avDates = [
[
// January
[], // 1
[
'1964 - Filming starts for the Season Three episode "The Little Wonders".',
'1968 - Patrick Newell films his first appearance as Mother, on the fifth day of filming on "The Forget-Me-Knot".'
], // 2
[
'1920 - Birth of Gordon L. T. Scott, Executive in charge of Production on Season Six, in Edinburgh (d. 1991).',
'1923 - Birth of Charles Tingwell ("The Nutshell", "Return Of The Cybernauts")',
'1942 - Birth of John Thaw (Captain Trench in "Esprit De Corps")',
'1964 - Filming is completed on the Season Three episode "The Little Wonders".'
], // 3
[
'1964 - First transmission of the Season Three episode "The White Elephant".',
'1966 - First transmission of the Season Four episode "Room without a View" (Scotland).'
], // 4
[
'1963 - First transmission of the Season Two episode "Intercrime" (London).',
'1965 - First Australian transmission of the Season Three episode "The Medicine Men" (Sydney).'
], // 5
[
'1964 - First Australian transmission of the Season Two episode "Immortal Clay" (Sydney region).'
], // 6
[
'1924 - Birth of Geoffrey Bayldon ("The Deadly Air", "Escape In Time") in Leeds.',
'1961 - "The Avengers" premieres on British television with the broadcast of "Hot Snow", the first episode of Season One.',
'1963 - Scenes for the Season Two episode "Warlock" are reshot for the rescheduled transmission.',
'1966 - Filming is completed on the Season Four episode "What the Butler Saw".',
'1966 - First transmission of the Season Four episode "Room without a View" (London).'
], // 7
[
'1934 - Birth of Roy Kinnear ("Esprit De Corps", "The Hour that Never Was", "The See-Through Man", "Bizzare") in Wigan (d. September 20th, 1988).',
'1965 - Filming is completed on the Season Four episode "The Master Minds".'
], // 8
[
'1922 - Birth of Clive Dunn ("Something Nasty In The Nursery") in London.',
'1924 - Birth of Ron Moody ("Honey For The Prince", "The Bird That Knew Too Much") in Tottenham, London.',
'1963 - Filming starts for the Season Two episode "Immortal Clay".'
], // 9
[
'1963 - Filming is completed on the Season Two episode "Immortal Clay".',
'1968 - After a seven month break, "The Avengers" returns to American television for the last eight Diana Rigg episodes.',
'1969 - Filming is completed on the Season Six episode "Who Was That Man I Saw You With?"'
], // 10
[
'1961 - Filming starts on the Season One episode "Brought to Book".',
'1964 - First transmission of the Season Three episode "The Little Wonders". This episode is never broadcast in Australia.',
'1966 - First transmission of the Season Four episode "Small Game for Big Hunters" (Scotland).'
], // 11
[
'1961 - Filming is completed on the Season One episode "Brought to Book".',
'1963 - First transmission of the Season Two episode "Immortal Clay".',
'1965 - First Australian transmission of the Season Three episode "The Secrets Broker" (Sydney).',
'1968 - The first version of the title sequence for Season Six featuring Patrick Macnee and Linda Thorson on an orange set is shot by Harry Booth at Elstree Studios.'
], // 12
[
'1931 - Birth of Ian Hendry (Dr. David Keel) (d. December 24th, 1984).',
'1964 - First Australian transmission of the Season Two episode "The Big Thinker" (Sydney region).'
], // 13
[
'1926 - Birth of Warren Mitchell ("The Golden Fleece", "The Charmers") (Brodney in "Two\'s A Crowd", "The See-Through Man") in London.',
'1961 - First broadcast (Midlands) of the Season One episode "Brought to Book".',
'1966 - First transmission of the Season Four episode "Small Game for Big Hunters" (London).',
'1967 - Season Five premieres in the UK with British television with the broadcast of "From Venus With Love" - although made in colour, it is transmitted in black and white.'
], // 14
[
'1964 - Filming starts for the Season Three episode "Mandrake".'
], // 15
[
'1963 - Filming starts for the Season Two episode "Box of Tricks".',
'1964 - Filming is completed on the Season Three episode "Mandrake". Honor Blackman knocks stuntman Jackie Pallo unconscious for seven minutes during recording of a fight scene.'
], // 16
[
'1963 - Filming is completed on the Season Two episode "Box of Tricks".',
'1969 - Filming is completed on the Season Six episode "Pandora".'
], // 17
[
'1964 - First transmission of the Season Three episode "The Wringer".',
'1966 - First transmission of the Season Four episode "The Girl from Auntie" (Scotland).',
'1966 - Filming is completed on the Season Four episode "The House that Jack Built".'
], // 18
[
'1963 - First transmission of the Season Two episode "Box of Tricks" (London).',
'1965 - First Australian transmission of the Season Three episode "The Charmers" (Sydney).',
'1968 - Filming is completed on the Season Six episodes "The Curious Case Of The Countless Clues" and "The Forget-Me-Knot".',
'1968 - Diana Rigg films her final scene for "The Avengers" - the staircase cross-over with Linda Thorson for "The Forget-Me-Knot".'
], // 19
[
'1964 - First Australian transmission of the Season Two episode "Box of Tricks" (Sydney region).',
'1967 - "The Avengers" US Season Two premieres on American television with the UK Season Five episode "From Venus With Love" - only six days behind the UK transmission.',
'1967 - First US transmission of the Season Five episode "From Venus with Love".'
], // 20
[
'1961 - "Square Root Of Evil", the third episode of "The Avengers" first season, is the first of seven episodes to be transmitted the same night it was produced, which made people suppose they were transmitted live.',
'1966 - First transmission of the Season Four episode "The Girl from Auntie" (London).',
'1967 - Original transmission of "The Fear Merchants", the first colour episode to be filmed.'
], // 21
[
'1965 - Filming is completed on the Season Four episode "Dial a Deadly Number".'
], // 22
[], // 23
[], // 24
[
'1964 - First transmission of the Season Three episode "Mandrake".',
'1966 - First transmission of the Season Four episode "The Thirteenth Hole" (Scotland).'
], // 25
[
'1963 - First transmission of the Season Two episode "Warlock". This episode is never broadcast in Australia.',
'1965 - First Australian transmission of the Season Three episode "The Wringer" (Sydney).'
], // 26
[
'1964 - First Australian transmission of the Season Two episode "School for Traitors" (Sydney).',
'1967 - First US transmission of the Season Five episode "The Fear Merchants".'
], // 27
[
'1961 - Filming is completed on the Season One episode "Nightmare", which goes to air the same night.',
'1966 - First transmission of the Season Four episode "The Thirteenth Hole" (London).'
], // 28
[
'1964 - Filming starts for the Season Three episode "Trojan Horse".'
], // 29
[
'1963 - Filming starts for the Season Two episode "The Golden Eggs".',
'1964 - Filming is completed on the Season Three episode "Trojan Horse".'
], // 30
[
'1963 - Filming is completed on the Season Two episode "The Golden Eggs".',
'1966 - Filming is completed on the Season Four episode "A Sense of History".'
] // 31
],
[
// February
[
'1964 - First transmission of the Season Three episode "The Secrets Broker".',
'1966 - First transmission of the Season Four episode "Quick-Quick Slow Death" (Scotland).',
'1968 - Filming is completed on the Season Six episode "Split!".'
], // 1
[
'1963 - First transmission of the Season Two episode "The Golden Eggs" (Midlands, London follows a day later).',
'1965 - First Australian transmission of the Season Three episode "The White Elephant" (Sydney).'
], // 2
[
'1963 - Rehearsals start for the Season Two episode "The White Dwarf".',
'1964 - First Australian transmission of the Season Two episode "Death Dispatch" (Sydney).',
'1967 - First US transmission of the Season Five episode "The See-Through Man".'
], // 3
[
'1961 - Filming is completed on the Season One episode "Crescent Moon", which goes to air the same night.',
'1966 - First transmission of the Season Four episode "Quick-Quick Slow Death" (London).'
], // 4
[
'1945 - Birth of Charlotte Rampling (Hanna Wild in "The Superlative Seven")'
], // 5
[
'1922 - Birth of Patrick Macnee (John Steed) in London.'
