TV series
The Champions
Overview
After a plane carrying three Agents crashes in the Himalayas, they are rescued by an advanced civilisation secretly living in Tibet who grant them enhanced versions of the ordinary five senses, and intellectual and physical abilities.
Details
- First air date
- 1968-09-25
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 30 episodes
- Genres
- Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure
- Network
- ITV1
- Country
- GB
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Alexandra Bastedo as Sharron Macready
- William Gaunt as Richard Barrett
- Stuart Damon as Craig Stirling
- Anthony Nicholls as Cmdr. W.L. Tremayne
- David Prowse as Weightlifter
- Vernon Dobtcheff as Manager
- Anthony Chinn as Guard Commander
- George Murcell as Nikko
- Joseph Fürst as Chislenkan
- David Lodge as Porth
- Eric Pohlmann as Barker
- Norman Florence as Cabello
Creators and crew
- Monty Berman - Creator
- Dennis Spooner - Creator
- Monty Berman - Producer
- Johnny Goodman - Producer
- Cyril Frankel - Director
- Paul Dickson - Director
Episodes
Episode 1: The Beginning
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.
Episode 2: The Invisible Man
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.
Episode 3: Reply Box No. 666
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.
Episode 4: The Experiment
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.
Episode 5: Happening
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.
Episode 6: Operation Deep-Freeze
A tyrannical Central American leader establishes a nuclear missile base in Antarctica. Craig and Richard get a frosty reception.
Episode 7: The Survivors
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.
Episode 8: To Trap A Rat
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.
Episode 9: The Iron Man
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.
Episode 10: The Ghost Plane
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.
Episode 11: The Dark Island
When three agents fail to return from a tropical island, the Champions are sent to investigate.
Episode 12: The Fanatics
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?
Episode 13: Twelve Hours
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.
Episode 14: The Search
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.
Episode 15: The Gilded Cage
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.
Episode 16: Shadow of the Panther
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.
Episode 17: A Case of Lemmings
The Champions are sent to Italy to find out why a number of Interpol agents have committed suicide.
Episode 18: The Interrogation
Craig Stirling awakes to find himself imprisoned, and brutally questioned..... Why is Tremayne unconcerned?
Episode 19: The Mission
Craig and Sharron pose as a gangster and his moll in an attempt to block an escape route for criminals.
Episode 20: The Silent Enemy
Craig, Richard and Sharron have to follow the path of a nuclear submarine in which all of the crew were found dead.
Episode 21: The Body Snatchers
Craig, Sharron and Richard go to Wales to find the meaning behind a mysterious message received by a journalist.
Episode 22: Get Me Out Of Here!
A world-famous doctor is held captive on a Caribbean island and The Champions are sent to the rescue.
Episode 23: The Night People
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.
Episode 24: Project Zero
The Champions, disguised as scientists, investigate the disappearance of several key boffins working on the same top-secret experiment.
Episode 25: Desert Journey
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.
Episode 26: Full Circle
Craig poses as a prison inmate to find out who is attempting to free another prisoner. His subsequent escape leads him into further danger.
Episode 27: Nutcracker
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.
Episode 28: The Final Countdown
The Champions, after uncovering the latest plans of a neo-Nazi Group, find that have to trace an unexploded bomb before it detonates.
Episode 29: The Gun-Runners
The Champions have to stop a ruthless gang of gun-runners in the Burmese jungle.
Episode 30: Autokill
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.
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