TV premieres in Cyprus (6 season, 1968 - 1969)

[denis rigg]

Suddenly I found the newspaper archive Bozkurt, and today I decided to study the TV broadcastings of The Avengers/TNA in Cyprus.
Unfortunately, as for TV premieres, due to TV schedules in this newspaper began to be posted since November 1968, I was able to write out only few episodes with Linda Thorson.
This was interesting, as some Tara episodes were shown in Cyprus earlier than in the UK.

Result is following:

http://steedumbrella.ru/tv_premieres_Cyprus.html

[Rhonda]

Thanks Denis. I think I maybe heard that some episodes were shown first in the USA, but I didn't know about other countries too. To look at one:
The Curious Case Of The Countless Clues,

From 'Avengers Forever'
Production completed: 19 January 1968
UK Premiere (London, Season 7): 5 February 1969
US Premiere (New York, Season 3): 3 April 1968

From 'Dissolute Avengers' LONDON 5-Feb-69 GRANADA 18-May-69 SYDNEY 20-Dec-68 MELBOURNE 10-Dec-68 NEW YORK 3-Apr-68

From your list CYPRUS 21 Nov 1968

And from 'Avengers declassified' 68-69 regional variations

Its interesting that lots of people had seen the Avengers overseas before those in the country where it was made!

[denis rigg]

Through time, the topic "TV premieres of Avengers episodes in the world" turned out to be very different from what we believed earlier.
For as long as I myself believed that, for example, most Tara King episodes were shown for the first time in the US and the UK, the results of the research on this day turned out to be the following:

http://steedumbrella.ru/the_avengers_season6.html

Tara King episodes

25 episodes - Canada!!!
3 episodes - USA
3 episodes - New Zealand
and only two - UK.

Who would have thought. It is possible that further research will change this. For example Cyprus is a good candidate for TV premieres of Tara King episodes, it is very possible that at least one episode there has been shown previously anywhere. I hope we will learn more about Cyprus soon.

Now only known for TV premieres in Cyprus following:

1. Episode Get-a-Way! - except for the United States, Canada and New Zeland, in all other countries I studied, the episode was transmitted in 1969. At the moment, Cyprus is in fourth place.

That is:
Canada - 16 April 1968
USA - 24 April 1968
New Zealand - 26 September 1968
Cyprus - 5 December 1968
Others (more than 20 countries) transmitted this in 1969.


2. Episode My Wildest Dream
At the moment, Cyprus is in sixth place. And again ahead of the UK.

[denis rigg]

Due to the unavailability of information on this topic on the Steedumbrella website through the archives, I publish the contents here:

Tara King episodes transmitted by Thursdays on channel RIK

The Curious Case of the Countless Clues
21 November 1968 (20:20)

Split!
28 November 1968 (20:20)

Get-a-Way!
5 December 1968 (21:00)

Have Guns — Will Haggle
12 December 1968 (21:00)

Look — (Stop Me If You've Heard This One) But There Were These Two Fellers...
19 December 1968 (21:00)

? 26 December 1968 (21:00)
? 2 January 1969 (20:55)
? 9 January 1969 (21:00)

My Wildest Dream
16 January 1969 (21:00)

? 23 January 1969 (21:00)
? 30 January 1969 (21:00)
? 6 February 1969 (21:50)

The Interrogators
13 February 1969 (20:50)

The Rotters
20 February 1969 (20:50)

? 27 February 1969 (21:50)
? 6 March 1969 (21:50)
? 13 March 1969 (20:55)
? 20 March 1969 (20:50)
? 27 March 1969 (20:55)
? 3 April 1969 (20:50)
? 17 April 1969 (20:55)
? 24 April 1969 (21:05)
? 1 May 1969 (20:50)
? 8 May 1969 (21:10)
? 15 May 1969 (21:25)
? 22 May 1969 (21:20)
? 29 May 1969 (21:20)
? 5 June 1969 (21:20)
? 12 June 1969 (21:20)
? 19 June 1969 (21:15)
? 26 June 1969 (21:15)