], // 6
[
'1943 - Birth of Gareth Hunt (Mike Gambit) Battersea, London, England, UK (d. March 14th, 2007)',
'1927 - Birth of Laurie Johnson, who composed the music from 1965-1977 an co-produced "The New Avengers" and "The Professionals".'
], // 7
[
'1963 - Filming starts for the Season Two episode "School for Traitors".',
'1964 - First transmission of the Season Three episode "Trojan Horse".',
'1966 - First transmission of the Season Four episode "The Danger Makers" (Scotland).'
], // 8
[
'1963 - Filming is completed on the Season Two episode "School for Traitors", which goes to air the same night (London).',
'1965 - First Australian transmission of the Season Three episode "The Outside-In Man" (Sydney).'
], // 9
[
'1964 - First Australian transmission of the Season Two episode "Dead on Course" (Sydney).'
], // 10
[
'1961 - Filming is completed on the Season One episode "Girl on the Trapeze", which goes to air the same night. The discovery of this episode in an archive disproves that episodes were transmitted live and not recorded on videotape.',
'1964 - Filming starts for the Season Three episode "The Outside-In Man".',
'1966 - First transmission of the Season Four episode "The Danger Makers" (London).'
], // 11
[
'1964 - Filming is completed on the Season Three episode "The Outside-In Man".'
], // 12
[
'1969 - Filming is completed on the Season Six episode "Requiem".'
], // 13
[
'1967 - Filming is completed on the Season Five episode "Never, Never Say Die".'
], // 14
[
'1963 - Filming starts for the Season Two episode "The White Dwarf".',
'1964 - First transmission of the Season Three episode "Build a Better Mousetrap".',
'1966 - Filming is completed on the Season Four episode "How to Succeed... at Murder".',
'1966 - First transmission of the Season Four episode "A Touch of Brimstone" (Scotland).',
'1968 - Filming is completed on the Season Six episode "Get-A-Way!".'
], // 15
[
'1963 - Filming is completed on the Season Two episode "The White Dwarf", which goes to air the same night.',
'1965 - First Australian transmission of the Season Three episode "Trojan Horse" (Sydney).'
], // 16
[
'1912 - Birth of Clifford Evans ("Dial A Deadly Number", "Death\'s Door", "Whoever Shot Poor George Oblique Stroke XR40?") (d. 1985).',
'1964 - First Australian transmission of the Season Two episode "Death Dispatch" (Sydney).',
'1965 - Filming is completed on the Season Four episode "Death at Bargain Prices".'
], // 17
[
'1899 - Birth of Mervyn Johns (Brandon Storey in "Too Many Christmas Trees") in Pembroke, Wales (d. September 6th, 1992)',
'1961 - Filming is completed on the Season One episode "Diamond Cut Diamond", which goes to air the same night.',
'1966 - First transmission of the Season Four episode "A Touch of Brimstone" (London).'
], // 18
[], // 19
[], // 20
[
'1963 - Filming starts for the Season Two episode "Man in the Mirror".',
'1968 - Filming is completed on the Season Six episode "Take-Over".'
], // 21
[
'1963 - Filming is completed on the Season Two episode "Man in the Mirror".',
'1964 - First transmission of the Season Three episode "The Outside-In Man".',
'1966 - First transmission of the Season Four episode "What the Butler Saw" (Scotland).'
], // 22
[
'1963 - First transmission of the Season Two episode "Man in the Mirror" (London).',
'1963 - Rehearsals start for the Season Two episode "A Chorus of Frogs".',
'1965 - First Australian transmission of the Season Three episode "Lobster Quadrille" (Sydney) - oddly moved up the schedule so it\'s not the last episode.'
], // 23
[
'1964 - First Australian transmission of the Season Two episode "The Golden Eggs" (Sydney).'
], // 24
[
'1961 - Filming is completed on the Season One episode "The Radioactive Man", which goes to air the same night.',
'1966 - First transmission of the Season Four episode "What the Butler Saw" (London).',
'1969 - Merry Christmas! John Steed and Bill Bassett celebrate Christmas every year in February - the result of their losing track of time as prisoners in Nan King (as revealed in "Take-Over").'
], // 25
[
'1964 - Filming starts for the Season Three episode "The Charmers".'
], // 26
[
'1964 - Filming is completed on the Season Three episode "The Charmers".',
'1967 - Filming is completed on the Season Five episode "Epic".'
], // 27
[
'1963 - Filming starts for the Season Two episode "Conspiracy of Silence".'
], // 28
[
'1964 - First transmission of the Season Three episode "The Charmers".',
'1968 - Filming is completed on the Season Six episode "Have Guns - Will Haggle".'
] // 29
],
[
// March
[
'1918 - Birth of Roger Delgado ("Crescent Moon", "Stay Tuned") in London (d. June 18th, 1973). Also played the Master on "Dr. Who".',
'1963 - Filming is completed on the Season Two episode "Conspiracy of Silence".',
'1965 - Filming is completed on the Season Four episode "Too Many Christmas Trees".',
'1966 - Viewers in Australia are introduced to Emma Peel (Diana Rigg) as Season Four premieres on ABN-2 Sydney & ABV-2 Melbourne with "The Murder Market".',
'1966 - First transmission of the Season Four episode "The House that Jack Built" (Scotland).'
], // 1
[
'1963 - First transmission of the Season Two episode "Conspiracy of Silence" (London).',
'1964 - First Australian transmission of the Season Two episode "The White Dwarf" (Sydney).',
'1965 - First Australian transmission of the Season Three episode "Esprit de Corps" (Sydney).'
], // 2
[
'1969 - Filming is completed on the very last episode of "The Avengers" "Bizzare".'
], // 3
[
'1961 - Filming is completed on the Season One episode "Ashes of Roses", which goes to air the same night.',
'1966 - Production of Season Four comes to a close with the completion of the Season Four episode "Honey for the Prince".',
'1966 - First transmission of the Season Four episode "The House that Jack Built" (London).'
], // 4
[], // 5
[], // 6
[
'1963 - Filming starts for the Season Two episode "A Chorus of Frogs".'
], // 7
[
'1963 - Filming is completed on the Season Two episode "A Chorus of Frogs".',
'1966 - First Australian transmission of the Season Four episode "The Gravediggers" (Melbourne).',
'1966 - First Australian transmission of the Season Four episode "Dial a Deadly Number" (Sydney).',
'1966 - First transmission of the Season Four episode "A Sense of History" (Scotland).'
], // 8
[
'1963 - First transmission of the Season Two episode "A Chorus of Frogs".',
'1964 - First Australian transmission of the Season Two episode "Conspiracy of Silence" (Sydney).',
'1965 - First Australian transmission of the Season Three episode "Mandrake" (Sydney), the show will not be screened again for a year.',
'1997 - Death of Terry Nation, script-writer and Season Six script-editor, aged 66.'
], // 9
[
'1964 - Filming starts for the Season Three episode "Esprit de Corps".'
], // 10
[
'1916 - Birth of Ferdy Mayne (Ferdinand Mayer-Horckel) (Baron Von Orlak in "Legacy Of Death") in Mayence, Germany (d. January 30th, 1998).',
'1923 - Birth of Terrence Alexander ("The Town Of No Return", "The Correct Way To Kill", "Love All")',
'1964 - Filming is completed on the Season Three episode "Esprit de Corps".',
'1966 - First transmission of the Season Four episode "A Sense of History" (London).'
], // 11
[
'1961 - Filming is completed on the Season One episode "Hunt the Man Down", the series moves from weekly to fortnightly broadcasts, and it is screened six days later.',
'1966 - "The Times" announces that the Writer\'s Guild has banned its members from writing for the British Film Production Association following a dispute over royalty payments for overseas sales of "The Avengers".'
], // 12
[
'1926 - Birth of Ray McAnally ("The Positive-Negative Man", "They Keep Killing Steed") (d. July 15th, 1989).',
'1967 - Filming is completed on the Season Five episode "The Superlative Seven".'
], // 13
[
'1963 - Filming starts for the Season Two episode "Six Hands Across a Table".',
'1964 - First transmission of the Season Three episode "Esprit de Corps".',
'1965 - Filming is completed on the Season Four episode "The Cybernauts".',
'2007 - Aged 64, Gareth Hunt (Mike Gambit) dies from pancreatic cancer at Redhill, Surrey.'
