7 January – The Avengers (1961–1969) 25 January – Jango (1961) 28 January – Supercar (1961–1962) 29 January – The Mask of the Clown (1961) 12 February – Happily Ever After (1961–1964) 5 March – Pathfinders to Venus (1961) 11 March – The Arthur Askey Show (1961) 14 March – A Brother for Joe (1961) 19 March – Drama 61-67 (1961–1967) 29 March – Tales of Mystery (1961–1963) 1 April – Thank Your Lucky Stars (1961–1966) 29 April – If the Crown Fits (1961) 30 April – The Secret of the Nubian Tomb (1961) 15 May – Three Live Wires (1961) 26 June – Harpers West One (1961–1963) 28 June – Family Solicitor (1961) 11 August – Top Secret (1961–1962) 24 August – Echo Four Two (1961) 9 September – Ghost Squad (1961–1964) The Jo Stafford Show (1961) Winning Widows (1961–1962) 11 September – Home Tonight (1961) 14 September – Hamlet (1961) 15 September – Colonel Trumper's Private War (1961) 22 September – Frontier Drums (1961) 24 September – Plateau of Fear (1961) 24 September – Call Oxbridge 2000 (1961–1962) 12 October – Two of a Kind (1961–1968) 31 October – Thirty Minute Theatre (1961–1965) 12 November – Sir Francis Drake (1961–1962) Unknown – The Flintstones (1960–1966) Unknown – The Pursuers (1961–1962)