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1961
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The Avengers is a British television series that originally aired on ITV from 1961 to 1969. The show follows the adventures of suave secret agent John Steed, played by Patrick Macnee, as he investigates various crimes and plots often involving eccentric villains and their henchmen.

The first season featured Ian Hendry as Dr. David Keel, an amateur detective who becomes involved with Steed after his fianc

The Avengers is a series that ran for 6 seasons (254 episodes) between January 7, 1961 and on ITV

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Seasons

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33. Bizarre

May 21, 1969

Found wandering in a snowy field Helen Pritchard claims to have seen a man who was supposed to have been a corpse but was very much alive. This leads Steed to investigate the Happy Meadows funeral parlour and the cheery Mr. Bagpipes Happychap. Unfortunately the undertakers seem unable to keep their 'stiffs' from walking and Steed has to arrange his own funeral in order to find out more, though ultimately he and Miss King do get a send-off that is out of this world!

32. Get-A-Way

May 14, 1969

Two invincible foreign agents escape from the ultimate prison, a monastery run by the security services. They resume their mission, to kill one important person each. Steed and Tara set out to catch them, and to find out how they escaped, before their leader follows suit.

31. Pandora

April 30, 1969

Miss King is abducted whilst visiting an antique shop and wakes up in a room beautifully furnished in a style from fifty years earlier. She is addressed as Pandora. Steed follows a lead which takes him to retired World War One agent Lasindell, the love of whose life was called Pandora and bore a strong resemblance to Miss King. It is a plot by his greedy relations to make him divulge the location of his fortune or else Pandora, alias Miss King, comes to harm.

30. Take-Over

April 23, 1969

Three men and a woman called Circe politely call on the country home of Steed's friends, married couple Bill and Laura Bassett. Unfortunately their visit turns sinister as they plan to implant explosives into the throats of the couple and send them off to destroy a nearby peace conference. Happily for the Bassetts - and the conference - Steed is coming to visit for the weekend, and he knows what to do.

29. Requiem

April 16, 1969

Coming home from a costume party Miranda Loxton witnessed a killing by a member of Murder International and Steed is assigned to protect her until she gives evidence at the trial. Only Miss King knows that he has taken her to a boyhood haunt but then she is caught and wakes up in a sinister hospital where she is pumped for information about Miranda's hideaway.

28. My Wildest Dream

April 7, 1969

Following a tip-off Steed and Miss King are present when a member of the Acme Precision Combine is stabbed, seemingly by a sleep-walker who has no recollection of the murder. This leads the Avengers to a clinic run by Dr. A. Jaeger who may or may not be programming deadly sleep-walkers.

27. Thingumajig

April 2, 1969

The vicar of a Norman church asks the Avengers' help when a team of archaeologists excavating a site underneath the church are all killed and their bodies rendered completely devoid of any energy. This is due to a little black box which sends out deadly charges of electricity. Furthermore its charges are nurturing a race of thingumajigs, pure energy creatures which will eat anything and must be stopped before they do great harm.

26. Homicide And Old Lace

March 26, 1969

To celebrate his birthday 'Mother' goes to visit two elderly aunts to whom he tells a story from the Avengers' case files. It involves a criminal caper to steal art treasures. The treasures were to be held for safe keeping in an underground vault in the event of a national emergency but the criminals aimed to squirrel them away once in the vault. It is a hair colour changing story indeed.

25. Who Was That Man I Saw You With?

March 19, 1969

An ingenious mastermind makes Tara look like a traitor as part of a diabolical plot to start WW III.

24. Fog

March 12, 1969

The Avengers must identify a modern day "Jack the Ripper," targeting members of an international disarmament conference.

23. Take Me To Your Leader

March 5, 1969

Steed and Tara follow a chain of couriers passing a sophisticated briefcase that's carrying a large payoff for an unidentified traitor within the government.

22. Stay Tuned

February 26, 1969

With whole weeks missing from his life and evidence of actions that he simply cannot remember, Steed finds himself in an endless series of 'deja vu' situations. In reality he is slowly being hypnotised and the aim is to mesmerise him into killing 'Mother'.

21. Love All

February 19, 1969

Responsible old government bureaucrats are suddenly falling madly in love with the homely office charwoman - and they can't wait to tell her all of their secrets.

