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The Avengers (1961)

English comedy TV series on ITV1

Series facts

Seasons
6161 episodes in all
Channel
ITV1
Premiered
7 January 1961
Status
Ended on 21 May 1969
Episode length
60 min on average
TVmaze rating
8.1 / 10
Language
English
Country
United Kingdom

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The Avengers is an English TV series on ITV1. 6 seasons, 161 episodes. Premiered 7 Jan 1961. Cast: Patrick Macnee, Diana Rigg, Honor Blackman.

Seasons and episodes

Season 126 episodes, 7 Jan 1961 to 30 Dec 1961
  1. E1Hot Snow7 Jan 1961
  2. E2Brought to Book14 Jan 1961
  3. E3Square Root of Evil21 Jan 1961
  4. E4Nightmare28 Jan 1961
  5. E5Crescent Moon4 Feb 1961
  6. E6Girl on the Trapeze11 Feb 1961
  7. E7Diamond Cut Diamond18 Feb 1961
  8. E8The Radioactive Man25 Feb 1961
  9. E9Ashes of Roses4 Mar 1961
  10. E10Hunt the Man Down18 Mar 1961
  11. E11Please Don't Feed the Animals1 Apr 1961
  12. E12Dance with Death15 Apr 1961
  13. E13One for the Mortuary29 Apr 1961
  14. E14The Springers13 May 1961
  15. E15The Frighteners27 May 1961
  16. E16The Yellow Needle10 Jun 1961
  17. E17Death on the Slipway24 Jun 1961
  18. E18Double Danger8 Jul 1961
  19. E19Toy Trap22 Jul 1961
  20. E20Tunnel of Fear5 Aug 1961
  21. E21The Far Distant Dead19 Aug 1961
  22. E22Kill the King2 Sep 1961
  23. E23Dead of Winter9 Dec 1961
  24. E24The Deadly Air16 Dec 1961
  25. E25A Change of Bait23 Dec 1961
  26. E26Dragonsfield30 Dec 1961
Season 226 episodes, 29 Sep 1962 to 23 Mar 1963
  1. E1Mr Teddy Bear29 Sep 1962
  2. E2Propellant 236 Oct 1962
  3. E3The Decapod13 Oct 1962
  4. E4Bullseye20 Oct 1962
  5. E5Mission to Montreal27 Oct 1962
  6. E6The Removal Men3 Nov 1962
  7. E7The Mauritius Penny10 Nov 1962
  8. E8Death of a Great Dane17 Nov 1962
  9. E9The Sell-Out24 Nov 1962
  10. E10Death on the Rocks1 Dec 1962
  11. E11Traitor in Zebra8 Dec 1962
  12. E12The Big Thinker15 Dec 1962
  13. E13Death Dispatch22 Dec 1962
  14. E14Dead on Course29 Dec 1962
  15. E15Intercrime5 Jan 1963
  16. E16Immortal Clay12 Jan 1963
  17. E17Box of Tricks19 Jan 1963
  18. E18Warlock26 Jan 1963
  19. E19The Golden Eggs2 Feb 1963
  20. E20School for Traitors9 Feb 1963
  21. E21The White Dwarf16 Feb 1963
  22. E22The Man in the Mirror23 Feb 1963
  23. E23Conspiracy of Silence2 Mar 1963
  24. E24A Chorus of Frogs9 Mar 1963
  25. E25Six Hands Across a Table16 Mar 1963
  26. E26Killer Whale23 Mar 1963
Season 326 episodes, 28 Sep 1963 to 21 Mar 1964
  1. E1Brief for Murder28 Sep 1963
  2. E2The Undertakers5 Oct 1963
  3. E3Man with Two Shadows12 Oct 1963
  4. E4The Nutshell19 Oct 1963
  5. E5Death of a Batman26 Oct 1963
  6. E6November Five2 Nov 1963
  7. E7The Gilded Cage9 Nov 1963
  8. E8Second Sight16 Nov 1963
  9. E9The Medicine Men23 Nov 1963
  10. E10The Grandeur That Was Rome30 Nov 1963
  11. E11The Golden Fleece7 Dec 1963
  12. E12Don't Look Behind You14 Dec 1963
  13. E13Death a La Carte21 Dec 1963
  14. E14Dressed to Kill28 Dec 1963
  15. E15The White Elephant4 Jan 1964
  16. E16The Little Wonders11 Jan 1964
  17. E17The Wringer18 Jan 1964
  18. E18Mandrake25 Jan 1964
  19. E19The Secrets Broker1 Feb 1964
  20. E20Trojan Horse8 Feb 1964
  21. E21Build a Better Mousetrap15 Feb 1964
  22. E22The Outside-In Man22 Feb 1964
  23. E23The Charmers29 Feb 1964
  24. E24Concerto7 Mar 1964
  25. E25Esprit De Corps14 Mar 1964
  26. E26Lobster Quadrille21 Mar 1964
Season 426 episodes, 2 Oct 1965 to 26 Mar 1966
  1. E1The Town of No Return2 Oct 1965
  2. E2The Gravediggers9 Oct 1965
  3. E3The Cybernauts16 Oct 1965
  4. E4Death at Bargain Prices23 Oct 1965
  5. E5Castle De'ath30 Oct 1965
  6. E6The Master Minds6 Nov 1965
  7. E7The Murder Market13 Nov 1965
  8. E8A Surfeit of H2O20 Nov 1965
