monday 14th June 1971, 11.03pm
37 The See-Through Man Monday 21st June 1971, 11.03pm
Break in Transmission
No episode on Monday 28th June 1971 - University Challenge / Faith for Life
38 The Winged Avenger Monday 5th July 1971, 11.03pm
39 The Living Dead Monday 12th July 1971, 11.03pm
40 The Hidden Tiger Monday 19th July 1971, 11.03pm
41 Something Nasty in the Nursery Monday 26th July 1971, 11.03pm
42 The Joker Monday 2nd August 1971, 11.17pm
43 Return of the Cybernauts Monday 9th August 1971, 11.03pm
44 Death's Door Monday 16th August 1971, 11.03pm
45 The £50,000 Breakfast Monday 23rd August 1971, 11.03pm
Break in Transmission
No episode on Monday 30th August 1971 - The Sinners
46 The Positive Negative Man Monday 6th September 1971, 11.03pm
Break in Transmission
No episode on Monday 13th September 1971 - The Saint: The House on Dragon's Rock
47 Dead Man's Treasure Monday 20th September 1971, 10.30pm
48 You Have Just Been Murdered Monday 27th September 1971, 10.32pm
49 Murdersville Monday 4th October 1971, 10.32pm
50 Mission... Highly Improbable Monday 11th October 1971, 11.03pm

 The Avengers — Series 6

No. Title Westward Television Repeats (UK)
51 The Forget-Me-Knot Monday 18th October 1971, 11.03pm
52 Game Monday 25th October 1971, 11.03pm
53 Super Secret Cypher Snatch Monday 1st November 1971, 11.03pm
54 You'll Catch Your Death Monday 8th November 1971, 11.03pm
55 Split! Monday 15th November 1971, 11.03pm
56 Whoever Shot Poor George Oblique Stroke XR40? Monday 22nd November 1971, 11.03pm
57 False Witness Monday 29th November 1971, 11.03pm
58 All Done With Mirrors Monday 6th December 1971, 11.03pm
59 Legacy of Death Monday 13th December 1971, 11.03pm

Break in Transmission
No episode on Monday 20th December 1971 - The Sound of Jimmy Shand / International Boxing
60 Look — (Stop Me If You've Heard This One) But There Were These Two Fellers... Monday 27th December 1971, 11.40pm

Break in Transmission
No further episodes until Sunday 14th May 1972
61 Love All Sunday 14th May 1972, 2.00pm

Break in Transmission
No episodes on Sundays 21st or 28th May 1972 - Star Soccer
62 Wish You Were Here Sunday 4th June 1972, 2.00pm
63 Stay Tuned Sunday 11th June 1972, 2.00pm
64 Take Me to Your Leader Sunday 18th June 1972, 2.00pm
65 Who Was That Man I Saw You With? Sunday 25th June 1972, 2.00pm
66 Homicide and Old Lace Sunday 2nd July 1972, 2.00pm
67 The Interrogators Sunday 9th July 1972, 2.00pm
68 The Morning After Sunday 16th July 1972, 2.00pm
69 Fog Sunday 23rd July 1972, 1.50pm
70 Requiem Sunday 30th July 1972, 11.15pm
71 Take-Over Sunday 6th August 1972, 11.20pm
72 Noon Doomsday Sunday 13th August 1972, 11.15pm
73 Have Guns — Will Haggle Sunday 20th August 1972, 11.15pm
74 They Keep Killing Steed Sunday 27th August 1972, 11.25pm

Break in Transmission
No further episodes until Sunday 17th September 1972 - Olympics coverage
75 Invasion of the Earthmen Sunday 17th September 1972, 11.15pm
76 Get-A-Way! Sunday 24th September 1972, 11.15pm
77 The Curious Case of the Countless Clues Sunday 1st October 1972, 11.20pm
78 My Wildest Dream Sunday 8th October 1972, 11.15pm
79 Thingumajig Sunday 15th October 1972, 11.15pm
80 Pandora Sunday 22nd October 1972, 11.15pm
81 Killer Sunday 29th October 1972, 11.30pm

Break in Transmission
No episode on Sunday 5th November 1972 - Sunday Night Theatre: Three Months Gone
82 The Rotters Sunday 12th November 1972, 11.15pm
83 Bizarre Sunday 19th November 1972, 11.15pm

 The New Avengers — Series 1 & 2

In common with several other ITV regions, Westward 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. 

No. Title Westward Television Repeats (UK)
84 Target! • Friday 13th January 1978, 3.00pm
85 To Catch A Rat • Friday 20th January 1978, 3.00pm
86 The Tale of the Big Why • Friday 27th January 1978, 3.00pm

Break in Transmission
No further episodes until Tuesday 23rd May 1978
87 Gnaws • Tuesday 23rd May 1978, 11.30pm

Break in Transmission
No further episodes until Sunday 24th September 1978
88 Sleeper • Sunday 24th September 1978, 1.00pm

Break in Transmission
No further episodes until Wednesday 3rd January 1979
— [episode not known] Wednesday 3rd January 1979, 8.00pm (2)

Break in Transmission
No further episodes until Sunday 11th March 1979
89 House of Cards • Sunday 11th March 1979, 11.30pm
90 The Midas Touch • Sunday 18th March 1979, 11.30pm
91 Cat Amongst the Pigeons • Saturday 24th March 1979, 11.30pm

