This is a list of known episodes of The Avengers radio series, broadcast between 6 December 1971 and 28 December 1973 on Springbok Radio, a commercial service of the South African Broadcasting Corporation. By contrast with the 1965–69 seasons of the British television series from which the series was adapted by Tony Jay and Denis Folbigge, the character Emma Peel occurs throughout.
| Springbok Radio Title | Broadcast Dates | Personnel | Original TV Title | Original TV Broadcast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Escape in Time[1] (5 episodes) |
6-10 Dec. 1971 | Donald Monat – John Steed Diane Appleby – Emma Peel Hugh Rouse – Narrator Tony Jay – writer, director David Gooden – producer |
Escape in Time (Steed & Peel) |
27 Jan. 1967 |
| The Fantasy Game (7 episodes) |
28 Mar.-5 Apr. 1972 | Donald Monat – John Steed Diane Appleby – Emma Peel Hugh Rouse – Narrator Rex Garner – Arkadi Bruce Millar – Prince Ali Kerry Jordan – Grand Vizier Tony Jay – writer, director David Gooden – producer |
Honey for the Prince (Steed & Peel) |
22 Mar. 1966 |
| The Quick-Quick-Slow Death (7 episodes) |
19–26 May 1972 | Donald Monat – John Steed Diane Appleby – Emma Peel Hugh Rouse – Narrator Denis Folbigge – writer, director David Gooden – producer |
Quick-Quick-Slow Death (Steed & Peel) |
4 Feb. 1966 |
| Love All (6 episodes) |
29 May-5 Jun. 1972 | Donald Monat – John Steed Diane Appleby – Emma Peel Hugh Rouse – Narrator Stuart Brown – Mother Denis Folbigge – writer, director David Gooden – producer |
Love All (Steed & King) |
19 Feb. 1968 |
| Get-A-Way! (6 episodes) |
6-13 Jun. 1972 | Donald Monat – John Steed Diane Appleby – Emma Peel Hugh Rouse – Narrator Denis Folbigge – writer, director David Gooden – producer |
Get-A-Way! (Steed & King) |
19 Feb. 1969 |
| A Deadly Gift (6 episodes) |
14-21 Jun. 1972 | Donald Monat – John Steed Diane Appleby – Emma Peel Hugh Rouse – Narrator Denis Folbigge – writer, director David Gooden – producer |
The Cybernauts (Steed & Peel) |
14 Oct. 1965 |
| Super Secret Cypher Snatch (6 episodes) |
22-29 Jun. 1972 | Donald Monat – John Steed Diane Appleby – Emma Peel Hugh Rouse – Narrator Colin Fish – Mother Denis Folbigge – writer, director David Gooden – producer |
Super Secret Cypher Snatch (Steed & King) |
9 Oct. 1968 |
| Dial A Deadly Number (6 episodes) |
30 Jun.-7 Jul. 1972 | Donald Monat – John Steed Diane Appleby – Emma Peel Hugh Rouse – Narrator Colin Fish – Mother Denis Folbigge – writer, director David Gooden – producer |
Dial A Deadly Number (Steed & Peel) |
3 Dec. 1965 |
| Not To Be Sneezed At (7 episodes) |
10-18 Jul. 1972 | Donald Monat – John Steed Diane Appleby – Emma Peel Hugh Rouse – Narrator Anthony Fridjhon – Mother Denis Folbigge – writer, director David Gooden – producer |
You'll Catch Your Death (Steed & King) |
7 Oct. 1968 |
| Who Shot Poor George/ XR40? (7 episodes) |
28 Jul.-7 Aug. 1972 | Donald Monat – John Steed Diane Appleby – Emma Peel Hugh Rouse – Narrator Denis Folbigge – writer, director David Gooden – producer |
Whoever Shot Poor George Oblique Stroke XR40? (Steed & King) |
30 Oct. 1968 |
| A Grave Charge (6 episodes) |
8-15 Aug. 1972 | Donald Monat – John Steed Diane Appleby – Emma Peel Hugh Rouse – Narrator Colin Fish – Mother Denis Folbigge – writer, director David Gooden – producer |
Bizarre (Steed & King) |
21 May 1969 |
| All Done With Mirrors (7 episodes) |
16-24 Aug. 1972 | Donald Monat – John Steed Diane Appleby – Emma Peel Hugh Rouse – Narrator Colin Fish – Mother Denis Folbigge – writer, director David Gooden – producer |
