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The Champions
1968 - 1969 6.1 (19 votes) 1 Seasons
Genres
Sci-Fi & Fantasy Action & Adventure
Networks
ITV1
Created By
Monty Berman
Dennis Spooner

The Champions

Overview

The Champions is a British espionage/science fiction/occult detective fiction adventure series consisting of 30 episodes broadcast on the UK network ITV during 1968–1969, produced by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment production company. The series was broadcast in the US on NBC, starting in summer 1968.

Key Crew

Producer: Monty Berman, Johnny Goodman

Top Cast

Alexandra Bastedo
Alexandra Bastedo

Sharron Macready

William Gaunt
William Gaunt

Richard Barrett

Stuart Damon
Stuart Damon

Craig Stirling

Anthony Nicholls
Anthony Nicholls

Cmdr. W.L. Tremayne

Seasons

Season 1 poster
Season 1 (1968)

No overview available.

30 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: The Beginning
1968-09-25

Nemesis agents Craig Sterling, Richard Barrett and Sharron Macready crash-land in Tibet after stealing bacteriological material from the Chinese. Rescued by an unknown Tibetan tribe who give them special powers, they must use them to escape the pursuing Chinese.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 2: The Invisible Man
1968-10-02

Craig is captured by Dr. Hallam and has a small device implanted into his ear while unconscious. When Craig re-awakens, he hears voices in his head giving him orders. Richard and Sharron must get to Craig before he is killed.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 3: Reply Box No. 666
1968-10-09

Craig masquerades as a dead foreign agent. When he is given away as a spy, he is dropped into the ocean and Richard and Sharron frantically search the Caribbean for him.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 4: The Experiment
1968-10-16

Mad scientist Cranmore tries to recreate super-humans to equal the Nemesis trio. Sharron is tricked into the experiment and Cranmore awaits her rescue, hoping to ensnare Craig and Richard.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 5: Happening
1968-10-23

Three men find themselves in an atomic test area with a bomb due to go off at any time. If it does, it will devastate much of Australia. One of the men there is Richard Barrett.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 6: Operation Deep-Freeze
1968-10-30

A tyrannical Central American leader establishes a nuclear missile base in Antarctica. Craig and Richard get a frosty reception.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 7: The Survivors
1968-11-06

While investigating the murder of three students in the Austrian Alps, the Champions discover a map that leads them to a mine where a group of German soldiers were buried alive by the SS.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 8: To Trap A Rat
1968-11-13

Drug addicts are becoming victims not only of their vice but of the lethal effects of tainted dope that is being distributed in London. Scotland Yard cannot track down the dealers and the Nemesis organisation is asked to help.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 9: The Iron Man
1968-11-20

Nemesis agents take on a very unusual role as domestic staff, when asked to protect the life of a former dictator. Domestic duties give way to dangerous circumstances.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 10: The Ghost Plane
1968-11-27

The Champions find themselves hot on the trail of a broker when asked to investigate a man whose plans for a revolutionary aircraft have been shelved.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 11: The Dark Island
1968-12-04

When three agents fail to return from a tropical island, the Champions are sent to investigate.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 12: The Fanatics
1968-12-11

When Richard Barrett infiltrates a gang of fanatical assassins, he learns that Tremayne is to be their next victim. Will he be able to stop the killers in time?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 13: Twelve Hours
1968-12-18

Richard and Sharron accompany a visiting President and his wife on a submarine journey, but an assassination attempt means that they will require all of their powers to save the President.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 14: The Search
1969-01-01

After stealing an atomic submarine, loaded with four nuclear weapons, a neo Nazi regime holds London hostage. The Champions are now in a race against time to stop these villains.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 15: The Gilded Cage
1969-01-08

Richard is kidnapped from his flat and is held prisoner by a mysterious gang. Craig is sent by Tremayne to track down Richard's whereabouts.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 16: Shadow of the Panther
1969-01-15

Voodoo magic? Or something with a logical explanation? This is what the Champions have to find out when a Nemesis scientist apparently dies of fear ... to the sinister background of throbbing Voodoo drums.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 17: A Case of Lemmings
1969-01-22

The Champions are sent to Italy to find out why a number of Interpol agents have committed suicide.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 18: The Interrogation
1969-01-29

Craig Stirling awakes to find himself imprisoned, and brutally questioned..... Why is Tremayne unconcerned?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 19: The Mission
1969-02-05

Craig and Sharron pose as a gangster and his moll in an attempt to block an escape route for criminals.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 20: The Silent Enemy
1969-02-12

Craig, Richard and Sharron have to follow the path of a nuclear submarine in which all of the crew were found dead.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 21: The Body Snatchers
1969-02-19

Craig, Sharron and Richard go to Wales to find the meaning behind a mysterious message received by a journalist.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 22: Get Me Out Of Here!
1969-02-26

A world-famous doctor is held captive on a Caribbean island and The Champions are sent to the rescue.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 23: The Night People
1969-03-05

Sharron takes a few days' holiday in Cornwall and disappears. Craig and Richard's search leads them into an encounter with hooded monks, ghostly woods and the supernatural.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 24: Project Zero
1969-03-12

The Champions, disguised as scientists, investigate the disappearance of several key boffins working on the same top-secret experiment.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 25: Desert Journey
1969-03-19

The country of El Hammi is close to revolution and can only be restored with the return of the Bey, a young man currently enjoying life in Rome, who is reluctant to return to his strife ridden homeland. Craig, Sharron and Richard abduct him and try to force him to return home but with people who are making money from the turmoil looking to kill him, it might be too late.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 26: Full Circle
1969-03-26

Craig poses as a prison inmate to find out who is attempting to free another prisoner. His subsequent escape leads him into further danger.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 27: Nutcracker
1969-04-02

To check if a NATO vault is truly impregnable, the agents are assigned to test its security. However, the vault is programmed to kill any intruder.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 28: The Final Countdown
1969-04-16

The Champions, after uncovering the latest plans of a neo-Nazi Group, find that have to trace an unexploded bomb before it detonates.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 29: The Gun-Runners
1969-04-23

The Champions have to stop a ruthless gang of gun-runners in the Burmese jungle.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 30: Autokill
1969-04-30

Using a fake Police Station as a hideout, a doctor programmes Nemesis agents to kill each other. When Richard is brainwashed, the Champions face their deadliest foe - each other.

Runtime: 60 min

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