Break in Transmission
No further episodes until Saturday 14th April 1979
92 The Lion and the Unicorn •• Saturday 14th April 1979, 11.30pm
93 Angels of Death •• Saturday 21st April 1979, 11.45pm

Break in Transmission
No episode on Saturday 28th April 1979 - Never Forget Me: The Spirit of Sir Thomas Beecham
94 Obsession •• Saturday 5th May 1979, 11.45pm
95 K is for Kill — Part One:
The Tiger Awakes ••		 Saturday 12th May 1979, 11.45pm
96 K is for Kill — Part Two:
Tiger by the Tail ••		 Saturday 19th May 1979, 11.45pm
97 The Eagle's Nest • Saturday 26th May 1979, 11.30pm
98 Three Handed Game • Saturday 2nd June 1979, 11.30pm

Break in Transmission
No episode on Saturday 9th June 1979 - Celebrity Concert
99 Complex •• Saturday 16th June 1979, 11.20pm

Break in Transmission
No further episodes until Wednesday 11th July 1979
100 Medium Rare •• Wednesday 11th July 1979, 11.30pm

Break in Transmission
No further episodes until Wednesday 1st August 1979
101 Forward Base •• Wednesday 1st August 1979, 11.30pm

(2) According to Western Daily Press, an unidentified episode of The New Avengers was expected to be a last-minute replacement for the Yorkshire Television special Bill Maynard in Person. This programme was widely expected not to be transmitted as Yorkshire had been off the air since before Christmas 1978 and therefore other regions scheduled potential replacements: for instance, You’re Never Too Old (ATV), The Streets of San Francisco (Granada), Ol' Redhead is Back, a Bette Midler special (STV) and The New Avengers (Westward). However, Yorkshire Television did indeed come back on air at 5.45pm on Wednesday 3rd January 1979. A BBC viewing barometer report reveals that Bill Maynard in Person was indeed shown on the channel and was taken, despite their backup schedules, by ATV, Granada and possibly others. STV kept to their replacement choice, Ol' Redhead is Back, and rescheduled the Maynard special for Friday 26th January 1979. The BBC document lists only the larger ITV regions and therefore not Westward, but Westward did not reschedule the Maynard special. This suggests that they also took the Yorkshire transmission and did not need to resort to their New Avengers backup plan.

 The New Avengers — Series 1 & 2

No. Title Westward Television Repeats (UK)
103 Target! • Friday 11th January 1980, 9.55am

Break in Transmission
No further episodes until Tuesday 27th May 1980
104 To Catch A Rat • Tuesday 27th May 1980, 11.30pm

Break in Transmission
No further episodes until Wednesday 15th October 1980
105 The Gladiators •• Wednesday 15th October 1980, 11.30pm (3)
106 K is for Kill — Part One:
The Tiger Awakes ••		 Wednesday 22nd October 1980, 11.10pm
— K is for Kill — Part Two:
Tiger by the Tail ••		 Wednesday 29th October 1980, 11.30pm (4)
107 K is for Kill — Part Two:
Tiger by the Tail ••		 Wednesday 5th November 1980, 11.40pm (5)

Break in Transmission
No further episodes until Wednesday 10th December 1980
108 Complex •• Wednesday 10th December 1980, 11.15pm

Break in Transmission
No further episodes until Sunday 26th April 1981
109 Gnaws • Sunday 26th April 1981, 11.25pm
110 Dirtier by the Dozen • Sunday 3rd May 1981, 11.30pm
111 Sleeper • Sunday 10th May 1981, 11.30pm
112 Hostage •• Sunday 17th May 1981, 11.30pm
113 Medium Rare •• Sunday 24th May 1981, 11.30pm
114 The Lion and the Unicorn •• Sunday 31st May 1981, 11.30pm
115 Dead Men Are Dangerous •• Sunday 7th June 1981, 11.30pm
116 Faces • Sunday 14th June 1981, 11.30pm
117 The Eagle's Nest • Sunday 21st June 1981, 11.30pm
118 House of Cards • Sunday 28th June 1981, 11.30pm
119 The Midas Touch • Sunday 5th July 1981, 11.00pm
120 Cat Amongst the Pigeons • Sunday 12th July 1981, 11.15pm
121 Three Handed Game • Sunday 19th July 1981, 11.00pm
122 The Tale of the Big Why • Sunday 26th July 1981, 10.55pm

Break in Transmission
No further episodes until Saturday 22nd August 1981
123 Obsession •• Saturday 22nd August 1981, 11.50pm
124 Complex •• Saturday 29th August 1981, 11.40pm

Break in Transmission
No further episodes until Saturday 14th November 1981
125 Forward Base •• Saturday 14th November 1981, 11.10pm
126 Trap •• Saturday 21st November 1981, 11.10pm

Break in Transmission
No further episodes until Sunday 30th May 1982 (6)

(3) This transmission of The Gladiators appears to be the first repeat of the episode on Westward 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) Replaced with The Reagan / Carter Debate and subsequently rescheduled for Wednesday 5th November 1980.
(5) Due to the previous week's pre-emption, this episode replaced the scheduled Complex.
(6) Westward Television lost its right to broadcast in the 1982 ITV franchise changes, closing down forever at midnight on Thursday 31st December 1981. It was immediately replaced by new franchise holder TSW (Television South West). The repeat run of The New Avengers continued, unaffected.

Researched and compiled by Simon Coward, Andrew Pixley and Alan Hayes
with thanks to Ian Greaves

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