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 The Avengers — Series 1

Although the channel had been operating since August 1957 and was therefore able to air The Avengers from the very beginning, Scottish Television (STV) joined only when it had proven itself popular in other ITV regions. Scottish viewers therefore missed the first 15 episodes and were offered the series fortnightly from 10th June 1961 (The Yellow Needle). As if to give viewers fair warning that they would prove to be the ITV region least interested in The Avengers, STV chose to air Scotsport, movies and the ITC series Whiplash in place of the last four episodes of Series 1 on Saturday nights in December 1961.

(1) TV Guide, the regional listings magazine for STV, states this is the first episode of a new series.

 The Avengers — Series 2

(2) Scottish Television did not take The Avengers at the same time as the other ITV regions, choosing to show just twelve of the twenty-six episodes. They commenced their broadcasts two weeks after the rest of the United Kingdom had concluded their transmissions of Series 2.

 The Avengers — Series 3

 The Avengers — Series 4

 The Avengers — Series 5

No.	Title	Scottish Television (STV) Transmissions (UK)
72	From Venus With Love	Saturday 14th January 1967, 9.10pm
73	The Fear Merchants	Saturday 21st January 1967, 9.10pm
74	Escape in Time	Saturday 28th January 1967, 9.10pm
75	The See-Through Man	Saturday 4th February 1967, 9.10pm
76	The Bird Who Knew Too Much	Saturday 11th February 1967, 9.10pm
77	The Winged Avenger	Saturday 18th February 1967, 9.10pm
78	The Living Dead	Saturday 25th February 1967, 9.10pm
79	The Hidden Tiger	Saturday 4th March 1967, 9.10pm
80	The Correct Way to Kill	Saturday 11th March 1967, 9.10pm
81	Never, Never Say Die	Saturday 18th March 1967, 9.10pm
Break in Transmission No new episodes until October 1967
82	Death's Door	Saturday 7th October 1967, 9.10pm
83	The £50,000 Breakfast	Saturday 14th October 1967, 9.10pm
84	Dead Man's Treasure	Saturday 21st October 1967, 9.10pm
85	You Have Just Been Murdered	Saturday 28th October 1967, 9.10pm
86	The Positive Negative Man	Saturday 4th November 1967, 9.10pm
87	Murdersville	Saturday 11th November 1967, 9.10pm
88	Mission... Highly Improbable	Saturday 18th November 1967, 9.10pm
Break in Transmission No episode on 25th November or 2nd December 1967
89	The Superlative Seven	Friday 8th December 1967, 8.00pm
90	A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Station	Friday 15th December 1967, 8.00pm
91	Something Nasty in the Nursery	Friday 22nd December 1967, 8.00pm
92	The Joker	Friday 29th December 1967, 8.00pm
93	Return of the Cybernauts	Friday 5th January 1968, 8.00pm
94	Epic	Friday 12th January 1968, 8.00pm
95	Who's Who ???	Friday 19th January 1968, 8.00pm

 The Avengers — Series 6 (Part 1)

No.	Title	Scottish Television (STV) Transmissions (UK)
96	The Forget-Me-Knot	Thursday 2nd January 1969, 8.00pm
97	Game	Thursday 9th January 1969, 8.00pm
98	Super Secret Cypher Snatch	Thursday 16th January 1969, 8.00pm
99	You'll Catch Your Death	Thursday 23rd January 1969, 8.00pm
100	Split!	Thursday 30th January 1969, 8.00pm
101	Whoever Shot Poor George Oblique Stroke XR40?	Thursday 6th February 1969, 8.00pm
102	False Witness	Thursday 13th February 1969, 8.00pm
103	All Done With Mirrors	Thursday 20th February 1969, 8.00pm
104	Legacy of Death	Thursday 27th February 1969, 8.00pm
105	Noon Doomsday	Thursday 6th March 1969, 8.00pm
106	Look — (Stop Me If You've Heard This One) But There Were These Two Fellers...	Thursday 13th March 1969, 8.00pm
107	Have Guns — Will Haggle	Thursday 20th March 1969, 8.00pm
108	They Keep Killing Steed	Thursday 27th March 1969, 8.00pm
109	The Interrogators	Thursday 3rd April 1969, 8.00pm
110	The Rotters	Thursday 10th April 1969, 8.00pm
111	Invasion of the Earthmen	Thursday 17th April 1969, 8.00pm
112	Killer	Thursday 24th April 1969, 8.00pm
113	Get-A-Way!	Thursday 1st May 1969, 8.00pm
Break in Transmission No further Series 6 episodes until Sunday 6th January 1974 (3)

