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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...
Genres:Sci-Fi & FantasyAction & Adventure
Network:ITV1
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Season 1

  • The Beginning
    7.2/10151 votes
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    The Beginning

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/25/1968

    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.

    Director: Cyril Frankel

    Writer: Dennis Spooner

  • The Invisible Man
    7.3/10122 votes
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    The Invisible Man

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/2/1968

    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.

    Director: Cyril Frankel

    Writer: Donald James

  • Reply Box No. 666
    6.1/1099 votes
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    Reply Box No. 666

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/9/1968

    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.

    Director: Cyril Frankel

    Writer: Philip Broadley

  • The Experiment
    7.4/1097 votes
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    The Experiment

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/16/1968

    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.

    Director: Cyril Frankel

    Writer: Tony Williamson

  • Happening
    6.8/1088 votes
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    Happening

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/23/1968

    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.

    Director: Cyril Frankel

    Writer: Brian Clemens

  • Operation Deep-Freeze
    6.8/1085 votes
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    Operation Deep-Freeze

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/30/1968

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

    Director: Paul Dickson

    Writer: Gerald Kelsey

  • The Survivors
    7.1/1083 votes
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    The Survivors

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/6/1968

    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.

    Director: Cyril Frankel

    Writer: Donald James

  • To Trap A Rat
    7.6/1092 votes
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    To Trap A Rat

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/13/1968

    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.

    Director: Sam Wanamaker

    Writer: Ralph Smart

  • The Iron Man
    6.3/1088 votes
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    The Iron Man

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/20/1968

    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.

    Director: John Llewellyn Moxey

    Writer: Philip Broadley

  • The Ghost Plane
    7.0/1092 votes
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    The Ghost Plane

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/27/1968

    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.

    Director: John Gilling

    Writer: Donald James

  • The Dark Island
    7.3/1090 votes
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    The Dark Island

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/4/1968

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

    Director: Cyril Frankel

    Writer: Tony Williamson

  • The Fanatics
    7.4/1086 votes
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    The Fanatics

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/11/1968

    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?

    Director: John Gilling

    Writer: Terry Nation

  • Twelve Hours
    7.2/1086 votes
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    Twelve Hours

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/18/1968

    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.

    Director: Paul Dickson

    Writer: Donald James

  • The Search
    7.0/1085 votes
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    The Search

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/1/1969

    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.

    Director: Leslie Norman

    Writer: Dennis Spooner

  • The Gilded Cage
    7.1/1086 votes
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    The Gilded Cage

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/8/1969

    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.

    Director: Cyril Frankel

    Writer: Philip Broadley

  • Shadow of the Panther
    7.2/1079 votes
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    Shadow of the Panther

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/15/1969

    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.

    Director: Freddie Francis

    Writer: Tony Williamson

  • A Case of Lemmings
    7.0/1077 votes
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    A Case of Lemmings

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/22/1969

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

    Director: Paul Dickson

    Writer: Philip Broadley

  • The Interrogation
    7.1/1067 votes
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    The Interrogation

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/29/1969

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

    Director: Cyril Frankel

    Writer: Dennis Spooner

  • The Mission
    7.4/1090 votes
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    The Mission

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/5/1969

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

    Director: Robert Asher

    Writer: Donald James

  • The Silent Enemy
    7.1/1071 votes
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    The Silent Enemy

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/12/1969

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

    Director: Robert Asher

    Writer: Donald James

  • The Body Snatchers
    6.7/1073 votes
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    The Body Snatchers

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/19/1969

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

    Director: Paul Dickson

    Writer: Terry Nation

  • Get Me Out Of Here!
    6.6/1077 votes
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    Get Me Out Of Here!

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 2/26/1969

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

    Director: Cyril Frankel

    Writer: Ralph Smart

  • The Night People
    7.3/1076 votes
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    The Night People

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/5/1969

    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.

    Director: Robert Asher

    Writer: Donald James

  • Project Zero
    7.6/1078 votes
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    Project Zero

    Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/12/1969

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

    Director: Don Sharp

    Writer: Tony Williamson

  • Desert Journey
    7.3/1059 votes
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    Desert Journey

    Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/19/1969

    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.

    Director: Paul Dickson

    Writer: Ian Stuart Black

  • Full Circle
    6.9/1067 votes
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    Full Circle

    Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 3/26/1969

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

    Director: John Gilling

    Writer: Donald James

  • Nutcracker
    7.5/1071 votes
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    Nutcracker

    Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 4/2/1969

    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.

    Director: Roy Ward Baker

    Writer: Philip Broadley

  • The Final Countdown
    7.2/1070 votes
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    The Final Countdown

    Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 4/16/1969

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

    Director: John Gilling

    Writer: Gerald Kelsey

  • The Gun-Runners
    6.6/1066 votes
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    The Gun-Runners

    Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 4/23/1969

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

    Director: Robert Asher

    Writer: Dennis Spooner

  • Autokill
    7.6/1071 votes
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    Autokill

    Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 4/30/1969

    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.

    Director: Roy Ward Baker

    Writer: Brian Clemens