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 The Avengers — Series 6
No. Title ATV Transmissions (UK)
1 The Forget-Me-Knot Thursday 26th September 1968, 7.00pm
2 Game Thursday 3rd October 1968, 7.00pm
3 Super Secret Cypher Snatch Thursday 10th October 1968, 7.00pm
4 You'll Catch Your Death Thursday 17th October 1968, 7.00pm
5 Split! Thursday 24th October 1968, 7.00pm
6 Whoever Shot Poor George Oblique Stroke XR40? Thursday 31st October 1968, 7.00pm
7 False Witness Thursday 7th November 1968, 7.00pm
8 All Done With Mirrors Thursday 14th November 1968, 7.00pm
9 Legacy of Death Thursday 21st November 1968, 7.00pm
10 Noon Doomsday Thursday 28th November 1968, 7.00pm
11 Look — (Stop Me If You've Heard This One) But There Were These Two Fellers... Thursday 5th December 1968, 7.00pm
12 Have Guns — Will Haggle Thursday 12th December 1968, 7.00pm
13 They Keep Killing Steed Thursday 19th December 1968, 7.00pm
Break in transmission
No episode on Thursday 26th December 1968
14 The Interrogators Thursday 2nd January 1969, 7.00pm
15 The Morning After Friday 10th January 1969, 7.30pm (1)
16 Invasion of the Earthmen Friday 17th January 1969, 7.30pm
— Killer Friday 24th January 1969, 7.30pm (2)
17 The Curious Case of the Countless Clues Friday 31st January 1969, 7.30pm
18 Wish You Were Here Friday 7th February 1969, 7.30pm
19 Love All Friday 14th February 1969, 7.30pm
20 Stay Tuned Friday 21st February 1969, 7.30pm
21 Take Me To Your Leader Friday 28th February 1969, 7.30pm
22 Fog Friday 7th March 1969, 8.00pm
23 Who Was That Man I Saw You With? Friday 14th March 1969, 8.00pm
24 Homicide and Old Lace Friday 21st March 1969, 8.00pm
25 Thingumajig Friday 28th March 1969, 8.00pm
26 Pandora Friday 4th April 1969, 8.00pm
27 Requiem Friday 11th April 1969, 8.00pm
28 Take-Over Friday 18th April 1969, 8.00pm
— The Rotters Friday 25th April 1969, 8.00pm (3)
29 Killer Friday 2nd May 1969, 8.00pm
Break in transmission
No new Series 6 episodes until Thursday 9th October 1969
30 The Rotters Thursday 9th October 1969, 11.05pm
Break in transmission
No new Series 6 episodes until Saturday 27th December 1969
31 My Wildest Dream Saturday 27th December 1969, 11.40pm
Break in transmission
No new Series 6 episodes until Sunday 18th July 1971
32 Bizarre Sunday 18th July 1971, 11.30pm (4)

(1) This episode was shown in place of The Rotters, which was billed in TV Times magazine. Newspaper listings confirm this substitution. The Rotters was rescheduled to be screened in the ATV region on the evening of Friday 25th April 1969. However, there would be another twist in the tale...
(2) The episode Killer was scheduled for this date but appears to have been replaced with an unknown episode (Get-A-Way! was shown instead in other ITV regions) or another programme entirely.
(3) The Rotters - already pre-empted once on ATV in 1969 - was rescheduled for Friday 25th April but again was not screened, this time due to industrial action. It finally aired on Thursday 9th October 1969. Definitely a case of third time lucky!
(4) ATV's first screening of Bizarre did not come until 1971 when it rounded off a run of Series 6 repeats.

 The New Avengers — Series 1

No. Title ATV Transmissions (UK)
162 The Eagle's Nest Friday 22nd October 1976, 8.00pm
163 House of Cards Friday 29th October 1976, 8.00pm
164 The Last of the Cybernauts...?? Friday 5th November 1976, 8.00pm
165 Cat Amongst the Pigeons Friday 12th November 1976, 8.00pm
166 The Midas Touch Friday 19th November 1976, 8.00pm
167 Target! Friday 26th November 1976, 8.00pm
168 To Catch A Rat Friday 3rd December 1976, 8.00pm
169 The Tale of the Big Why Friday 10th December 1976, 8.00pm
170 Faces Friday 17th December 1976, 8.00pm
Break in transmission
No episodes on 24th or 31st December 1976 — Christmas and New Year break
171 Sleeper Friday 7th January 1977, 7.30pm
172 Three Handed Game Friday 14th January 1977, 7.30pm
173 Dirtier by the Dozen Friday 21st January 1977, 7.30pm
174 Gnaws Friday 28th January 1977, 7.30pm

 The New Avengers — Series 2

No. Title ATV Transmissions (UK)
175 Dead Men Are Dangerous Friday 9th September 1977, 8.00pm
176 Angels of Death Friday 16th September 1977, 8.00pm
177 Medium Rare Friday 23rd September 1977, 8.00pm
178 The Lion and the Unicorn Friday 30th September 1977, 8.00pm
179 Obsession Friday 7th October 1977, 8.00pm
180 Trap Friday 14th October 1977, 8.00pm
181 Hostage Friday 21st October 1977, 8.00pm
182 K is for Kill — Part One:
The Tiger Awakes		 Friday 28th October 1977, 8.00pm
183 K is for Kill — Part Two:
Tiger by the Tail		 Friday 4th November 1977, 8.00pm
184 Complex Friday 11th November 1977, 8.00pm
185 The Gladiators Friday 18th November 1977, 8.00pm (5)
186 Forward Base Friday 25th November 1977, 8.00pm (6)
Break in transmission
No further first run episodes until Wednesday 27th December 1978
187 Emily Wednesday 27th December 1978, 8.00pm (7)

(5) Forward Base scheduled, but replaced with The Gladiators.
(6) Emily scheduled, but replaced with Forward Base.
(7) This screening of Emily was a late replacement for Whicker's World: Cruising - The Comfortable Adventure. The scheduled programme was not available for broadcast due to the supplying company, Yorkshire Television, being subject to industrial action, as revealed by Tom English in his Television column in The Birmingham Post of 28th December 1978: "Satiated as I am with violence, gunfire, bad driving and screaming tyres, The New Avengers film was an unsatisfactory substitute for the Whicker's World piece, promised last night (ATV), but postponed because of 'industrial action' at Yorkshire Television."

Researched and compiled by Simon Coward, Alan Hayes, Andrew Pixley and John Tomlinson
with thanks to David Fildes

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