20. Wish You Were Here

February 12, 1969

A holiday resort has a strict "no check out" policy for certain guests, including Tara King, in this clever parody of Patrick McGoohan's "The Prisoner."

19. The Curious Case of the Countless Clues

February 5, 1969

With Miss King out of action nursing a broken ankle Steed goes it alone when Scotland Yard colleague Sir Arthur Doyle brings him in on a murder enquiry, with an abundance of clues, each one pointing to an illustrious suspect. In fact bogus cops Earle and Gardiner are operating a racket whereby they deliberately incriminate worthies as murder suspects and then blackmail them. Their latest target is Steed and his supposed victim is Miss King.

18. The Morning After

January 29, 1969

Having been rendered unconscious by knock-out gas in his pursuit of rogue agent Jimmy Merlin, Steed awakes to find that London is deserted and under martial law, headed by Brigadier Hansing. Under cover of a supposed evacuation, the Brigadier, incensed that he is to be retired from the army, has planted an atom bomb to destroy the capital. All Steed has to do is find it.

17. Killer

January 22, 1969

A succession of British agents have been killed in different ways but each one has been carefully wrapped in polythene before being dumped in a graveyard. With Miss King on her holidays Steed is joined by Lady Diana Forbes- Blakeney to investigate a sinister factory which houses the deadly computer REMAK - Remote Electro- Matic Agent Killer, which must be destroyed.

16. Invasion of the Earthmen

January 15, 1969

Following up a clue found on a dead agent Steed and Miss King pose as a married couple ,enabling them to infiltrate the Alpha Academy, where they claim they wish to enrol their 'son'. The academy is run by Brigadier Brett and is supposedly for youngsters who possess super-intelligence but it is in reality a training ground for a force who seek not global but extra-terrestrial domination.

15. The Rotters

January 8, 1969

Members of the Institue of Timber Technology have been killed to prevent them from standing in the way of a dastardly plot hatched by WormDoom Ltd, a pair of assassins who have perfected a chemical which destroys all kinds of wood and which they plan to release from pillar boxes around the country... unless Steed and Miss King can stop them.

14. The Interrogators

January 1, 1969

A foreign agent in the guise of a Colonel Mannering has found an ingenious method of extracting secret information from British agents.

13. They Keep Killing Steed

December 18, 1968

Enemy agent Arcos has invented a form of instant plastic surgery and he uses it to imprison Steed and create a double, who is sent to throw a spanner in the works at an important peace conference at a country house. Although Steed overpowers his jailer and escapes, Miss King still has to deal with the matter of more than one doppelganger for her colleague though none seem to survive for very long. Until Steed arrives she is assisted by a dashing blond German count.

12. Have Guns- Will Haggle

December 11, 1968

The spectacular theft of 3,000 top-secret FF70 rifles from a Government establishment brings Steed and Tara. Steed meets an old 'friend' and is invited to an auction. Tara has other reasons for being there.

11. Look- (stop me if you've heard this one) But There Were These Two Fellers...

December 4, 1968

The directors of the Capital Land and Development Company are being murdered and the only clues Steed and Tara have are a massive footprint and a red nose.

10. Noon Doomsday

November 27, 1968

Tara visits Steed in a special hospital following an injury to his leg. This is just the backdrop needed by Gerald Kafka, ex-head of Murder International, as he plans his revenge against Steed, who sent him to prison exactly seven years ago. At noon, Steed will die.

9. Legacy of Death

November 20, 1968

Steed and Tara King are on the trail of the world's most precious pearl with only an ornate dagger as a clue to its whereabouts.

8. All Done With Mirrors

November 13, 1968

Somebody is leaking secrets from the Caradoc research institute and suspicion falls upon Steed, who has been spending some time there. He is accordingly put under rather luxurious house arrest at Mother's, whilst Miss King and her somewhat incompetent new partner Watney unmask the real traitor.

7. False Witness

November 6, 1968

Witnesses and agents investigating upper class blackmailer Lord Edgefield can't seem to tell the truth.

6. Whoever Shot Poor George Oblique Stroke XR40

October 30, 1968

A Top Secret computer accusses about everybody of treason.

