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The Champions Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
30 Episodes 1968 - 1969
Episode 1
The Beginning
Wed, Sep 25, 1968 60 mins
After a plane crash in Tibet, the Nemesis agents find themselves endowed with extraordinary powers of mind and body. Craig: Stuart Damon. Chislenkan: Joseph Furst. Tremayne: Anthony Nicholls.
Episode 2
The Invisible Man
Wed, Oct 2, 1968 60 mins
Craig is a reluctant patient in a nursing home that is also a thieves' lair. Sumner: James Culliford. Sharron: Alexandra Bastedo. Hallam: Peter Wyngarde.
Episode 3
Reply Box No. 666
Wed, Oct 9, 1968 60 mins
A Greek-speaking parrot becomes a clue in an intensive search by the Champions. Sharron: Alexandra Bastedo. Craig: Stuart Damon. Richard: William Gaunt.
Episode 4
The Experiment
Wed, Oct 16, 1968 60 mins
Sharron becomes a pawn for a power-hungry scientist. Craig: Stuart Damon.
Episode 5
Happening
Wed, Oct 23, 1968 60 mins
Three men are trapped at an atomic-bomb test site. Craig: Stuart Damon. Richard: William Gaunt. Banner: Jack MacGowran.
Episode 6
Operation Deep-Freeze
Wed, Oct 30, 1968 60 mins
A dictator schemes to establish his own nuclear stockpile. Craig: Stuart Damon. Gomez: Patrick Wymark. Commander: Martin Boddey. Richard: William Gaunt. Sharron: Alexandra Bastedo.
Episode 7
The Survivors
Wed, Nov 6, 1968 60 mins
The Champions find trouble while on a treasure hunt in the Austrian Alps. Reitz: Clifford Evans. Richter: Donald Huston. Sharron: Alexandra Bastedo. Craig: Stuart Damon.
Episode 8
To Trap a Rat
Wed, Nov 13, 1968 60 mins
Scotland Yard enlists the Champions to uncover a narcotics ring. Sharron: Alexandra Bastedo. Craig: Stuart Damon. Sandra: Edina Ronway. Pelham: Guy Rolfe.
Episode 9
The Iron Man
Wed, Nov 20, 1968 60 mins
A dictator seeks a new domestic staff---and gets visits by Nemesis agents. Craig: Stuart Damon. Richard: William Gaunt. Sharron: Alexandra Bastedo.
Episode 10
The Ghost Plane
Wed, Nov 27, 1968 60 mins
A scientist offers the Communist Chinese revolutionary aircraft plans---and air supremacy. Newman: Andrew Keir. Craig: Stuart Damon. Richard: William Gaunt. Sharron: Alexandra Bastedo. Vanessa: Hilary Tindall.
Episode 11
The Dark Island
Wed, Dec 4, 1968 60 mins
A series of mysterious disappearances lead the Champions to a Communist missile installation. Craig: Stuart Damon. Sharron: Alexandra Bastedo.
Episode 12
The Fanatics
Wed, Dec 11, 1968 60 mins
Richard infiltrates a group of fanatical assassins. Carson: David Burke. Tremayne: Anthony Nicholls.
Episode 13
Twelve Hours
Wed, Dec 18, 1968 60 mins
The Champions embark on a nerve-wracking underwater expedition. Sharron: Alexandra Bastedo. Cox: Peter Howell. Drobnic: Henry Gilbert. Raven: Mike Pratt.
Episode 14
The Search
Wed, Jan 1, 1969 60 mins
A nuclear submarine threatens London. Richard: William Gaunt. Craig: Stuart Damon. Tremayne: Anthony Nicholls.
Episode 15
The Gilded Cage
Wed, Jan 8, 1969 60 mins
Richard must decipher a code for industrial spies---or watch them kill a hostage. Samantha: Jennie Linden. Brandon: Tony Gaunter. Orley: Charles Houston. Symons: John Carson. Craig: Stuart Damon.
