 There are no known copies available of the series first year,  except for the first 22 minutes of the very first episode,  _"Avengers, The" (1961) {Hot Snow (#1.1)}_ (qv), and for episode  #15, _"Avengers, The" (1961) {The Frighteners (#1.15)}_ (qv). The  other 25 episodes made in 1961 are believed to be lost forever as a  number of episodes were broadcast live. However, in 2001, the 1961  episode "Girl on the Trapeze" was discovered in the United States  (odd considering the first season wasnt sold abroad). The episode  is one of two episodes not to feature Patrick Macnee (qv) as John  Steed.