], // 14
[
'1963 - Filming is completed on the Season Two episode "Six Hands Across a Table".',
'1966 - First Australian transmission of the Season Four episode "The Cybernauts" (Melbourne).',
'1966 - First transmission of the Season Four episode "How to Succeed... at Murder" (London).'
], // 15
[
'1963 - First transmission of the Season Two episode "Six Hands Across a Table" (London).',
'1964 - First Australian transmission of the Season Two episode "A Chorud of Frogs" (Sydney).'
], // 16
[], // 17
[
'1961 - First transmission of the Season One episode "Hunt the Man Down".',
'1961 - First transmission of "The Avengers" to the London area with the broadcast of the Season One episode "Hot Snow".',
'1966 - First transmission of the Season Four episode "How to Succeed... at Murder" (London).'
], // 18
[
'1968 - Filming is completed on the Season Six episode "Look - (stop me if you\'ve heard this one) But There Were These Two Fellers".'
], // 19
[
'1964 - Honor Blackman records her final episode as Cathy Gale "Lobster Quadrille".',
'1968 - American viewers are introduced to Tara King (Linda Thorson) as "The Forget-Me-Knot" is screened for the first time in the US.'
], // 20
[
'1963 - Filming starts for the Season Two episode "Killer Whale".',
'1964 - The transmission of "Lobster Quadrille" brings Season Three to a close and viewers say farewell to Honor Blackman.'
], // 21
[
'1963 - Production of Season Two ends with recording of "Killer Whale".',
'1966 - First Australian transmission of the Season Four episode "Room without a View" (Melbourne).',
'1966 - First transmission of the Season Four episode "Honey for the Prince" (Scotland).',
'1967 - Filming is completed on the Season Five episode "A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Station".'
], // 22
[
'1963 - "Killer Whale" premieres on British television (ABC), bringing Season Two to a close.',
'1964 - First Australian transmission of the Season Two episode "Six Hands Across a Table" (Sydney).'
], // 23
[], // 24
[
'1967 - Birth of John Laurie ("Death Of A Great Dane", "Brief For Murder", "A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Station", "Pandora") in Dumfries, Scotland (d. 1980).',
'1966 - First transmission of the Season Four episode "Honey for the Prince" (London).'
], // 25
[], // 26
[
'1932 - Birth of Patrick Newell (Mother) in Hadleigh, Suffolk (d. 1988).',
'1935 - Birth of Julian Glover ("Two\'s A Crowd", "The Living Dead", "Split", "Pandora") in London.'
], // 27
[
'1962 - The Equity Actors\' Strike ends when ITV agrees to pay rises for actors.',
'1966 - "The Avengers" makes its debut on US television with the Season Four episode "The Cybernauts".'
], // 28
[
'1920 - Birth of Albert Fennell, producer (Seasons Four to Seven and "The New Avengers") in Chiswick (d. 1988).',
'1966 - First Australian transmission of the Season Four episode "A Surfeit of H2O" (Melbourne).'
], // 29
[
'1961 - Filming is completed on the Season One episode "Please Don\'t Feed the Animals".'
], // 30
[
'1964 - First Australian transmission of the Season Two episode "Killer Whale" (Sydney).'
] // 31
],
[
// April
[
'1961 - First transmission of the Season One episode "Please Don\'t Feed the Animals" (Midlands).',
'1961 - First London transmission of the Season One episode "Brought to Book". The producers consider running a catch-up screening of the episodes so far only broadcast to the Midlands, but elect instead to bring London in synch with regional broadcasts. Accordingly, London viewers never see nine early episodes.',
'1968 - Filming is completed on the Season Six episode "My Wildest Dream".',
'1968 - Steed and Tara expose a plot to murder the directors of the Capital Land and Development Company "Look - (stop me if you\'ve heard this one) But There Were These Two Fellers".'
], // 1
[
'1940 - Birth of Penelope Keith ("The Murder Market", "Something Nasty In The Nursery", "Take Me To Your Leader") in Sutton, Surrey.',
'1967 - Filming is completed on the Season Five episode "Something Nasty In The Nursery".',
'1968 - Steed and Tara expose a plot by the employees of Classy Glass Cleaners to steal top secret cipher codes "Super Secret Cypher Snatch".'
], // 2
[
'1926 - Birth of Andrew Keir ("The Fear Merchants", "Get-A-Way") (d. October 5th, 1997).'
], // 3
[
'1965 - The miniature railway scenes for "The Gravediggers" are filmed at Stapleford Park, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire.'
], // 4
[
'1912 - Birth of John Le Mesurier ("What The Butler Saw") in Bedford (d. 1983).',
'1966 - First Australian transmission of the Season Four episode "The Town of No Return" (Melbourne).'
], // 5
[], // 6
[
'1920 - Birth of Allan Cuthbertson ("The Deadly Air", "Death\'s Door", "Super Secret Cypher Snatch") (d. 1988).',
'1964 - First transmission of the Season Three episode "Concerto".',
'1964 - First Australian transmission of the Season three episode "Brief for Murder" (Sydney). There is no gap between Seasons Two and Three for Sydney viewers.',
'1969 - The episode "My Wildest Dream" is transmitted in a late night slot for its premiere screening, due to its violent content.'
], // 7
[
'1967 - The Season Five episode "The Superlative Seven" premieres on British television.'
], // 8
[], // 9
[
'1967 - Season Five starts in Australia with the episode "Escape in Time" (Melbourne).'
], // 10
[
'1966 - First US transmission of the Season Four episode "Death at Bargain Prices".',
'1967 - Filming is completed on the Season Five episode "The Joker".'
], // 11
[
'1961 - Filming is completed on the Season One episode "Dance with Death".',
'1966 - First Australian transmission of the Season Four episode "The Master Minds" (Melbourne).'
], // 12
[
'1937 - Birth of Edward Fox (Lord Teddy Chilcott in "My Wildest Dream) in London.'
], // 13
[
'1964 - First Australian transmission of the Season Three episode "Concerto" (Sydney).',
'1965 - Filming is completed on the Season Four episode "The Gravediggers".'
], // 14
[
'1961 - First transmission of the Season One episode "Dance with Death" - the first episode broadcast concurrently to London and other regions of the ITV network.'
], // 15
[], // 16
[
'1967 - Filming is completed on the Season Five episode "Who\'s Who???".',
'1967 - First Australian transmission of the Season Five episode "From Venus with Love" (Melbourne).',
'1968 - Filming is completed on the Season Six episode "Whoever Shot Poor George Oblique Stroke XR40?".'
], // 17
[
'1929 - Birth of Peter Jeffrey ("Room With A View", "The Joker", "Game") in Bristol.',
'1967 - Filming is completed on the Season Five episode "Who\'s Who???". There is a break of 16 days before production restarts.',
'1968 - Filming is completed on the Season Six episode "Whoever Shot Poor George Oblique Stroke XR40?".'
], // 18
[
'1922 - Birth of Don Sharp director ("Invasion of the Earthmen" "The Curious Case Of The Countless Clues", "Get-A-Way").',
'1931 - Birth of Garfield Morgan ("The Fear Merchants", "Game", Take-Over") in Birmingham.',
'1966 - First Australian transmission of the Season Four episode "Death at Bargain Prices" (Melbourne).'
], // 19
[], // 20
[
'1926 - Birth of Queen Elizabeth II',
'1964 - First Australian transmission of the Season Three episode "The Nutshell" (Sydney).',
'1969 - The original American transmission of "The Avengers" comes to an end with "Bizzare".'
], // 21
[], // 22
[
'1907 - Birth of James Hayter (Ticket Collector in "A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Station") in India (d. March 27th, 1983).'
], // 23
[
'1963 - At Teddington Studios recording begins for Season Three with "Concerto".',
'1967 - First Australian transmission of the Season Five episode "The Bird Who Knew too Much" (Melbourne).'
], // 24
[
'1963 - Filming starts for the Season Three episode "Concerto".',
'1966 - First US transmission of the Season Four episode "The Hour that Never Was".'
