The Avengers (partially found British spy-fi TV series; 1961)

Title card for season one of the show.

Status: Partially Found

The Avengers is a British spy-fi series that first aired from 1961 to 1969. The show is known from evolving with its dynamic cast, starting as a crime show that became more sci-fi with time.

The detective duo in season one, Dr. David Keel (Ian Hendry) and John Steed (Patrick Macnee), were the show's initial protagonists. When Ian Hendry left the show, Steed's character became the main character. The show is often divided into eras based on the show's stars and co-stars, a trend that continued until the show's finale in 1969.

Like many British shows of its time, several episodes of The Avengers are now considered lost. The show was shot on a 405-line videotape using a multicamera setup, and the tapes used for shootings were wiped and reused, a practice that led to the loss of episodes from Doctor Who. Only three episodes ("Girl on a Trapeze," "The Frighteners," and "Tunnel of Fear") and part of the pilot ("Hot Snow") of season one have been found as telerecordings. The rest of the series hasn't been found.

List of Episodes

#	Name	Original air date (UK)	Status	Comment
1	Hot Snow	Jan 7th, 1961	Partially Found	Only act 1 (15 mins) exists, acts 2 and 3 remain lost.
2	Brought to Book	Jan 14th, 1961	Lost	No footage or audio.
3	Square Root of Evil	Jan 21st, 1961	Lost	Broadcast live, no footage or audio.
4	Nightmare	Jan 28th, 1961	Lost	Broadcast live, no footage or audio.
5	Crescent Moon	Feb 4th, 1961	Lost	Broadcast live, no footage or audio.
6	Girl on the Trapeze	Feb 11th, 1961	Found	Broadcast live, intact as 16mm film telerecording
7	Diamond cut Diamond	Feb 18th, 1961	Lost	Broadcast live, no footage or audio.
8	The Radioactive Man	Feb 24th, 1961	Lost	Broadcast live, no footage or audio.
9	Ashes of Roses	Mar 4th, 1961	Lost	Broadcast live, no footage or audio
10	Hunt the Man Down	Mar 18th, 1961	Lost	No footage or audio.
11	Please Don't Feed the Animals	April 1st, 1961	Lost	No footage or audio.
12	Dance with Death	April 15th, 1961	Lost	No footage or audio.
13	One for the Mortuary	April 29th, 1961	Lost	No footage or audio.
14	The Springers	May 13th, 1961	Lost	No footage or audio.
15	The Frighteners	May 27th, 1961	Found	Broadcast live, intact.
16	The Yellow Needle	June 10th, 1961	Lost	No footage or audio.
17	Death on the Slipway	June 24, 1961	Lost	No footage or audio.
18	Double Danger	July 8th, 1961	Lost	No footage or audio.
19	Toy Trap	July 22nd, 1961	Lost	No footage or audio.
20	Tunnel of Fear	Aug 5th, 1961	Found	Intact (all 3 acts), not yet uploaded to YouTube.
21	The Far Distant Dead	Aug 19th, 1961	Lost	No footage or audio.
22	Kill the King	Sept 2nd, 1961	Lost	No footage or audio.
23	Dead of Winter	Sept 9th, 1961	Lost	No footage or audio.
24	The Deadly Air	Dec 16th, 1961	Lost	No footage or audio.
25	A Change of Bait	Dec 23rd, 1961	Lost	No footage or audio.
26	Dragonsfield	Dec 30th, 1961	Lost	No footage or audio.

All information correct at time of writing.

Gallery

A video from Ian Hendry's official website about searching for lost episodes.

External Links

• IMDb page on the show. Retrieved 19 Oct '16.
• Wikipedia article on The Avengers. Retrieved 19 Oct '16.