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Channel Television, serving the Channel Islands (which are British Crown Dependencies, otherwise not a part of the UK), commenced broadcasting on Saturday 1st September 1962 and was therefore not able to transmit The Avengers prior to Series 2.

 The Avengers — Series 2

No. Title Channel Television Transmissions (BCD)
1 Mr Teddy Bear Saturday 29th September 1962, 10.30pm
2 Propellant 23 Saturday 6th October 1962, 10.30pm
3 The Decapod Saturday 13th October 1962, 10.00pm
4 Bullseye Saturday 20th October 1962, 10.05pm
5 Mission to Montreal Saturday 27th October 1962, 10.05pm
6 The Removal Men Saturday 3rd November 1962, 10.05pm
7 The Mauritius Penny Saturday 10th November 1962, 10.05pm
8 Death of a Great Dane Saturday 17th November 1962, 10.05pm
9 The Sell-Out Saturday 24th November 1962, 10.05pm
10 Death on the Rocks Saturday 1st December 1962, 10.05pm
11 Traitor in Zebra Saturday 8th December 1962, 10.05pm
12 The Big Thinker Saturday 15th December 1962, 10.05pm
13 Death Dispatch Saturday 22nd December 1962, 10.05pm
14 Dead on Course Saturday 29th December 1962, 10.05pm
15 Intercrime Sunday 6th January 1963, 10.35pm
16 Immortal Clay Sunday 13th January 1963, 10.35pm
17 Box of Tricks Sunday 20th January 1963, 10.35pm
18 Warlock Sunday 27th January 1963, 10.35pm
19 The Golden Eggs Sunday 3rd February 1963, 10.35pm
20 School for Traitors Sunday 10th February 1963, 10.35pm
21 The White Dwarf Sunday 17th February 1963, 10.35pm
22 Man in the Mirror Sunday 24th February 1963, 10.35pm
23 Conspiracy of Silence Sunday 3rd March 1963, 10.45pm
24 A Chorus of Frogs Saturday 9th March 1963, 10.05pm
25 Six Hands Across a Table Saturday 16th March 1963, 10.05pm
26 Killer Whale Saturday 23rd March 1963, 10.05pm

 The Avengers — Series 3

No. Title Channel Television Transmissions (BCD)
27 Brief for Murder Saturday 28th September 1963, 10.05pm
28 The Undertakers Saturday 5th October 1963, 10.05pm
29 Man with Two Shadows Saturday 12th October 1963, 10.05pm
30 The Nutshell Saturday 19th October 1963, 10.05pm
31 Death of a Batman Saturday 26th October 1963, 10.05pm
32 November Five Saturday 2nd November 1963, 10.05pm
33 The Gilded Cage Saturday 9th November 1963, 10.05pm
34 Second Sight Saturday 16th November 1963, 10.05pm
35 The Medicine Men Saturday 23rd November 1963, 10.05pm
36 The Grandeur That Was Rome Saturday 30th November 1963, 10.05pm
37 The Golden Fleece Saturday 7th December 1963, 10.05pm
38 Don't Look Behind You Saturday 14th December 1963, 10.05pm
39 Death a la Carte Saturday 21st December 1963, 10.05pm
40 Dressed to Kill Saturday 28th December 1963, 10.05pm
41 The White Elephant Saturday 4th January 1964, 9.10pm
42 The Little Wonders Saturday 11th January 1964, 9.10pm
43 The Wringer Saturday 18th January 1964, 9.10pm
44 Mandrake Saturday 25th January 1964, 9.10pm
45 The Secrets Broker Saturday 1st February 1964, 9.10pm
46 Trojan Horse Saturday 8th February 1964, 9.10pm
47 Build a Better Mousetrap Saturday 15th February 1964, 9.10pm
48 The Outside-In Man Saturday 22nd February 1964, 9.10pm
49 The Charmers Saturday 29th February 1964, 9.10pm
50 Concerto Saturday 7th March 1964, 9.10pm
51 Esprit de Corps Saturday 14th March 1964, 9.10pm
52 Lobster Quadrille Saturday 21st March 1964, 9.10pm