], // 25
[
'1961 - Filming is completed on the Season One episode "One for the Mortuary".',
'1963 - Filming is completed on the Season Three episode "Concerto", it\'s not screened until April 1964.'
], // 26
[], // 27
[
'1964 - First Australian transmission of the Season Three episode "Death à la Carte" (Sydney).'
], // 28
[
'1961 - First transmission of the Season One episode "One for the Mortuary".',
'1965 - Filming is completed on the Season Four episode "Room without a View".'
], // 29
[] // 30
],
[
// May
[
'1946 - Joanna Lumley was born (7:30 PM IST) in Srinagar, Kashmir, India.',
'1963 - Filming is completed on the Season Three episode "Brief for Murder".',
'1967 - "The Avengers Collection", a range of new fashions designed for Season Five by Pierre Cardin and Alun Hughes is launched at Teddington Studios. Twiggy Lawson, Graham Hill, Billy Walker, and other personalities pose for photographer Terry O\'Neill.',
'1967 - First Australian transmission of the Season Five episode "The See-Through Man" (Melbourne).'
], // 1
[
'1966 - First US transmission of the Season Four episode "Castle De\'ath". Realising they have a hit on their hands, ABC change the show from a fortnightly schedule to a weekly schedule.'
], // 2
[
'1967 - After a break of 16 days, filming begins on the Season Five episode "Death\'s Door".',
'1966 - First Australian transmission of the Season Four episode "Man-eater of Surrey Green" (Melbourne).',
'1966 - First Australian transmission of the Season Four episode "Two\'s a Crowd" (Sydney).'
], // 3
[
'1966 - First US transmission of the Season Four episode "Small Game for Big Hunters".'
], // 4
[
'1964 - First Australian transmission of the Season Three episode "The Grandeur that was Rome" (Sydney).'
], // 5
[
'1967 - Season Five comes to an end on British television with the broadcast of "Who\'s Who???". The last eight Diana Rigg episodes will not be transmitted for another five months.'
], // 6
[], // 7
[
'1967 - First Australian transmission of the Season Five episode "The Fear Merchants" (Melbourne).',
'1968 - The third American season of "The Avengers" concludes with "Look - (stop me if you\'ve heard this one) But There Were These Two Fellers". The remaining 26 Linda Thorson episodes will not be screened until the following September.'
], // 8
[
'1962 - The first episode of Season Two, "Dead On Course" is recorded at Teddington Studios.',
'1962 - Jon Rollason (Dr. Martin King) replaces Ian Hendry.',
'1963 - Filming starts for the Season Three episode "The Nutshell".',
'1966 - First US transmission of the Season Four episode "Two\'s a Crowd".'
], // 9
[
'1963 - Filming is completed on the Season Three episode "The Nutshell".'
], // 10
[
'1961 - Filming is completed on the Season One episode "The Springers".',
'1962 - Filming starts for the Season Two episode "Mission to Montreal", the first episode produced since the lifting of the Equity Actors\' Strike.',
'1965 - Filming is completed on the Season Four episode "A Surfeit of H2O".'
], // 11
[
'1962 - Filming is completed on the Season Two episode "Mission to Montreal".',
'1964 - First Australian transmission of the Season Three episode "The Undertakers" (Sydney).'
], // 12
[
'1961 - First transmission of the Season One episode "The Springers".'
], // 13
[], // 14
[
'1967 - First Australian transmission of the Season Five episode "The Living Dead" (Melbourne).'
], // 15
[
'1966 - First US transmission of the Season Four episode "The House that Jack Built".'
], // 16
[
'1966 - First Australian transmission of the Season Four episode "Castle De\'ath" (Sydney).',
'1966 - First Australian transmission of the Season Four episode "The Hour that Never Was" (Melbourne).'
], // 17
[], // 18
[
'1964 - First Australian transmission of the Season Three episode "Build a Better Mousetrap" (Sydney).',
'1967 - The second American season of "The Avengers" concludes with the Season Five episode "Who\'s Who???"; the last eight Diana Rigg episodes will not be transmitted in the US for another seven months.'
], // 19
[], // 20
[
'1969 - "The Avengers" exit in style in Steed\'s home-made rocket as Season Six comes to an end on Thames Television with "Bizzare".'
], // 21
[
'1922 - Birth of Christopher Lee ("Never, Never Say Die", "The Interrogators") in London.',
'1967 - First Australian transmission of the Season Five episode "The Hidden Tiger" (Melbourne).'
], // 22
[
'1928 - Birth of Nigel Davenport ("The Danger Makers", "Split!") in Shelford, Cambridge.',
'1963 - Filming starts for the Season Three episode "The Golden Fleece".'
], // 23
[
'1963 - Filming is completed on the Season Three episode "The Golden Fleece".',
'1968 - Filming is completed on the Season Six episode "You\'ll Catch Your Death".'
], // 24
[
'1961 - Filming is completed on the Season One episode "The Frighteners". For many years this would be the only known surviving episode from Season One.',
'1962 - Filming starts for the Season Two episode "Dead on Course".'
], // 25
[
'1913 - Birth of Peter Cushing ("Return Of The Cybernauts") in Dulwich. (d. August 11th, 1994).',
'1962 - Filming is completed on the Season Two episode "Dead on Course".',
'1964 - First Australian transmission of the Season Three episode "Second Sight" (Sydney).'
], // 26
[
'1961 - First transmission of the Season One episode "The Frighteners".'
], // 27
[
'1965 - Filming is completed on the Season Four episode "Two\'s a Crowd".'
], // 28
[
'1967 - First Australian transmission of the Season Five episode "The Correct Way to Kill" (Melbourne).'
], // 29
[
'1966 - First US transmission of the Season Four episode "The Murder Market".'
], // 30
[
'1966 - First Australian transmission of the Season Four episode "Small Game for Big Hunters" (Sydney).',
'1966 - First Australian transmission of the Season Four episode "The Thirteenth Hole" (Melbourne).'
] // 31
],
[
// June
[], // 1
[
'1964 - First Australian transmission of the Season Three episode "November Five" (Sydney).'
], // 2
[], // 3
[], // 4
[
'1967 - First Australian transmission of the Season Five episode "Never, Never Say Die" (Melbourne).'
], // 5
[
'1963 - Filming starts for the Season Three episode "Death a la Carte".',
'1966 - First US transmission of the Season Four episode "The Girl from Auntie".'
], // 6
[
'1963 - Filming is completed on the Season Three episode "Death a la Carte".',
'1967 - Filming is completed on the Season Five episode "Death\'s Door".'
], // 7
[
'1961 - Filming is completed on the Season One episode "The Yellow Needle".',
'1962 - Filming starts for the Season Two episode "The Sell-Out".'
], // 8
[
'1962 - Filming is completed on the Season Two episode "The Sell-Out".',
'1964 - First Australian transmission of the Season Three episode "The Golden Fleece" (Sydney).'
], // 9
[
'1961 - First transmission of the Season One episode "The Yellow Needle".'
], // 10
[
'1965 - Filming is completed on the Season Four episode "Man-eater of Surrey Green".'
], // 11
[
'1920 - Birth of Peter Jones ("The 13th Hole", "The Curious Case Of The Countless Clues") in Wem, Shropshire.',
'1967 - First Australian transmission of the Season Five episode "Epic" (Melbourne).'
], // 12
[
'1968 - Filming is completed on the Season Six episode "All Done With Mirrors".',
'1966 - First US transmission of the Season Four episode "How to Succeed... at Murder".',
'1968 - Birth of Piers Johnson (webmaster of "Mrs Peel, You\'re Needed") in Southampton.'
], // 13
[
'1966 - First Australian transmission of the Season Four episode "The Girl from Auntie" (Sydney).',
'1966 - First Australian transmission of the Season Four episode "Quick-Quick Slow Death" (Melbourne).',
'1968 - Filming is completed on the Season Six episode "Super Secret Cypher Snatch".'
], // 14
[
'1967 - Filming is completed on the Season Five episode "Return Of The Cybernauts".'
], // 15
[
'1964 - First Australian transmission of the Season Three episode "Death of a Batman" (Sydney). This end the initial season-and-a-half broadcast of "The Avengers" in Australia.'
