Editing The Avengers (TV series) (section)

==Episodes==
{{Main|List of The Avengers (TV series) episodes}}

Six series of ''The Avengers'' were made between 1961 and 1969. There was an enforced break in filming and transmission towards the end of series five due to financial problems. Television researcher Andrew Pixley and authors [[Paul Cornell]], [[Martin Day (writer)|Martin Day]] and [[Keith Topping]] in their book ''The Avengers Dossier: The Unauthorised and Unofficial Guide'' consider the last eight episodes produced after the break as constituting a short series six, and therefore count seven series in total. Within the internal production of ''The Avengers'' the last eight episodes were considered to be a continuation of series five.

{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="4" | UK  !! colspan="3" | US !! rowspan="2" | Principal characters !! rowspan="2" | Production format<br />{{small|& company}}
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!colspan="3" | {{small|Series}} / {{small|episodes}} !! First broadcast !! colspan="2" | {{small|Season}} / {{small|episodes}} !! Air dates
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![[List of The Avengers (TV series) episodes#Series 1 (1961)|1]]
| colspan="2" | 26 || Jan–Dec 1961 || colspan="3" style="background:silver" | — ||Keel and Steed || rowspan="3" | black and white video<br />{{small|[[ABC Weekend TV|ABC Television]] (UK)}}
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![[List of The Avengers (TV series) episodes#Series 2 (1962–1963)|2]]
| colspan="2" | 26 || Sep 1962 – {{nowrap|Mar 1963}} || colspan="3" style="background:silver" | — || Steed, Smith and Gale
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![[List of The Avengers (TV series) episodes#Series 3 (1963–1964)|3]] 
| colspan="2" | 26 || Sep 1963 – {{nowrap|Mar 1964}} ||  colspan="3" style="background:silver" | — || Steed and Gale 
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![[List of The Avengers (TV series) episodes#Series 4 (1965–1966)|4]]
| colspan="2" | 26 || Sep 1965 – {{nowrap|Mar 1966}} || '''1''' || 26 ||  Mar–Sep 1966<ref name="Forever-4-5">{{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=David K |title=Transmission and Production Dates Page 3 |url=http://theavengers.tv/forever/order-peel.htm |website=The Avengers Forever |access-date=18 May 2022}}</ref> || rowspan="3" | Steed and Peel || black and white film<br />{{small|[[Associated British Productions]]}}
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!rowspan="2" | [[List of The Avengers (TV series) episodes#Series 5 (1967)|5]]
| rowspan="2" | 24 || 16 || Jan–May 1967 ||  '''2''' || 16 ||  Jan–May 1967<ref name="Forever-4-5" /> || rowspan="4" | colour film<br />{{small|[[Associated British Corporation|ABC Television Films]] (UK)}} 
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| 8 || Sep–Nov 1967 || rowspan="2" style="height:4em;" | '''3''' || rowspan="2" | 15 || rowspan="2" |  Jan–May 1968<ref name="Forever-4-5" /><ref name="Forever-6">{{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=David K |title=Transmission and Production Dates Page 4 |url=http://theavengers.tv/forever/order-king.htm |website=The Avengers Forever |access-date=18 May 2022}}</ref> 
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!rowspan="2" | [[List of The Avengers (TV series) episodes#Series 6 (1968–1969)|6]]
| rowspan="2" colspan="2" | 33 || rowspan="2" style="height:4em;" | Sep 1968 – {{nowrap|May 1969}} || rowspan="2" | Steed and King 
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| '''4''' || 26 ||  Sep 1968 – {{nowrap|Apr 1969}}<ref name="Forever-6" />
|}