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.

+ Episodes with surviving recordingsSpringbok Radio Title Broadcast Dates Personnel Original TV Title Original TV BroadcastEscape in Time (5 episodes) 6-10 Dec. 1971Donald Monat – John Steed Diane Appleby – Emma Peel Hugh Rouse – Narrator Tony Jay – writer, director David Gooden – producer Escape in Time (Steed & Peel) 27 Jan. 1967The 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 VizierTony Jay – writer, director David Gooden – producer Honey for the Prince (Steed & Peel) 22 Mar. 1966The Quick-Quick-Slow Death (7 episodes) 19–26 May 1972Donald 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. 1966Love All (6 episodes) 29 May-5 Jun. 1972 Donald Monat – John Steed Diane Appleby – Emma Peel Hugh Rouse – Narrator Stuart Brown – MotherDenis Folbigge – writer, director David Gooden – producer Love All (Steed & King) 19 Feb. 1968Get-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. 1969A 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. 1965Super Secret Cypher Snatch (6 episodes) 22-29 Jun. 1972 Donald Monat – John Steed Diane Appleby – Emma Peel Hugh Rouse – Narrator Colin Fish – MotherDenis Folbigge – writer, director David Gooden – producer Super Secret Cypher Snatch (Steed & King) 9 Oct. 1968Dial A Deadly Number (6 episodes) 30 Jun.-7 Jul. 1972 Donald Monat – John Steed Diane Appleby – Emma Peel Hugh Rouse – Narrator Colin Fish – MotherDenis Folbigge – writer, director David Gooden – producer Dial A Deadly Number (Steed & Peel) 3 Dec. 1965Not To Be Sneezed At (7 episodes) 10-18 Jul. 1972 Donald Monat – John Steed Diane Appleby – Emma Peel Hugh Rouse – Narrator Anthony Fridjhon – MotherDenis Folbigge – writer, director David Gooden – producer You'll Catch Your Death (Steed & King) 7 Oct. 1968Who 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. 1968A Grave Charge (6 episodes) 8-15 Aug. 1972 Donald Monat – John Steed Diane Appleby – Emma Peel Hugh Rouse – Narrator Colin Fish – MotherDenis Folbigge – writer, director David Gooden – producer Bizarre (Steed & King) 21 May 1969All Done With Mirrors (7 episodes) 16-24 Aug. 1972 Donald Monat – John Steed Diane Appleby – Emma Peel Hugh Rouse – Narrator Colin Fish – MotherDenis Folbigge – writer, director David Gooden – producer All Done With Mirrors (Steed & King) 13 Nov. 1968The Morning After (6 episodes) 25 Aug.-1 Sep. 1972Donald Monat – John Steed Diane Appleby – Emma Peel Hugh Rouse – Narrator Denis Folbigge – writer, director David Gooden – producer The Morning After (Steed & King) 5 Nov. 1968The Joker (6 episodes) 4-11 Sep. 1972Donald Monat – John Steed Diane Appleby – Emma Peel Hugh Rouse – Narrator Denis Folbigge – writer, director David Gooden – producer The Joker (Steed & Peel) 28 Apr. 1967Straight from the Shoulder (6 episodes) 12-19 Sep. 1972Donald 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. 1968Stop Me If You've Heard This (6 episodes) 20-27 Sep. 1972Donald 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. 1968From Venus With Love (6 episodes) 28 Sep.-5 Oct. 1972Donald 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. 1967A Case of Interrogation (7 episodes) Unknown Donald Monat – John Steed Diane Appleby – Emma Peel Hugh Rouse – Narrator Colin Fish – MotherDenis Folbigge – writer, director David Gooden – producer The Interrogators (Steed & King) 1 Jan. 1969Too Many Olés (6 episodes) Unknown Donald Monat – John Steed Diane Appleby – Emma Peel Hugh Rouse – Narrator Colin Fish – MotherDenis Folbigge – writer, director David Gooden – producer They Keep Killing Steed (Steed & King)18 Dec. 1968Train of Events(6 episodes) Unknown Donald Monat – John Steed Diane Appleby – Emma Peel Hugh Rouse – Narrator Colin Fish – MotherDenis Folbigge – writer, director David Gooden – producerA Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Station (Steed & Peel)14 April 1967

+ Episodes with no surviving recordingsSpringbok Radio Title Broadcast Dates Personnel Original TV Title Original TV BroadcastThe 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. 1969Pandora (6 episodes) 20-27 Jul. 1972Broadcast after Not to Be Sneezed At, followed by Who Shot Poor George /XR40?. Donald Monat – John Steed Diane Appleby – Emma Peel Hugh Rouse – Narrator Colin Fish – MotherDenis Folbigge – writer, director David Gooden – producer Pandora (Steed & King) 30 Apr. 1969Take Me to Your Leader (7 episodes) 13-23 Oct. 1972Donald 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

+ Episodes with no surviving recordings or detailThe Correct Way to KillCan 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 The Avengers radio series

References

External links The Radio Series – A Guide to the Serials The Avengers Review: The Avengers on Radio