], // 16
[], // 17
[
'1935 - Birth of Ronald Lacey ("The Joker", "Legacy Of Death") (d. May 15th, 1991).',
'1947 - Birth of Linda Thorson (Tara King) in Canada.'
], // 18
[
'1961 - Noon - Steed sends Gerald Kafta, head of Murder International, to prison, "Noon Doomsday".',
'1967 - First Australian transmission of the Season Five episode "The Superlative Seven" (Melbourne).',
'1968 - Gerald Kafta attempts to assassinate Steed as he recuperates in a rest home for agents, but the plan is foiled by Tara in "Noon Doomsday".',
'1999 - The 13th Annual Dead Man\'s Treasure Hunt begins.'
], // 19
[
'1963 - Filming starts for the Season Three episode "Man with Two Shadows".',
'1966 - First US transmission of the Season Four episode "A Sense of History".',
'1998 - The 12th Annual Dead Man\'s Treasure Hunt begins.'
], // 20
[
'1963 - Filming is completed on the Season Three episode "Man with Two Shadows".'
], // 21
[
'1961 - Filming is completed on the Season One episode "Death on the Slipway".',
'1962 - Filming starts for the Season Two episode "Death Dispatch". Originally contracted to appear in only six episodes, this is Honor Blackman\'s first episode as Cathy Gale.'
], // 22
[
'1962 - Filming is completed on the Season Two episode "Death Dispatch".'
], // 23
[
'1961 - First transmission of the Season One episode "Death on the Slipway".'
], // 24
[
'1968 - Filming is completed on the Season Six episode "Game".'
], // 25
[
'1961 - Rehearsals start for the Season One episode "Double Danger".',
'1967 - First Australian transmission of the Season Five episode "Something Nasty in the Nursery" (Melbourne). It\'s followed by 13 weeks of repeats of Season Four before more episodes of Season Five are shown.'
], // 26
[
'1966 - First US transmission of the Season Four episode "Room without a View".'
], // 27
[
'1961 - Actor\'s Equity instructs members not to sign new contracts with ITV companies after 1st November, leading to the Equity Actors\' Strike.',
'1966 - First Australian transmission of the Season Four episode "The Danger Makers" (Sydney).',
'1966 - First Australian transmission of the Season Four episode "A Touch of Brimstone" (Melbourne).'
], // 28
[], // 29
[] // 30
],
[
// July
[], // 1
[
'1965 - Filming is completed on the Season Four episode "Silent Dust".'
], // 2
[
'1968 - The second title sequence for Season Six is shot in a field in Berkhamstead under the supervision of director Robert Fuest.'
], // 3
[
'1963 - Filming starts for the Season Three episode "Don\'t Look Behind You".',
'1966 - First US transmission of the Season Four episode "The Danger Makers".'
], // 4
[
'1934 - Birth of Philip Madoc ("The Decapod", "Six Hands Across A Table", "Death Of A Batman", "The Correct Way To Kill", "My Wildest Dream") in Mertyr Tydil, Wales.',
'1961 - Filming starts on the Season One episode "Double Danger".',
'1963 - Filming is completed on the Season Three episode "Don\'t Look Behind You".',
'1966 - First Australian transmission of the Season Four episode "What the Butler Saw" (Melbourne).',
'1967 - Filming is completed on the Season Five episode "Dead Man\'s Treasure".'
], // 5
[
'1961 - Filming is completed on the Season One episode "Double Danger".',
'1962 - Filming starts for the Season Two episode "Warlock".'
], // 6
[
'1919 - Birth of Jon Pertwee (Brigadier Whitehead in "From Venus With Love") (d. May 20th, 1996).',
'1963 - Filming is completed on the Season Two episode "Warlock". The episode is later rescheduled and key scenes need to be reshot in January 1963.'
], // 7
[
'1961 - First transmission of the Season One episode "Double Danger".'
], // 8
[], // 9
[], // 10
[
'1966 - First US transmission of the Season Four episode "The Master Minds".',
'1968 - Filming is completed on the Season Six episode "False Witness".'
], // 11
[], // 12
[], // 13
[], // 14
[], // 15
[], // 16
[
'1934 - Birth of Donald Sutherland (Jessel in "The Superlative Seven") in St. John\'s, New Brunswick, Canada.'
], // 17
[
'1963 - Filming starts for the Season Three episode "The Grandeur that was Rome".'
], // 18
[
'1963 - Filming is completed on the Season Three episode "The Grandeur that was Rome".',
'1966 - First Australian transmission of the Season Four episode "Silent Dust" (Sydney).'
], // 19
[
'1938 - Birth of Diana Rigg (Emma Peel) in Doncaster.',
'1961 - Filming is completed on the Season One episode "Toy Trap".',
'1962 - Filming starts on the Season Two episode "Propellant 23".',
'1965 - Filming is completed on the Season Four episode "The Hour that Never Was".',
'1967 - Filming is completed on the Season Five episode "The £50, 000 Breakfast".'
], // 20
[
'1962 - Filming is completed on the Season Two episode "Propellant 23".'
], // 21
[
'1961 - First transmission of the Season One episode "Toy Trap".',
'1966 - First Australian transmission of the Season Four episode "The House that Jack Built" (Melbourne).'
], // 22
[], // 23
[
'1966 - First US transmission of the Season Four episode "Dial a Deadly Number".'
], // 24
[], // 25
[
'1966 - First Australian transmission of the Season Four episode "A Sense of History" (Sydney).'
], // 26
[], // 27
[
'1966 - First US transmission of the Season Four episode "What the Butler Saw".'
], // 28
[], // 29
[
'1965 - Filming is completed on the Season Four episode "Town of No Return", Diana Rigg replacing Elizabeth Shepard as Emma Peel.',
'1968 - Filming is completed on the Season Six episode "Noon Doomsday".'
], // 30
[] // 31
],
[
// August
[
'1963 - Filming starts for the Season Three episode "The Undertakers".'
], // 1
[
'1963 - Filming is completed on the Season Three episode "The Undertakers".',
'1963 - Rehearsals start for the Season Three episode "Death of a Batman".',
'1967 - Filming is completed on the Season Five episode "You Have Just Been Murdered".'
], // 2
[
'1961 - Filming is completed on the Season One episode "The Tunnel of Fear".',
'1962 - Filming starts on the Season Two episode "Mr Teddy Bear".'
], // 3
[
'1962 - Filming is completed on the Season Two episode "Mr Teddy Bear".',
'1966 - First US transmission of the Season Four episode "The Gravediggers".'
], // 4
[
'1917 - Birth of Don Chaffey, director ("Legacy Of Death", "Wish You Were Here", "Stay Tuned", "Requiem", "Who Was That Man I Saw You With?" (d. 1990).',
'1961 - First transmission of the Season One episode "The Tunnel of Fear".'
], // 5
[
'1910 - Birth of Charles Crichton, director ("Death at Bargain Prices", "The Danger Makers", "The Correct Way To Kill", "False Witness", "The Interrogators") (d. 1999).'
], // 6
[], // 7
[], // 8
[
'1966 - First Australian transmission of the Season Four episode "Honey for the Prince" (Sydney).'
], // 9
[], // 10
[
'1966 - First US transmission of the Season Four episode "Too Many Christmas Trees".',
'1968 - Filming is completed on the Season Six episode "False Witness".'
], // 11
[
'1922 - Birth of Fulton MacKay ("Return Of The Cybernauts", "You\'ll Catch Your Death", "Bizzare") in Paisley, Scotland (d. 1987).',
'1962 - Julie Stevens (Venus Smith) makes her "Avengers" debut as her first episode "The Decapod" is recorded at Teddington Studios.',
'1966 - First Australian transmission of the Season Four episode "How to Succeed... at Murder" (Melbourne).'
], // 12
[
'1963 - Filming starts for the Season Three episode "Death of a Batman".'
], // 13
[
'1961 - Filming is completed on the Season One episode "The Far-Distant Dead".',
'1963 - Filming is completed on the Season Three episode "Death of a Batman".'
], // 14
[], // 15
[
'1966 - Season Four ends for Sydney viewers with the broadcast of the episode "How to succeed... at Murder".'
], // 16
[
'1939 - Birth of Anthony Valentine ("The Bird Who Knew Too Much", "Killer") in Blackburn, Lancashire.'