(3) STV broke off from screening the Tara King Avengers after screening Get-A-Way! on Thursday 1st March 1969 and waited an astonishing 4 years, 8 months and 5 days before they got around to showing the next new episode - and when it arrived in 1974 it was Wish You Were Here, an ironic choice!

 The Avengers — Series 6 (Part 2)

No.	Title	Scottish Television (STV) Transmissions (UK)
114	Wish You Were Here	Sunday 6th January 1974, 1.10pm
115	Love All	Sunday 13th January 1974, 1.10pm
116	Stay Tuned	Sunday 20th January 1974, 1.10pm
—	Take Me to Your Leader	Sunday 27th January 1974, 1.10pm (4)
Break in Transmission No further Series 6 episodes until Friday 8th February 1974
—	[episode not known]	Sunday 3rd February 1974, 1.10pm (5) (8)
117	[episode not known]	Friday 8th February 1974, 11.05pm (6)
—	[episode not known]	Sunday 10th February 1974, 1.10pm (7) (8)
Break in Transmission No further Series 6 episodes until Saturday 4th May 1974
118	The Morning After	Saturday 4th May 1974, 11.55am or 12.00pm (9)
Break in Transmission No further Series 6 episodes until Friday 13th September 1974
119	The Curious Case of the Countless Clues	Friday 13th September 1974, 11.20pm
Break in Transmission No episode on Friday 20th September 1974
120	My Wildest Dream	Friday 27th September 1974, 11.40pm
Break in Transmission No further Series 6 episodes until Friday 18th October 1974
121	Who Was That Man I Saw You With?	Friday 18th October 1974, 11.25pm
122	Thingumajig	Friday 25th October 1974, 11.25pm
Break in Transmission No episode on Friday 1st November 1974
123	Requiem	Friday 8th November 1974, 11.45pm
Break in Transmission No episode on Friday 15th November 1974
124	Pandora	Friday 22nd November 1974, 11.25pm
125	Take-Over	Friday 29th November 1974, 11.20pm
126	Bizarre	Friday 6th December 1974, 11.25pm
Break in Transmission No further Series 6 episodes until Sunday 26th January 1975
127	Fog	Sunday 26th January 1975, 11.00pm

(4) It appears that there were late changes to the schedule on this day and it is highly possible that Take Me to Your Leader did not air as planned. The Sunday Sun and The Observer suggest it was in the schedule close to broadcast, but the Saturday newspapers and the Sunday Post do not list The Avengers in this slot at all.
(5) This transmission was listed in Friday newspapers including the Fife Free Press, but by the time that Saturday newspapers went to press The Avengers had been removed from the schedule. Stanley Eveling, writing in The Scotsman on 9th February 1974, said, "On Sunday I settled myself down, a stomach full of pork and sprouts, to watch the Avengers and lo and behold it's been cancelled. Not a word of apology and then, to cap it all, some lousy 'B' film is put on and we have to wait hours for Scotsport."
(6) By rights this should be Homicide and Old Lace, but it could possibly be a rescheduled Take Me to Your Leader.
(7) A prospective schedule for Sunday 10th February 1974 published in the Fife Free Press on the Friday before included The Avengers at 1.10pm. This transmission did not come to pass due to restrictions of the Government-imposed Three-Day Week.
(8) It is likely that one or even both of these attempted transmissions was of the episode Homicide and Old Lace, the only episode not to be screened by STV during the 1969-1975 period.
(9) National newspapers state 12.00 noon, but the locals suggest 11.55am.

 The New Avengers — Series 1

 The New Avengers — Series 2

(10) Forward Base scheduled, but replaced with Hostage.
(11) Emily scheduled, but replaced with Forward Base.
(12) 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.

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

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