The New Avengers, Series 1 — Episode 6
Target!

Production details

Produced:July, 1976

Regional broadcasts

Broadcaster	Date	Time
Thames Television	23/11/1976	8:00pm
ATV Midlands	26/11/1976	8:00pm
Granada Television	26/11/1976	8:00pm
Anglia Television	23/11/1976	8:00pm
Border Television	26/11/1976	8:00pm
Channel Television	26/11/1976	8:00pm
Grampian Television	26/11/1976	8:00pm
Southern Television	26/11/1976	8:00pm
Scottish Television	26/11/1976	8:00pm
Tyne Tees Television	26/11/1976	8:00pm
Ulster Television	26/11/1976	8:00pm
Westward Television	26/11/1976	8:00pm
Harlech Television	7/11/1976	7:50pm
Yorkshire Television	26/11/1976	8:00pm

TV Times listing

I do not have a TV Times / TV Weekly or other contemporary British listing for this episode, if you have one, please get in touch.

International broadcasts

ABN2 Sydney, Australia	2/03/1977	8:30pm
ABV2 Melbourne, Australia	2/03/1977	8:30pm
ABC New York, USA	22/09/1978	11:30pm
TF1 France	23/12/1976	8:30pm
Suisse Romande, Switzerland	22/03/1977	8:15pm
French title	Cible
ZDF Germany	20/04/1978	9:45pm
German title	Tödliches Training
KRO Netherlands	30/12/1976	8:25pm
Dutch title	Doelwit
Italy	8/06/1978	10:15pm
Italian title	Tiro al bersaglio
Spain	9/08/81	7:35pm
Spanish title	Ejercicio de tiro

This episode was originally scheduled in the Netherlands for 8.25pm on November 18 1976 but was pre-empted by extended coverage of an important debate in the Dutch parliament. It was later rescheduled for December 30 1976.

Continuity and trivia

When Ilenko first turns up, Draker calls him Colonel Ilenko, and he replies that he’d rather be known called by his American pseudonym, Paul Malloy, and Draker assents; yet for the rest of the episode, Draker still calls him Ilenko.

This episode has a video Q&A and commentary with Ray Austin and Philip Hawkins on the Lives in the Pictures YouTube channel.

The Transport

Marque	Colour	Number Plate
Mercedes 350 SL [R107] 1976	burgundy	KCM 515P
horses	chestnut
Triumph 2.5 Pi Mk 2 1972	dark green	RGY 380L
Purdey’s MGB Mk III 1976 drophead roadster	sandglow	MOC 232P
Gambit’s Jaguar XJ-S [XJ27] 1976	red	NRW 875P
tricycle	red & chrome	n/a
Steed’s Range Rover Series I 1976	dark green	TXC 922J

Who’s Killing Whom?

Victim	Killer	Method
McKay	Bradshaw	curare darts
Potterton	Bradshaw	curare darts
Talmadge	Bradshaw	curare darts
David Palmer	Bradshaw	curare darts
George Myers	Bradshaw	curare darts
Bradshaw	Gambit	curare darts
Professor Lopez	Klokoe	curare dart
Ilenko	Draker	curare dart
Klokoe	Gambit	curare dart blown back through his blowpipe

The Fashions

Gambit’s fashions

1. lightbrown/beige 3-piece single-breasted suit, cream open neck shirt, green cravat, brown riding boots
2. dark brown single-breasted 3-piece suit with flared trousers with a white shirt, brown chelsea boots

Purdey’s fashions

1. purple & white hooped t-shirt with purple cardigan, white piping, blue jeans with huge turn-ups, brown boots, white face makeup
2. green and white dress
3. pink button-up blouse […]PORT on the back in white with vertically-striped rainbow skirt, tan boots
4. white camisole

Steed’s fashions

1. grey suit single-breasted 3-piece, grey shirt, gold metallic tie, black gloves, grey bowler and umbrella, white face makeup
2. tweed jacket, single vent, slanted, flap-covered pockets, green waistcoat, blue shirt, brown patterned tie, tan riding boots
3. navy single-breasted 3-piece suit, pale blue shirt, dark purple tie
4. grey tweed single-breasted 3-piece suit with brown felt collar, grey bowler, cream shirt, bright gold tie