], // 17
[
'1966 - First US transmission of the Season Four episode "The thirteenth Hole".'
], // 18
[
'1961 - First transmission of the Season One episode "The Far-Distant Dead".',
'1966 - Season Four ends for Melbourne viewers with the broadcast of the episode "Honey for the Prince".'
], // 19
[
'1909 - Birth of Andre Morell ("Death Of A Batman", "Death At Bargain Prices") in London (d. November 28th, 1978).',
'1965 - Filming is completed on the Season Four episode "Castle De\ath".'
], // 20
[], // 21
[
'1927 - Birth of Honor Blackman (Cathy Gale) in London.'
], // 22
[], // 23
[
'1921 - Birth of Sidney Hayers, director ("The Cybernauts", "A Surfeit Of H2O", "Man-Eater Of Surrey Green", "The Hidden Tiger", "The Superlative Seven", "The Joker", "Death\'s Door", Dead Man\'s Treasure").'
], // 24
[
'1966 - First US transmission of the Season Four episode "Man-eater of Surrey Green".',
'1967 - Filming is completed on the Season Five episode "Murdersville".'
], // 25
[
'1941 - Birth of Jane Merrow (Jane Meirowsky) (Susan in "Mission... Highly Improbable") in London.'
], // 26
[
'1963 - Filming starts for the Season Three episode "Build a Better Mousetrap".'
], // 27
[
'1963 - Filming is completed on the Season Three episode "Build a Better Mousetrap"; the cast and crew take a well-earned month\'s holiday.'
], // 28
[], // 29
[
'1961 - Filming is completed on the Season One episode "Kill the King".',
'1967 - The last day of filming for Diana Rigg on her final complete episode "Mission... Highly Improbable". She returns to the series to take part in four days of filming "The Forget-Me-Knot" the following December.'
], // 30
[
'1961 - Rehearsals start for the Season Two episode "The Decapod".',
'1967 - Filming is completed on the Season Five episode "The Positive-Negative Man".'
] // 31
],
[
// September
[
'1966 - First US transmission of the Season Four episode "The Town of No Return".'
], // 1
[
'1931 - Birth of Francis Matthews ("The 13th Hole", "Mission... Highly Improbable") in York.',
'1961 - First transmission of the Season One episode "Kill the King". This is the last episode broadcast before the 1961 Equity Actors\' strike interrupts programming, "The Avengers" doesn\'t return to screens until December 1961.'
], // 2
[], // 3
[], // 4
[
'1966 - The first day of colour filming on "The Avengers" takes place at Lord Montagu\'s Museum of Vintage Cars at Palace House, Beaulieu, Hampshire. Directed by Roy Rossotti, the resulting footage appeared in "Escape In Time", "The See-Through Man", and "The Bird Who Knew Too Much".'
], // 5
// 6
[
'1966 - The second day of colour filming on "The Avengers" takes place at Lord Montagu\'s Museum of Vintage Cars at Palace House, Beaulieu, Hampshire, under the supervision of Roy Rossotti.',
'1966 - Featuring Diana Rigg riding a white horse, the footage appeared in an American promo reel for the series.'
],
[
'1961 - Filming is completed on the Season One episode "Dead of Winter"; it isn\'t screened until December due to the Equity Actors\' strike.".'
], // 7
[], // 8
[], // 9
[], // 10
[
'1922 - Birth of Robert Day, director ("From Venus, With Love", "Never, Never Say Die", "Return of the Cybernauts", "The £50, 000 Breakfast", "The Positive-Negative Man", "Mission... Highly Improbable").'
], // 11
[
'1927 - Birth of Freddie Jones (Basil/Steed in "Who\'s Who???") in Stoke-on-Trent.',
'1962 - Filming starts on the Season Two episode "The Decapod".',
'1968 - Filming is completed on the Season Six episode "Wish You Were Here".'
], // 12
[
'1962 - Filming is completed on the Season Two episode "The Decapod".'
], // 13
[], // 14
[], // 15
[], // 16
[], // 17
[], // 18
[
'1961 - Filming starts for the Season One episode "A Change of Bait".',
'1962 - Filming starts on the Season Two episode "Bullseye".',
'1963 - Honor Blackman tells ABC executives that she will not be appearing in "The Avengers" beyond the end of Season Three, as she has signed a five-year film contract with Harry Saltzman and Cubby Broccoli and will be co-starring with Sean Connery in "Goldfinger".'
], // 19
[
'1961 - Filming is completed on the Season One episode "A Change of Bait"; it isn\'t screened until December due to the Equity Actors\' strike.".',
'1962 - Filming is completed on the Season Two episode "Bullseye".'
], // 20
[
'1919 - Birth of Nigel Stock ("Concerto", "A Sence Of History") in Malta (d. June 23rd, 1986).'
], // 21
[
'1915 - Birth of Arthue Lowe ("Dead Man\'s Treasure") in Hayfield, Derbyshire (d. April 15th, 1982).',
'1965 - Filming is completed on the Season Four episode "The Thirteenth Hole".',
'1967 - Filming is completed on the Season Five episode "Mission... Highly Improbable".'
], // 22
[
'1930 - Birth of Colin Blakely (Mickel in "Murdersville") in Bangor, County Down (d. May 7th, 1987).',
'1968 - The fourth and final American season of "The Avengers" commences with "Game".'
], // 23
[], // 24
[
'1929 - Birth of Ronnie Barker (Cheshire in "The Hidden Tiger") in Bedford. Died October 3, 2005.',
'1968 - Viewers in the UK say farewell to Emma and hello to Tara as "The Forget-Me-Knot" heralds the start of Season Six on Thames Television.'
], // 25
[
'1963 - After a month\'s break, production restarts with the Season Three episode "November Five".'
], // 26
[
'1961 - Filming is completed on the Season One episode "A Change of Bait"; it isn\'t screened until December due to the Equity Actors\' strike.". This was Ian Hendry\s final appearance as Dr. David Keel.',
'1963 - Filming is completed on the Season Three episode "November Five".',
'1968 - Filming is completed on the Season Six episode "Killer".'
], // 27
[
'1963 - Season Three premieres on ABC with "Brief For Murder".',
'1965 - Viewers in London and Scotland are introduced to Emma Peel (Diana Rigg) as Season Four premieres on ABC with "The Town Of No Return".'
], // 28
[
'1962 - Viewers are introduced to Cathy Gale (Honor Blackman) as Season Two premieres on ABC with "Mr Teddy Bear".'
], // 29
[
'1943 - Birth of Ian Ogilvy (Baron Von Curt in "They Keep Killing Steed") in Woking, Surrey.',
'1967 - First transmission of the Season Five episode "Return Of The Cybernauts".'
] // 30
],
[
// October
[
'1965 - Filming is completed on the Season Four episode "Small Game for Big Hunters".',
'1965 - Viewers in the ITV Southern and Ulster regions are introduced to Emma Peel (Diana Rigg) as Season Four premieres on ATV with "The Town Of No Return".'
], // 1
[
'1962 - Filming starts on the Season Two episode "The Removal Men".',
'1965 - Viewers in most ITV regions are introduced to Emma Peel (Diana Rigg) as Season Four premieres on ATV with "The Town Of No Return".',
'1967 - First Australian transmission of the Season Five episode "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Station" (Melbourne).'
], // 2
[
'1965 - Viewers in the ITV Border region are introduced to Emma Peel (Diana Rigg) as Season Four premieres on ATV with "The Master Minds".'
], // 3
[
'1962 - Filming is completed on the Season Two episode "The Removal Men".'
], // 4
[
'1930 - Midnight - Birth of Cathy Gale "Warlock", "White Dwarf"',
'1963 - First transmission of the Season Three episode "The Undertakers".',
'1965 - First transmission of the Season Four episode "The Gravediggers" (Scotland).'
], // 5
[
'1937 - Birth of Anna Quayle (Olga in "The Correct Way To Kill") in Birmingham.',
'1962 - First transmission of the Season Two episode "Propellant 23".'
], // 6
[
'1965 - First transmission of the Season Four episode "The Gravediggers" (London).'
], // 7
[
'1939 - Birth of Kate O\'Mara (Lisa in "Stay Tuned).',
'1968 - Filming is completed on the Season Six episode "The Rotters".'
