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Border Television was the twelfth ITV region to come online and was created to serve the areas of Berwick, Dumfries, Roxburgh, Cumberland and the Isle of Man. The channel's first day of broadcasting was Friday 1st September 1961.

 The Avengers — Series 1

Border Television came into existence just in time to catch the last Avengers episode before its Autumn break - Kill the King. When the series returned in December 1961, Border again joined the weekly ABC Network transmissions, showing a total of five Series 1 episodes.

 The Avengers — Series 2

(1) Border Television did not take The Avengers Series 2 from the start of the run, joining on the eighth week of transmission. The channel had mostly been showing Broadway Goes Latin in the Avengers timeslot. Border remained with The Avengers for seven weeks and then left the run for a further extended period, rejoining for the final three episodes only.
(2) When Border joined six other ITV regions to screen the Best of The Avengers repeat season in July 1964, four of the five episodes they would show had not been screened in the region previously. (The fifth was Dead on Course on Saturday 8th August 1964.) Ultimately, Border transmitted only 14 episodes of the 26 episodes that formed Series 2. Note that our numbering of episodes reflects the fact that these transmissions were scheduled after the completion of Series 3's broadcast.
(3) It would appear that Border Television screened only six Best of The Avengers episodes whilst most other participating regions aired seven. They scheduled an episode of GS5 on Saturday 15th August 1964 in place of The Mauritius Penny, an episode that Border had not previously transmitted.

 The Avengers — Series 3

 The Avengers — Series 4

No.	Title	Border Television Transmissions (UK)
46	The Master Minds	Sunday 3rd October 1965, 9.35pm (4)
47	The Grave-Diggers	Sunday 10th October 1965, 9.35pm
48	The Cybernauts	Sunday 17th October 1965, 9.35pm
49	Death at Bargain Prices	Sunday 24th October 1965, 9.35pm
50	Castle De'ath	Sunday 31st October 1965, 9.35pm
51	The Town of No Return	Sunday 7th November 1965, 9.35pm
Break in transmission No episode on Sunday 14th November 1965 — Royal Variety Performance
52	A Surfeit of H2O	Sunday 21st November 1965, 9.35pm
53	The Hour That Never Was	Sunday 28th November 1965, 9.35pm
54	The Murder Market	Sunday 5th December 1965, 9.35pm (5)
55	Man-Eater of Surrey Green	Sunday 12th December 1965, 9.35pm
56	Two's A Crowd	Sunday 19th December 1965, 9.35pm
57	Too Many Christmas Trees	Friday 24th December 1965, 8.00pm
58	Silent Dust	Sunday 2nd January 1966, 9.35pm
59	Room Without A View	Sunday 9th January 1966, 9.35pm
60	Small Game for Big Hunters	Sunday 16th January 1966, 9.35pm
61	The Girl from Auntie	Sunday 23rd January 1966, 9.35pm
62	The Thirteenth Hole	Sunday 30th January 1966, 9.35pm
63	Quick-Quick Slow Death	Sunday 6th February 1966, 9.35pm
64	The Danger Makers	Sunday 13th February 1966, 9.35pm
65	A Touch of Brimstone	Saturday 19th February 1966, 9.05pm
66	What the Butler Saw	Saturday 26th February 1966, 9.05pm
67	The House That Jack Built	Saturday 5th March 1966, 9.05pm
68	A Sense of History	Saturday 12th March 1966, 9.20pm
69	How to Succeed... at Murder	Saturday 19th March 1966, 9.10pm
70	Honey for the Prince	Saturday 26th March 1966, 9.20pm
71	Dial A Deadly Number	Saturday 2nd April 1966, 9.05pm

(4) Our numbering appears to leap forward at this point; this is because of the Best of The Avengers repeat run in July-August 1964 which included four Series 2 episodes that had not previously aired on Border Television.
(5) Dial A Deadly Number scheduled, but since that episode was broadcast at the end of the run without being noted as a repeat, we surmise that it did not air in the 5th December 1965 slot. It appears to have been replaced by another Series 4 Avengers episode, most likely to have been The Murder Market.

