7.2/10151 votes#1 - 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
7.3/10122 votes#2 - 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
6.1/1099 votes#3 - 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
7.4/1097 votes#4 - 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
6.8/1088 votes#5 - 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
6.8/1085 votes#6 - 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
7.1/1083 votes#7 - 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
7.6/1092 votes#8 - 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
6.3/1088 votes#9 - 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
7.0/1092 votes#10 - 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
7.3/1090 votes#11 - 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
7.4/1086 votes#12 - 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
7.2/1086 votes#13 - 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
7.0/1085 votes#14 - 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
7.1/1086 votes#15 - 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
7.2/1079 votes#16 - 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
7.0/1077 votes#17 - 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
7.1/1067 votes#18 - 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
7.4/1090 votes#19 - 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
7.1/1071 votes#20 - 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
6.7/1073 votes#21 - 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
6.6/1077 votes#22 - 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
7.3/1076 votes#23 - 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
7.6/1078 votes#24 - 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
7.3/1059 votes#25 - 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
The Best Episodes of The Champions Season 1
Every episode of The Champions Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Champions Season 1!
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"The Beginning" is the best rated episode of "The Champions" season 1. It scored 7.2/10 based on 151 votes. Directed by Cyril Frankel and written by Dennis Spooner, it aired on 9/25/1968. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Invisible Man".