], // 8
[
'1936 - Birth of Brian Blessed ("The Superlative Seven", "The Morning After") in Mexborough, South Yorkshire.',
'1967 - First Australian transmission of the Season Five episode "The Joker" (Melbourne).'
], // 9
[
'1940 - Birth of Jonathan Alwyn, director ("Propellant 23", "Death On The Rocks", "Death Dispatch", "Intercrime", "School For Traitors", "The Secrets Brokers", "The Outside-In Man").',
'1963 - Filming starts for the Season Three episode "Second Sight".'
], // 10
[
'1963 - Filming is completed on the Season Three episode "Second Sight".'
], // 11
[
'1963 - First transmission of the Season Three episode "Man with Two Shadows".',
'1965 - First transmission of the Season Four episode "The Cybernauts" (Scotland).'
], // 12
[
'1962 - Viewers are introduced to Venus Smith (Julie Stevens) in her first episode "The Decapod".'
], // 13
[
'1965 - First transmission of the Season Four episode "The Cybernauts" (London).'
], // 14
[
'1924 - Birth of Nigel Green ("The Winged Avenger", "Fog") in South Africa (d. May 15th, 1972).'
], // 15
[
'1936 - Birth of Peter Bowles ("Second Sight", "Dial A Deadly Number", "Escape In Time", "Get-A-Way") in London.',
'1967 - First Australian transmission of the Season Five episode "Who\'s Who???" (Melbourne).'
], // 16
[
'1962 - Filming starts on the Season Two episode "The Mauritius Penny".'
], // 17
[
'1961 - The last episode of Season One, "Dragonsfield" is taped at Teddington Studios; it isn\'t screened until December due to the Equity Actors\' strike.".',
'1962 - Filming is completed on the Season Two episode "The Mauritius Penny".',
'1963 - Filming starts for the Season Three episode "The Secrets Broker".'
], // 18
[
'1963 - Filming is completed on the Season Three episode "The Secrets Broker".',
'1963 - First transmission of the Season Three episode "The Nutshell".',
'1965 - First transmission of the Season Four episode "Death at Bargain Prices" (Scotland).',
'1967 - Linda Thorson is introduced as the new "Avengers" girl at a press reception at Thames Television.'
], // 19
[
'1962 - First transmission of the Season Two episode "Bullseye".'
], // 20
[
'1963 - Australian premiere of "The Avengers" with the screening of "Mr Teddy Bear" to the Sydney region.',
'1965 - First transmission of the Season Four episode "Death at Bargain Prices" (London).'
], // 21
[
'1967 - Patrick Macnee and Linda Thorson take part in a press photo call at London\'s Savoy Hotel to promote Season Six.',
'1968 - Filming is completed on the Season Six episode "The Interrogators".'
], // 22
[
'1965 - Filming is completed on the Season Four episode "The Girl from Auntie".',
'1967 - First Australian transmission of the Season Five episode "Death\'s Door" (Melbourne).'
], // 23
[], // 24
[
'1963 - Filming is completed on the Season Three episode "The Gilded Cage".'
], // 25
[
'1963 - First transmission of the Season Three episode "Death of a Batman".',
'1965 - First transmission of the Season Four episode "Castle De\'ath" (Scotland).',
'1993 - Patrick Macnee, Honor Blackman, Diana Rigg, and Linda Thorson are reunited for the launch of "The Avengers" on home video.'
], // 26
[
'1923 - Birth of Peter Graham Scott, director ("The Master Minds", "The Murder Market", "A Sense Of History")',
'1939 - Birth of John Cleese (Marcus Pugman in "Look - (stop me if you\'ve heard this one) But There Were These Two Fellers") in Weston-Super-Mare.',
'1962 - Viewers are introduced to Dr Martin King (Jon Rollason) in "Mission to Montreal", the first of his episodes to be broadcast.'
], // 27
[
'1963 - First Australian transmission of the Season Two episode "Propellant 23" (Sydney).',
'1965 - First transmission of the Season Four episode "Castle De\'ath" (London).'
], // 28
[
'1940 - Birth of Angela Douglas ("Dance With Death", "Requiem") in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire.'
], // 29
[
'1925 - Birth of George Murcell ("Square Root Of Evil", "You Have Just Been Murdered").',
'1967 - "The Times" announces that Linda Thorson has replaced Diana Rigg in "The Avengers".',
'1967 - First Australian transmission of the Season Five episode "Return of the Cybernauts" (Melbourne).'
], // 30
[
'1962 - Filming starts on the Season Two episode "Death of a Great Dane".'
] // 31
],
[
// November
[
'1961 - The Equity Actors\' Strike starts.',
'1962 - Filming is completed on the Season Two episode "Death of a Great Dane".'
], // 1
[
'1963 - First transmission of the Season Three episode "November Five".',
'1965 - First transmission of the Season Four episode "The Master Minds" (Scotland).'
], // 2
[
'1910 - Birth of Richard Hurndall (Henley Farrer in "Legacy Of Death") (d. 1984).',
'1962 - First transmission of the Season Two episode "The Removal Men".'
], // 3
[
'1963 - First Australian transmission of the Season Two episode "The Decapod" (Sydney).',
'1965 - First transmission of the Season Four episode "The Master Minds" (London).'
], // 4
[
'1963 - John Steed saves London from nuclear holocaust by shooting Michael Dyter before he can activate a nuclear warhead hidden in the House of Commons in "November Five".',
'1968 - Filming is completed on the Season Six episode "The Morning After".'
], // 5
[
'1967 - First Australian transmission of the Season Five episode "Dead Man\'s Treasure" (Melbourne).'
], // 6
[
'1963 - Filming starts for the Season Three episode "The Medicine Men".'
], // 7
[
'1963 - Filming is completed on the Season Three episode "The Medicine Men".'
], // 8
[
'1963 - First transmission of the Season Three episode "The Gilded Cage".',
'1965 - First transmission of the Season Four episode "The Murder Market" (Scotland).'
], // 9
[
'1962 - First transmission of the Season Two episode "The Mauritius Penny".'
], // 10
[
'1963 - First Australian transmission of the Season Two episode "Bullseye" (Sydney).'
], // 11
[
'1965 - Filming is completed on the Season Four episode "Quick-Quick Slow Death".',
'1965 - First transmission of the Season Four episode "The Murder Market" (London).'
], // 12
[
'1967 - First Australian transmission of the Season Five episode "The £50,000 Breakfast" (Melbourne).'
], // 13
[
'1962 - Filming starts for the Season Two episode "Death on the Rocks".'
], // 14
[
'1962 - Filming is completed on the Season Two episode "Death on the Rocks".'
], // 15
[
'1963 - First transmission of the Season Three episode "Second Sight".',
'1965 - First transmission of the Season Four episode "A Surefeit of H2O" (Scotland).'
], // 16
[
'1962 - First transmission of the Season Two episode "Death of a Great Dane".'
], // 17
[
'1963 - First Australian transmission of the Season Two episode "Mission to Montreal" (Sydney).',
'1967 - Transmission of Season Five comes to an end with "Mission... Highly Improbable". No new episodes of "The Avengers" are broadcast on British television for 10 months.',
'1968 - Filming is completed on the Season Six episode "Love All".'
], // 18
[
'1965 - First transmission of the Season Four episode "A Surefeit of H2O" (London).'
], // 19
[
'1967 - First Australian transmission of the Season Five episode "You Have Just Been Murdered" (Melbourne).'
], // 20
[
'1963 - Filming starts for the Season Three episode "The White Elephant".',
'1964 - Filming is completed on the first version of "The Town Of No Return" with Elizabeth Sheppard in the role of Emma Peel. After Sheppard\'s dismissal from the series, the episode is re-shot with Diana Rigg the following July.'
], // 21
[
'1963 - Filming is completed on the Season Three episode "The White Elephant". A hornbill dies from shock (a brain hemorrhage) during recording.'
], // 22
[
'1917 - Birth of Michael Gough ("The Cybernauts", "The Correct Way To Kill") in Malaya.',
'1963 - First transmission of the Season Three episode "The Medicine Men" is broadcast late due to the extended news coverage of the assassination of President Kennedy the previous evening.',
'1965 - First transmission of the Season Four episode "The Hour that Never Was" (Scotland).'