All Done With Mirrors (Steed & King) |
13 Nov. 1968 |
| The Morning After (6 episodes) |
25 Aug.-1 Sep. 1972 | Donald Monat – John Steed Diane Appleby – Emma Peel Hugh Rouse – Narrator Denis Folbigge – writer, director David Gooden – producer |
The Morning After (Steed & King) |
5 Nov. 1968 |
| The Joker (6 episodes) |
4-11 Sep. 1972 | Donald Monat – John Steed Diane Appleby – Emma Peel Hugh Rouse – Narrator Denis Folbigge – writer, director David Gooden – producer |
The Joker (Steed & Peel) |
28 Apr. 1967 |
| Straight from the Shoulder (6 episodes) |
12-19 Sep. 1972 | Donald Monat – John Steed Diane Appleby – Emma Peel Hugh Rouse – Narrator Denis Folbigge – writer, director David Gooden – producer |
Have Guns – Will Haggle (Steed & King) |
11 Dec. 1968 |
| Stop Me If You've Heard This (6 episodes) |
20-27 Sep. 1972 | Donald Monat – John Steed Diane Appleby – Emma Peel Hugh Rouse – Narrator Denis Folbigge – writer, director David Gooden – producer |
Look – (Stop Me If You've Heard This One) But There Were These Two Fellers... (Steed & King) |
11 Dec. 1968 |
| From Venus With Love (6 episodes) |
28 Sep.-5 Oct. 1972 | Donald Monat – John Steed Diane Appleby – Emma Peel Hugh Rouse – Narrator Denis Folbigge – writer, director David Gooden – producer |
From Venus with Love (Steed & Peel) |
13 Jan. 1967 |
| A Case of Interrogation (7 episodes) |
Unknown | Donald Monat – John Steed Diane Appleby – Emma Peel Hugh Rouse – Narrator Colin Fish – Mother Denis Folbigge – writer, director David Gooden – producer |
The Interrogators (Steed & King) |
1 Jan. 1969 |
| Too Many Olés (6 episodes) |
Unknown | Donald Monat – John Steed Diane Appleby – Emma Peel Hugh Rouse – Narrator Colin Fish – Mother Denis Folbigge – writer, director David Gooden – producer |
They Keep Killing Steed (Steed & King) |
18 Dec. 1968 |
| Train of Events (6 episodes) |
Unknown | Donald Monat – John Steed Diane Appleby – Emma Peel Hugh Rouse – Narrator Colin Fish – Mother Denis Folbigge – writer, director David Gooden – producer |
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Station (Steed & Peel) |
14 April 1967 |
| Springbok Radio Title | Broadcast Dates | Personnel | Original TV Title | Original TV Broadcast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Return of the Ripper (5 episodes) |
13-17 Dec. 1971 | Donald Monat – John Steed Diane Appleby – Emma Peel Hugh Rouse – Narrator Tony Jay – writer, director David Gooden – producer |
Fog (Steed & King) |
12 Mar. 1969 |
| Pandora (6 episodes) |
20-27 Jul. 1972[2] [1] | Donald Monat – John Steed Diane Appleby – Emma Peel Hugh Rouse – Narrator Colin Fish – Mother Denis Folbigge – writer, director David Gooden – producer |
Pandora (Steed & King) |
30 Apr. 1969 |
| Take Me to Your Leader (7 episodes) |
13-23 Oct. 1972 | Donald Monat – John Steed Diane Appleby – Emma Peel Hugh Rouse – Narrator Denis Folbigge – writer, director David Gooden – producer |
Take Me to Your Leader (Steed & King) |
29 Nov. 1968 |
| The Correct Way to Kill | Can You Ever Trust A Woman? | The Curious Case of the Countless Clues |
| The Rotters | Split! | A Sense of History |
| Force of Evil | The £50,000 Breakfast | Who's Who? |
| Wish You Were Here | Killer |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Hayes, Alan; Erasmus, Frans. "The radio series: A guide to the serials". The Avengers Declassified. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ^ Broadcast after Not to Be Sneezed At, followed by Who Shot Poor George /XR40?.