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Teledu Cymru, serving the North and West Wales, commenced broadcasting on Friday 14th September 1962 and was therefore not able to transmit The Avengers prior to Series 2.

 The Avengers — Series 2

(1) The channel ran The Avengers in tandem with TWW up to the end of 1962, but then switched to Fridays, independent of all other regions. They rejoined the TWW schedule for the last three episodes. Teledu Cymru failed to transmit one episode of Series 2, Intercrime. The reason for its pre-emption is unknown.
(2) Episode title unconfirmed; transmission confirmed in the Daily Telegraph.
(3) School for Traitors was recorded in studio on the evening of Saturday 9th February 1963, with the VTR session for The White Dwarf being held exactly a week later. Both recording sessions were only a couple of hours in advance of the transmissions in ABC Midlands and other regions. However, newspaper listings show that Teledu Cymru scheduled each episode for the Friday night prior to their recording. Therefore, these two transmission dates must be taken as wholly unreliable, and it is unclear whether or not these two episodes were shown at all on the Welsh channel.

Furthermore, The Avengers Declassified has a theory that rather than being the first region to show episodes following their production, instead Teledu Cymru were actually bringing up the rear. By this we mean that the otherwise skipped Intercrime replaced Immortal Clay and all the episodes moved back by one week. This would mean one episode was not shown (or was screened in a slot we've not found) but at least it would make School for Traitors and The White Dwarf screenable by Teledu Cymru. Evidence, alas, is not currently available.

 The Avengers — Series 3 (Part 1)

After Teledu Cymru failed financially, partly due to transmitting infrastructure delays beyond their control and Granada Television's decision to cease producing Welsh language content for the channel, it was bought out by Television Wales and West (TWW). From Monday 27th January 1964, TWW controlled both regions, while retaining the Teledu Cymru name. While separate schedules ran in the two ITV regions, the new Teledu Cymru programming mostly followed that of the TWW region, with the occasional English-language programme replaced with Welsh-language content. Consequently, the schedules in Wales were occasionally disrupted by opt-outs to accommodate local programming.

 The Avengers — Series 3 (Part 2)

 The Avengers — Series 4

 The Avengers — Series 5

No.	Title	Teledu Cymru (TWW) Transmissions (UK)
76	From Venus With Love	Wednesday 11th January 1967, 8.00pm
77	The Fear Merchants	Wednesday 18th January 1967, 8.00pm
78	Escape in Time	Wednesday 25th January 1967, 8.00pm
79	The See-Through Man	Wednesday 1st February 1967, 8.00pm
80	The Bird Who Knew Too Much	Friday 10th February 1967, 8.00pm
81	The Winged Avenger	Friday 17th February 1967, 8.00pm
82	The Living Dead	Friday 24th February 1967, 8.00pm
Break in Transmission Teledu Cymru did not transmit The Hidden Tiger on Friday 3rd March 1967. It was replaced by an episode of the Rediffusion thriller, The Rat Catchers.
83	The Correct Way to Kill	Friday 10th March 1967, 8.00pm
84	Never, Never Say Die	Friday 17th March 1967, 8.00pm
Break in Transmission No Series 5 episode on Good Friday 24th March 1967 — repeat of The Cybernauts instead
85	Epic	Friday 31st March 1967, 8.00pm
86	The Superlative Seven	Friday 7th April 1967, 8.00pm
Break in Transmission No new episodes until October 1967
87	Return of the Cybernauts	Sunday 1st October 1967, 7.25pm
88	Death's Door	Sunday 8th October 1967, 7.25pm
89	The £50,000 Breakfast	Sunday 15th October 1967, 7.25pm
90	Dead Man's Treasure	Sunday 22nd October 1967, 7.25pm
Break in Transmission No new episodes until May 1968 (on Harlech / HTV) (4)
—	The Hidden Tiger	Not transmitted during first run in this region

(4) In the 1968 ITV Franchise changes, Television Wales & West and Teledu Cymru (TWW) lost their franchises and were replaced by Harlech Television. Feeling that the decision had been arrived at unjustly, and that their staff were not being treated fairly, both TWW companies ceased broadcasting on Sunday 3rd March 1968, two months before the end of their respective franchises. Interim emergency services 'Independent Television Service for Wales & West' and 'Independent Television Service Teledu Cymru' were hastily set up and broadcast March-May 1968, staffed by former TWW employees. Harlech Television commenced broadcasting on Monday 20th May 1968. Episodes from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Station onwards were aired by this new company — more than a year after most of these episodes had aired in other ITV regions.

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

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