], // 23
[
'1962 - First transmission of the Season Two episode "The Sell-Out".'
], // 24
[
'1963 - First Australian transmission of the Season Two episode "The Removal Men" (Sydney).'
], // 25
[
'1965 - First transmission of the Season Four episode "The Hour that Never Was" (London).'
], // 26
[
'1967 - First Australian transmission of the Season Five episode "The Positive Negative Man" (Melbourne).'
], // 27
[
'1962 - Filming starts for the Season Two episode "Traitor in Zebra".'
], // 28
[
'1962 - Filming is completed on the Season Two episode "Traitor in Zebra".',
'1968 - Filming is completed on the Season Six episode "Take Me To Your Leader".'
], // 29
[
'1916 - Birth of Michael Gwynn (Bill Bassett in "Take-Over") in Bath (d. January 29th, 1976).',
'1963 - First transmission of the Season Three episode "The Grandeur that was Rome".',
'1965 - First transmission of the Season Four episode "Dial a Deadly Number" (Scotland).'
] // 30
],
[
// December
[
'1932 - Birth of Dennis Spooner, script writer ("Girl On The Trapeze", "Please Don\'t Feed The Animals", "Look - (stop me if you\'ve heard this one) But There Were These Two Fellers") (d. September 1986).',
'1962 - First transmission of the Season Two episode "Death on the Rocks".',
'1977 - First transmission of the "The New Avengers" episode "Emily".'
], // 1
[
'1963 - First Australian transmission of the Season Two episode "The Mauritius Penny" (Sydney).'
], // 2
[
'1965 - Laurie Johnson\'s Theme from ABC TV series "The Avengers" is released on a single by Pye (7N 17015) performed by The Laurie Johnson Orchestra.',
'1965 - First transmission of the Season Four episode "Dial a Deadly Number" (London).'
], // 3
[
'1912 - Birth of Jimmy Jewel (Maxie Martin in "Look - (stop me if you\'ve heard this one) But There Were These Two Fellers".) in Sheffield.',
'1964 - Filming is completed on the Season Four episode "The Murder Market".',
'1967 - First Australian transmission of the Season Five episode "Murdersville" (Melbourne).'
], // 4
[
'1963 - Filming starts for the Season Three episode "Dressed to Kill".'
], // 5
[
'1963 - Filming is completed on the Season Three episode "Dressed to Kill".'
], // 6
[
'1963 - First transmission of the Season Three episode "The Golden Fleece".',
'1965 - First transmission of the Season Four episode "Man-eater of Surrey Green" (Scotland).'
], // 7
[
'1962 - First transmission of the Season Two episode "Traitor in Zebra".'
], // 8
[
'1961 - First transmission of the Season One episode "Dead of Winter" - the first episode broadcast after the start of the Equity Actors\' Strike, ITV programmes the four unbroadcast episodes to fill the empty holiday season schedule.',
'1963 - First Australian transmission of the Season Two episode "The Sell-Out" (Sydney).'
], // 9
[
'1965 - Filming is completed on the Season Four episode "The Danger Makers".',
'1965 - First transmission of the Season Four episode "Man-eater of Surrey Green" (London).'
], // 10
[
'1967 - First Australian transmission of the Season Five episode "Mission... Highly Improbable" (Melbourne). This is the last episode of the season. Seven months later, 13 weeks of repeats herald the start of the Tara King season.'
], // 11
[
'1962 - Filming starts for the Season Two episode "The Big Thinker".'
], // 12
[
'1962 - Filming is completed on the Season Two episode "The Big Thinker".',
'1968 - Filming is completed on the Season Six episode "Stay Tuned".'
], // 13
[
'1963 - First transmission of the Season Three episode "Don\'t Look Behind You".',
'1965 - First transmission of the Season Four episode "Two\'s a Crowd" (Scotland).'
], // 14
[
'1962 - First transmission of the Season Two episode "The Big Thinker".'
], // 15
[
'1961 - First transmission of the Season One episode "The Deadly Air".',
'1963 - First Australian transmission of the Season Two episode "Death of a Great Dane" (Sydney).',
'1964 - Filming begins on Diana Rigg\'s first episode "The Murder Market" on Stage 3 at Elstree Studios, after two days of shooting on the episode with Elizabeth Sheppard in the role of Emma Peel is abandoned.'
], // 16
[
'1965 - First transmission of the Season Four episode "Two\'s a Crowd" (London).'
], // 17
[
'1932 - Birth of Tony Williamson, script-writer ("The Murder Market", "Too Many Christmas Trees", "The 13th Hole", "The Positive-Negative Man", "Super Secret Cypher Snatch", "Whoever Shot Poor George Oblique Stroke XR40?", "Killer", "Wish You Were Here", "Stay Tuned") (d. June 19th 1991).'
], // 18
[
'1923 - Birth of Gordon Jackson (Ian De\'ath in "Castle De\'ath") in Glasgow (d. January 14th, 1990).',
'1963 - Filming starts for the Season Three episode "The Wringer".'
], // 19
[
'1936 - Birth of Julie Stevens (Venus Smith) in Prestwich.',
'1960 - The first ever filmed material for "The Avengers" is shot on location in Chelsea for "Hot Snow". It features Peggy (Catherine Woodville), Dr. King\'s fiancé, being gunned down outside Vinson the Jewellers.',
'1963 - Filming is completed on the Season Three episode "The Wringer".'
], // 20
[
'1963 - First transmission of the Season Three episode "Death a la Carte".',
'1965 - First transmission of the Season Four Christmas special "Too Many Christmas Trees" (Scotland).'
], // 21
[
'1962 - First transmission of the Season Two episode "Death Dispatch".',
'1964 - First Australian transmission, after a six month break, of the Season Three episode "Dressed to Kill" (Sydney).'
], // 22
[
'1900 - Birth of Noel Purcess (Jonah Barnard in "A Surfeit Of H2O") in Dublin (d. 1985).',
'1961 - First transmission of the Season One episode "A Change of Bait".',
'1963 - First Australian transmission of the Season Two episode "Death on the Rocks" (Sydney).',
'1965 - First transmission of the Season Four Christmas special "Too Many Christmas Trees" (London).'
], // 23
[
'1965 - Filming is completed on the Season Four episode "A Touch of Brimstone".',
'1984 - Aged 53, Ian Hendry (Dr. David Keel) dies from a heart attack.'
], // 24
[
'1966 - First Australian transmission of the Season Four Christmas special "Too Many Christmas Trees" (London). It\'s held back in the schedule for Christmas (Sydney & Melbourne), screening nearly five months after the rest of the season.'
], // 25
[], // 26
[
'1934 - Birth of Christopher Benjamin ("How to Succeed... At Murder", "Never, Never Say Die", "Split!") in Trowbridge, Wiltshire.'
], // 27
[
'1921 - Birth of director Cyril Frankel ("Whoever Shot Poor George Oblique Stroke XR40?").',
'1962 - Filming starts for the Season Two episode "Intercrime".',
'1963 - First transmission of the Season Three Christmas/New Year special "Dressed to Kill".',
'1965 - First transmission of the Season Four episode "Silent Dust" (Scotland).'
], // 28
[
'1928 - Birth of Bernard Cribbins ("The Girl From Auntie", "Look - (stop me if you\'ve heard this one) But There Were These Two Fellers") in Oldham.',
'1962 - First transmission of the Season Two episode "Dead on Course".',
'1962 - Filming is completed on the Season Two episode "Intercrime".',
'1964 - First Australian transmission of the Season Three episode "The Gilded Cage" (Sydney).'
], // 29
[
'1960 - "Hot Snow", the first episode of "The Avengers", is recorded at Teddington Studios.',
'1961 - First transmission of the final episode of Season One "Dragonsfield".',
'1963 - First Australian transmission of the Season Two episode "Traitor in Zebra" (Sydney).'
], // 30
[
'1961 - Rehearsals start for the Season One episode "Brought to Book". Astor Sklair is unavailable to reprise his part from "Hot Snow".',
'1965 - First transmission of the Season Four episode "Silent Dust" (London).',
'1968 - Filming is completed on the Season Six episode "Fog".'
] // 31
]
];