 The Avengers — Series 4
No. Title Channel Television Transmissions (BCD)
53 The Town of No Return Saturday 2nd October 1965, 8.25pm
54 The Grave-Diggers Saturday 9th October 1965, 8.25pm
55 The Cybernauts Saturday 16th October 1965, 8.25pm
56 Death at Bargain Prices Saturday 23rd October 1965, 8.25pm
57 Castle De'ath Saturday 30th October 1965, 8.25pm
58 The Master Minds Saturday 6th November 1965, 8.25pm
59 The Murder Market Saturday 13th November 1965, 8.25pm
60 A Surfeit of H2O Saturday 20th November 1965, 9.05pm
61 The Hour That Never Was Saturday 27th November 1965, 9.05pm
62 Dial A Deadly Number Saturday 4th December 1965, 9.05pm
63 Man-Eater of Surrey Green Saturday 11th December 1965, 9.05pm
64 Two's A Crowd Saturday 18th December 1965, 9.05pm
65 Too Many Christmas Trees Saturday 25th December 1965, 10.10pm
66 Silent Dust Saturday 1st January 1966, 9.05pm
67 Room Without A View Saturday 8th January 1966, 9.05pm
68 Small Game for Big Hunters Saturday 15th January 1966, 9.05pm
69 The Girl from Auntie Saturday 22nd January 1966, 9.05pm
70 The Thirteenth Hole Saturday 29th January 1966, 9.05pm
71 Quick-Quick Slow Death Saturday 5th February 1966, 9.05pm
72 The Danger Makers Saturday 12th February 1966, 9.05pm
73 A Touch of Brimstone Saturday 19th February 1966, 9.05pm
74 What the Butler Saw Saturday 26th February 1966, 9.05pm
75 The House That Jack Built Saturday 5th March 1966, 9.05pm
76 A Sense of History Saturday 12th March 1966, 9.05pm
77 How to Succeed... at Murder Saturday 19th March 1966, 9.05pm
78 Honey for the Prince Saturday 26th March 1966, 9.20pm (1)

(1) The Times suggests a start time of 9.05pm for The Avengers on Channel Television on 26th March 1966, without confirming an episode title. This suggests that there were perhaps late changes to the schedule.

 The Avengers — Series 5
No. Title Channel Television Transmissions (BCD)
79 From Venus With Love Friday 13th January 1967, 8.00pm
80 The Fear Merchants Friday 20th January 1967, 8.00pm
81 Escape in Time Friday 27th January 1967, 8.00pm
82 The See-Through Man Friday 3rd February 1967, 8.00pm
83 The Bird Who Knew Too Much Friday 10th February 1967, 8.00pm
84 The Winged Avenger Friday 17th February 1967, 8.00pm
85 The Living Dead Friday 24th February 1967, 8.00pm
86 The Hidden Tiger Friday 3rd March 1967, 8.00pm
87 The Correct Way to Kill Friday 10th March 1967, 8.00pm
88 Never, Never Say Die Wednesday 15th March 1967, 8.00pm
Break in Transmission
No episode transmitted on 22nd March 1967
89 Epic Wednesday 29th March 1967, 8.00pm
90 The Superlative Seven Wednesday 5th April 1967, 8.00pm
91 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Station Wednesday 12th April 1967, 8.00pm
Break in Transmission
No new episodes until January 1968
92 Death's Door Friday 5th January 1968, 7.30pm
93 The £50,000 Breakfast Friday 12th January 1968, 7.30pm
94 Dead Man's Treasure Friday 19th January 1968, 7.30pm
95 You Have Just Been Murdered Friday 26th January 1968, 7.30pm
96 The Positive Negative Man Friday 2nd February 1968, 7.30pm
97 Mission... Highly Improbable Friday 9th February 1968, 7.30pm
Break in Transmission
No new episodes until July 1968
98 Something Nasty in the Nursery Wednesday 10th July 1968, 8.00pm
99 The Joker Wednesday 17th July 1968, 8.00pm
100 Who's Who ??? Wednesday 24th July 1968, 8.00pm
— Return of the Cybernauts Wednesday 7th August 1968, 8.00pm (2)
— Murdersville Wednesday 14th August 1968, 8.00pm (2)

(2) Scheduled but not transmitted - ITV technicians' strike from 3rd to 18th August 1968 which resulted in an ITV National Service with a single schedule for all regions. The Avengers replaced by the American import I Spy.