5. Split!

October 23, 1968

Security agents are being murdered, and the clues point to notorious foreign agent Boris Kartovski. The only problem is that Steed killed Kartovski five years earlier.

4. You'll Catch Your Death

October 16, 1968

Steed and Tara King investigate the death of a number of ear, throat and nose specialists.

3. Super Secret Cypher Snatch

October 9, 1968

Secrets are leaking out of Cipher HQ like a sieve, but all of the employees insist that everything has been "perfectly normal." However, The Avengers find a link between the stolen information and a window cleaning service.

2. Game

October 2, 1968

Tara and Steed try to put the pieces together when people begin showing up dead in unique locations with jigsaw puzzle pieces on their person.

1. The Forget-Me-Knot

September 25, 1968

Steed's colleague Sean Mortimer comes to see him in a very confused state. He knows there is a traitor in the organization but he has been drugged to put him in an amnesiac state and he can remember little else. Mrs. Peel investigates but she too falls prey to the drug as she and Sean are abducted by bikers. It is down to trainee agent 69, Tara King, to whom Steed is introduced by spymaster 'Mother' to help him save the day.

601. The Avengers 601

September 25, 1968

Steed becomes a traitor, Emma passes the torch to Tara.

602. The Avengers 602

October 2, 1968

Steed plays super sleuth, Tara is the prize.

603. The Avengers 603

October 9, 1968

Steed plays what's wrong with this picture, Tara becomes a file clerk.

604. The Avengers 604

October 16, 1968

Steed shops for stationery, Tara goes for a check-up

605. The Avengers 605

October 23, 1968

Steed thaws out an old adversary, Tara is his next brain trust.

606. The Avengers 606

October 30, 1968

Steed seeks the equation for a murder, Tara becomes an American.

607. The Avengers 607

November 6, 1968

Steed isn't double-crossed by a colleague, Tara doesn't find the secret in the milk.

608. The Avengers 608

November 13, 1968

Steed is under arrest, Tara is all wet.

609. The Avengers 609

November 20, 1968

Steed inherits a large extended family, Tara reveals her foot fetish.

610. The Avengers 610

November 27, 1968

Steed and Mother share a handicap, Tara faces Steed's nemesis.

611. The Avengers 611

December 4, 1968

Steed becomes a vaudeville comic, Tara takes up silly walking.

612. The Avengers 612

December 11, 1968

Steed makes a bid to buy arms, Tara comes with the package. LOOK - (stop me if you've heard this one) BUT THERE WERE.

613. The Avengers 613

December 18, 1968

Steed is the spy who would not die, Tara has too many of him.

614. The Avengers 614

January 1, 1969

Steed acquires a new musical taste, Tara gets grilled for a recipe.

615. The Avengers 615

January 8, 1969

Steed gets a piano lesson, Tara dodges the axe.

616. The Avengers 616

January 15, 1969

Steed takes Tara as his second wife, Tara takes a giant leap for mankind.

619. The Avengers 619

February 5, 1969

Steed encounters an old flame, Tara is sidelined.

620. The Avengers 620

February 12, 1969

Steed wonders where Tara's got to, Tara takes an endless holiday.

623. The Avengers 623

March 12, 1969

Steed becomes a Gaslight Ghoul, Tara sees right through him.

625. The Avengers 625

February 19, 1965

Steed becomes a sex idol, Tara falls for the enemy.

626. The Avengers 626

May 14, 1969

Steed questions the loss of his friends, Tara finds the answer in a bottle.

627. The Avengers 627

April 2, 1969

Steed tackles a high-tension terror, Tara plays her own theme.

629. The Avengers 629

April 16, 1969

Steed hides out with a young lady, Tara learns Mother has died.

630. The Avengers 630

April 23, 1969

Steed celebrates Christmas in February, Tara tries to set him straight.

631. The Avengers 631

March 19, 1969

Steed is framed by Tara, Tara breaks through his defences.

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Where to Watch The Avengers

The Avengers is available for streaming on the ITV website, both individual episodes and full seasons. You can also watch The Avengers on demand at Amazon Prime, Fandango at Home, Google Play, Apple TV, Tubi TV, Vudu Free, Pluto TV and Peacock Free.