 The Avengers — Series 5

No.	Title	Border Television Transmissions (UK)
72	From Venus With Love	Sunday 15th January 1967, 8.10pm
73	The Fear Merchants	Sunday 22nd January 1967, 8.10pm
74	Escape in Time	Sunday 29th January 1967, 8.10pm
75	The See-Through Man	Sunday 5th February 1967, 8.15pm
76	The Bird Who Knew Too Much	Sunday 12th February 1967, 8.10pm
77	The Winged Avenger	Sunday 19th February 1967, 8.10pm
78	The Living Dead	Sunday 26th February 1967, 8.10pm
79	The Hidden Tiger	Sunday 5th March 1967, 8.10pm
80	The Correct Way to Kill	Sunday 12th March 1967, 8.10pm
81	Never, Never Say Die	Sunday 19th March 1967, 8.10pm
Break in Transmission No episode on 26th March 1967 — in line with other regions this week
82	Epic	Sunday 2nd April 1967, 8.10pm
Break in Transmission The Avengers continues for two further weeks in the same slot – with repeats of Death at Bargain Prices and Castle De'ath – and is then dropped until October 1967
83	Return of the Cybernauts	Sunday 1st October 1967, 10.05pm
84	Death's Door	Sunday 8th October 1967, 10.05pm
85	The £50,000 Breakfast	Sunday 15th October 1967, 10.05pm
86	Dead Man's Treasure	Sunday 22nd October 1967, 10.05pm
87	You Have Just Been Murdered	Sunday 29th October 1967, 10.05pm
Break in Transmission No new episodes until 4th February 1968
88	The Superlative Seven	Sunday 4th February 1968, 7.25pm (6)
89	A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Station	Sunday 11th February 1968, 7.25pm
90	Something Nasty in the Nursery	Sunday 18th February 1968, 7.25pm
91	The Joker	Sunday 25th February 1968, 7.25pm
92	Who's Who ???	Sunday 3rd March 1968, 7.25pm
93	The Positive Negative Man	Sunday 10th March 1968, 7.25pm
94	Mission... Highly Improbable	Sunday 17th March 1968, 7.25pm
Break in Transmission No new episodes until 2nd August 1968
95	Murdersville	Friday 2nd August 1968, 11.00pm (7)

(6) Advertised as a new series.
(7) It is unclear whether this was actually broadcast.

 The Avengers — Series 6

No.	Title	Border Television Transmissions (UK)
96	The Forget-Me-Knot	Sunday 6th October 1968, 8.10pm
97	Game	Sunday 13th October 1968, 8.10pm
98	Super Secret Cypher Snatch	Sunday 20th October 1968, 8.10pm
99	You'll Catch Your Death	Sunday 27th October 1968, 8.10pm
100	Split!	Sunday 3rd November 1968, 8.10pm
101	Whoever Shot Poor George Oblique Stroke XR40?	Sunday 10th November 1968, 8.10pm
102	False Witness	Sunday 17th November 1968, 8.10pm
Break in transmission No episode on Sunday 24th November 1968
103	Legacy of Death	Sunday 1st December 1968, 8.10pm
104	Noon Doomsday	Sunday 8th December 1968, 8.10pm
105	Look — (Stop Me If You've Heard This One) But There Were These Two Fellers...	Sunday 15th December 1968, 8.10pm
106	Have Guns — Will Haggle	Sunday 22nd December 1968, 8.10pm
107	They Keep Killing Steed	Sunday 29th December 1968, 8.10pm
108	Get-A-Way!	Sunday 5th January 1969, 8.10pm
109	The Interrogators	Wednesday 8th January 1969, 8.00pm
110	The Rotters	Wednesday 15th January 1969, 8.00pm
111	Invasion of the Earthmen	Wednesday 22nd January 1969, 8.00pm
112	Killer	Wednesday 29th January 1969, 8.00pm
113	The Morning After	Wednesday 5th February 1969, 8.00pm
114	The Curious Case of the Countless Clues	Wednesday 12th February 1969, 8.00pm
115	Wish You Were Here	Wednesday 19th February 1969, 8.00pm
116	Love All	Wednesday 26th February 1969, 8.00pm
117	Stay Tuned	Wednesday 5th March 1969, 8.00pm
118	Take Me To Your Leader	Wednesday 12th March 1969, 8.00pm
119	Fog	Wednesday 19th March 1969, 8.00pm
120	Who Was That Man I Saw You With?	Wednesday 26th March 1969, 8.00pm
121	Homicide and Old Lace	Wednesday 2nd April 1969, 8.00pm
122	My Wildest Dream	Friday 4th April 1969, 10.30pm
123	Thingumajig	Sunday 13th April 1969, 7.25pm
124	Pandora	Sunday 20th April 1969, 7.25pm
125	Requiem	Sunday 27th April 1969, 7.25pm
126	Take-Over	Sunday 4th May 1969, 7.25pm
127	All Done With Mirrors	Sunday 11th May 1969, 7.25pm
128	Bizarre	Sunday 18th May 1969, 7.25pm

 The New Avengers — Series 1

 The New Avengers — Series 2

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

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