 The Avengers — Series 6
No. Title Channel Television Transmissions (BCD)
101 The Forget-Me-Knot Thursday 3rd October 1968, 7.00pm
102 Super Secret Cypher Snatch Thursday 10th October 1968, 7.00pm
103 You'll Catch Your Death Thursday 17th October 1968, 7.00pm
104 Split! Thursday 24th October 1968, 7.00pm
105 Whoever Shot Poor George Oblique Stroke XR40? Thursday 31st October 1968, 7.00pm
106 False Witness Thursday 7th November 1968, 7.00pm
107 All Done With Mirrors Thursday 14th November 1968, 7.00pm
108 Legacy of Death Thursday 21st November 1968, 7.00pm
109 Noon Doomsday Thursday 28th November 1968, 7.00pm
110 Look — (Stop Me If You've Heard This One) But There Were These Two Fellers... Thursday 5th December 1968, 7.00pm
111 Have Guns — Will Haggle Thursday 12th December 1968, 7.00pm
112 They Keep Killing Steed Thursday 19th December 1968, 7.00pm
Break in transmission
No episode on Thursday 26th December 1968
113 The Interrogators Thursday 2nd January 1969, 7.00pm
114 The Morning After Friday 10th January 1969, 7.30pm (3)
115 Invasion of the Earthmen Friday 17th January 1969, 7.30pm
116 Get-A-Way! Friday 24th January 1969, 7.30pm (4)
117 The Curious Case of the Countless Clues Friday 31st January 1969, 7.30pm
118 Wish You Were Here Friday 7th February 1969, 7.30pm
119 Love All Friday 14th February 1969, 7.30pm
120 Stay Tuned Friday 21st February 1969, 7.30pm
121 Take Me To Your Leader Friday 28th February 1969, 7.30pm
Break in Transmission
No new episodes until May 1969
122 Game Saturday 17th May 1969, 8.25pm
123 Fog Saturday 24th May 1969, 8.25pm
124 Who Was That Man I Saw You With? Saturday 31st May 1969, 8.25pm
125 Homicide and Old Lace Saturday 7th June 1969, 8.25pm
126 Thingumajig Saturday 14th June 1969, 8.25pm
127 The Rotters Saturday 21st June 1969, 8.25pm
128 Killer Saturday 28th June 1969, 8.25pm
129 Pandora Saturday 5th July 1969, 8.25pm
Break in Transmission
No new episodes until 30th July 1969
130 My Wildest Dream Wednesday 30th July 1969, 9.00pm
131 Requiem Wednesday 6th August 1969, 8.00pm
132 Take-Over Wednesday 13th August 1969, 8.00pm
133 Bizarre Wednesday 20th August 1969, 8.00pm

(3) This episode was shown in place of The Rotters, which was billed in Channel Viewer magazine. Newspaper listings confirm this substitution and Channel Television eventually transmitted The Rotters on 21st June 1969.
(4) The episode Killer was scheduled for this date but was pre-empted and replaced with Get-A-Way! Killer was finally broadcast in the Channel region on 28th June 1969.

 The New Avengers — Series 1

No. Title Channel Television Transmissions (BCD)
134 The Eagle's Nest Friday 22nd October 1976, 8.00pm
135 House of Cards Friday 29th October 1976, 8.00pm
136 The Last of the Cybernauts...?? Friday 5th November 1976, 8.00pm
137 Cat Amongst the Pigeons Friday 12th November 1976, 8.00pm
138 The Midas Touch Friday 19th November 1976, 8.00pm
139 Target! Friday 26th November 1976, 8.00pm
140 To Catch A Rat Friday 3rd December 1976, 8.00pm
141 The Tale of the Big Why Friday 10th December 1976, 8.00pm
142 Faces Friday 17th December 1976, 8.00pm
Break in transmission
No episodes on 24th or 31st December 1976 — Christmas and New Year break
143 Sleeper Friday 7th January 1977, 7.30pm
144 Three Handed Game Friday 14th January 1977, 7.30pm
145 Dirtier by the Dozen

Friday 21st January 1977, 7.30pm (5)
146 Gnaws Friday 28th January 1977, 7.30pm

(5) Start time in The Guardian is stated as 7.20pm, but the times of programmes either side makes it obvious that this was a typographic error (otherwise the game show Treasure Hunt would run 20 minutes instead of the 30-minute slot in other regions and The New Avengers would occupy a 70-minute slot).

 The New Avengers — Series 2

No. Title Channel Television Transmissions (BCD)
147 Dead Men Are Dangerous Thursday 8th September 1977, 8.00pm
148 Angels of Death Thursday 15th September 1977, 8.00pm
149 Medium Rare Thursday 22nd September 1977, 8.00pm
150 The Lion and the Unicorn Thursday 29th September 1977, 8.00pm
151 Obsession Thursday 6th October 1977, 8.00pm
152 Trap Thursday 13th October 1977, 8.00pm
Break in transmission
No episode on 20th October 1977 — The Britannia Awards
153 K is for Kill — Part One:
The Tiger Awakes		 Thursday 27th October 1977, 8.00pm
154 K is for Kill — Part Two:
Tiger by the Tail		 Thursday 3rd November 1977, 8.00pm
155 Complex Thursday 10th November 1977, 8.00pm
156 Hostage Thursday 17th November 1977, 8.00pm (6)
157 Forward Base Thursday 24th November 1977, 8.00pm (7)
158 Emily Thursday 1st December 1977, 8.00pm
159 The Gladiators or Hostage Thursday 8th December 1977, 8.00pm (8) (9)

(6) Forward Base scheduled, but replaced with Hostage.
(7) Emily scheduled, but replaced with Forward Base.
(8) Various newspapers, various regions list Hostage in this slot, others say "As Southern". A few papers listing Southern state The Gladiators, though a couple of them of them have that title but the synopsis for Hostage so something was clearly changed quite late.
(9) If Hostage was shown in this slot, then it is quite possible that Channel's first transmission of The Gladiators was on Wednesday 15th October 1980!

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

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