  9. E9The Hour That Never Was27 Nov 1965
  10. E10Dial a Deadly Number4 Dec 1965
  11. E11Man-Eater of Surrey Green11 Dec 1965
  12. E12Two's a Crowd18 Dec 1965
  13. E13Too Many Christmas Trees25 Dec 1965
  14. E14Silent Dust1 Jan 1966
  15. E15Room Without a View8 Jan 1966
  16. E16Small Game for Big Hunters15 Jan 1966
  17. E17The Girl from Auntie22 Jan 1966
  18. E18The Thirteenth Hole29 Jan 1966
  19. E19Quick-Quick Slow Death5 Feb 1966
  20. E20The Danger Makers12 Feb 1966
  21. E21A Touch of Brimstone19 Feb 1966
  22. E22What the Butler Saw26 Feb 1966
  23. E23The House That Jack Built5 Mar 1966
  24. E24A Sense of History12 Mar 1966
  25. E25How to Succeed... at Murder19 Mar 1966
  26. E26Honey for the Prince26 Mar 1966
Season 524 episodes, 14 Jan 1967 to 18 Nov 1967
  1. E1From Venus with Love14 Jan 1967
  2. E2The Fear Merchants21 Jan 1967
  3. E3Escape in Time28 Jan 1967
  4. E4The See-Through Man4 Feb 1967
  5. E5The Bird Who Knew Too Much11 Feb 1967
  6. E6The Winged Avenger18 Feb 1967
  7. E7The Living Dead25 Feb 1967
  8. E8The Hidden Tiger4 Mar 1967
  9. E9The Correct Way to Kill11 Mar 1967
  10. E10Never, Never Say Die18 Mar 1967
  11. E11Epic1 Apr 1967
  12. E12The Superlative Seven8 Apr 1967
  13. E13A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Station15 Apr 1967
  14. E14Something Nasty in the Nursery22 Apr 1967
  15. E15The Joker29 Apr 1967
  16. E16Who's Who???6 May 1967
  17. E17Return of the Cybernauts30 Sep 1967
  18. E18Death's Door7 Oct 1967
  19. E19The 50,000 Pound Breakfast14 Oct 1967
  20. E20Dead Man's Treasure21 Oct 1967
  21. E21You Have Just Been Murdered28 Oct 1967
  22. E22The Positive Negative Man4 Nov 1967
  23. E23Murdersville11 Nov 1967
  24. E24Mission: Highly Improbable18 Nov 1967
Season 633 episodes, 25 Sep 1968 to 21 May 1969
  1. E1The Forget-Me-Knot25 Sep 1968
  2. E2Game2 Oct 1968
  3. E3Super Secret Cypher Snatch9 Oct 1968
  4. E4You'll Catch Your Death16 Oct 1968
  5. E5Split!23 Oct 1968
  6. E6Whoever Shot Poor George Oblique Stroke XR4030 Oct 1968
  7. E7False Witness6 Nov 1968
  8. E8All Done with Mirrors13 Nov 1968
  9. E9Legacy of Death20 Nov 1968
  10. E10Noon Doomsday27 Nov 1968
  11. E11Look- (Stop Me If You've Heard This One) But There Were These Two Fellers...4 Dec 1968
  12. E12Have Guns- Will Haggle11 Dec 1968
  13. E13They Keep Killing Steed18 Dec 1968
  14. E14The Interrogators1 Jan 1969
  15. E15The Rotters8 Jan 1969
  16. E16Invasion of the Earthmen15 Jan 1969
  17. E17Killer22 Jan 1969
  18. E18The Morning After29 Jan 1969
  19. E19The Curious Case of the Countless Clues5 Feb 1969
  20. E20Wish You Were Here12 Feb 1969
  21. E21Love All19 Feb 1969
  22. E22Stay Tuned26 Feb 1969
  23. E23Take Me to Your Leader5 Mar 1969
  24. E24Fog12 Mar 1969
  25. E25Who Was That Man I Saw You With?19 Mar 1969
  26. E26Homicide and Old Lace26 Mar 1969
  27. E27Thingumajig2 Apr 1969
  28. E28My Wildest Dream7 Apr 1969
  29. E29Requiem16 Apr 1969
  30. E30Take-Over23 Apr 1969
  31. E31Pandora30 Apr 1969
  32. E32Get-a-Way!14 May 1969
  33. E33Bizarre21 May 1969

Cast and crew

Created by
Sydney Newman
Cast
Patrick Macnee as John Steed, Diana Rigg as Emma Peel, Honor Blackman as Catherine "Cathy" Gale, Linda Thorson as Tara King, Ian Hendry as Dr. David Keel, Patrick Newell as Mother, Julie Stevens as Venus Smith, Jon Rollason as Dr Martin King

Questions people ask

How many seasons does The Avengers have?

The Avengers ran for 6 seasons and 161 episodes.

Where can I watch The Avengers?

The Avengers airs on ITV1.

Has The Avengers ended?

Yes. The Avengers ended on 21 May 1969.

Who is in the cast of The Avengers?

The cast of The Avengers includes Patrick Macnee, Diana Rigg, Honor Blackman, Linda Thorson, Ian Hendry and Patrick Newell.

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