1968 — 1969 / 30 × 60 Minutes / ITV / Colour
A Case of Lemmings
The Interrogation
The Mission
The Silent Enemy
The Body Snatchers
Get Me Out of Here!
The Night People
Project Zero
Desert Journey
Full Circle
Nutcracker
The Final Countdown
The Gun-runners
Autokill
The Invisible Man
Reply Box No.666
The Experiment
Happening
Operation Deep-freeze
The Survivors
To Trap a Rat
The Iron Man
The Ghost Plane
The Dark Island
The Fanatics
Twelve Hours
The Search
The Gilded Cage
All episodes of The Champions have been released on Region 2 DVD in the UK (Amazon.co.uk / Amazon.com / HMV.com).
One of the best remembered ITC action series from the 1960s, The Champions involved the exploits of Craig Stirling (Stuart Damon), Richard Barrett (William Gaunt) and Sharron Macready (Alexandra Bastedo) — the top agents for the international NEMESIS organisation.
Unsurprisingly they weren't the usual type of secret agent. After being involved in a plane crash in Tibet they were given mysterious powers including telepathy, super strength and increased mental powers.
The usual story would see them battling against South American/European bad guys with a typically outlandish plan that only our three super-powered heroes would be able to deal with.
As with many of the ITC action series The Champions only ran for a single season. A DVD box set containing all thirty episodes has been released in the UK.
Silver Champions — Series Overview
David McIntee / DWB Issue 118 / October 1993