Episode 16
Shadow of the Panther
Wed, Jan 15, 1969 60 mins
A death leads the Champions to Haiti, where they unearth a sinister combination of voodoo and science. Crayley: Donald Sutherland. Riley: Tony Wall. Prengo: Zia Mohyeddin. Craig: Stuart Damon.
Episode 17
A Case of Lemmings
Wed, Jan 22, 1969 60 mins
Three Interpol agents committed suicide---or did they? Tremayne: Anthony Nicholls. Richard: William Gaunt. Craig: Stuart Damon.
Episode 18
The Interrogation
Wed, Jan 29, 1969 60 mins
Champion Craig Stirling (Stuart Damon) is the victim of a grueling interrogation---in Nemesis headquarters. Interrogator: Colin Blakeley. Tremayne: Anthony Nicholls.
Episode 19
The Mission
Wed, Feb 5, 1969 60 mins
The Champions infiltrate a ring that offers anonymity to war criminals. Pederson: Anthony Bate. Emil: Paul Hansard. Craig: Stuart Damon. Sharron: Alexandra Bastedo.
Episode 20
The Silent Enemy
Wed, Feb 12, 1969 60 mins
The Champions reconstruct the voyage of a nuclear sub---a voyage that proved fatal for the crew. Craig: Stuart Damon. Stanton: James Maxwell. Sharron: Alexandra Bastedo. Minoes: Marne Maitland.
Episode 21
The Body Snatchers
Wed, Feb 19, 1969 60 mins
The Champions investigate a sinister experiment in cryogenics. Squires: Bernard Lee. Yeats: Philip Locke. Craig: Stuart Damon. Inge: Ann Lyn.
Episode 22
Get Me Out of Here!
Wed, Feb 26, 1969 60 mins
The Champions crash a Caribbean stronghold to rescue an imprisoned scientist. Martes: Frances Cuka. Craig: Stuart Damon. Commandante: Ronald Radd. Sharron: Alexandra Bastedo.
Episode 23
The Night People
Wed, Mar 5, 1969 60 mins
Sharron gets involved with an espionage ring. Porth: David Lodge. Richard: William Gaunt.
Episode 24
Project Zero
Wed, Mar 12, 1969 60 mins
Richard masquerades as a computer expert in an attempt to expose a kidnapping ring. Sharron: Alexandra Bastedo.
Episode 25
Desert Journey
Wed, Mar 19, 1969 60 mins
The Champions take on assassins and a hazardous desert trek. Said: Nik Zaran. Bey: Jeremy Brett. Sharron: Alexandra Bastedo. Richard: William Gaunt.
Episode 26
Full Circle
Wed, Mar 26, 1969 60 mins
A jailbreak ends in disaster when Craig, posing as a convict, escapes with a prisoner in tow. Westerman: Patrick Allen.
Episode 27
The Nutcracker
Wed, Apr 2, 1969 60 mins
The Champions must cope with a security vault that's programmed to kill. Craig: Stuart Damon. Richard: William Gaunt. Sharron: Alexandra Bastedo.
Episode 28
The Final Countdown
Wed, Apr 16, 1969 60 mins
The Champions search for a World War II atom bomb lost en route from Germany to England. Von Splitz: Alan MacNaughtan. Richard: William Gaunt. Kruger: Wolf Frees.
Episode 29
The Gun Runners
Wed, Apr 23, 1969 60 mins
Nemesis investigates a cache of ammunition discovered in Burma. Hartington: William Franklyn. Filmer: David Lodge. Sharron: Alexandra Bastedo. Craig: Stuart Damon.
Episode 30
Autokill
Wed, Apr 30, 1969 60 mins
A mysterious drug is turning agents into killers. Loretta: Rachel Herbert. Amis: Harold Innocent. Barka: Eric Pohlmann. Klein: Paul Eddington.
