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Season 1

  • S01E01 The Beginning

    • September 25, 1968
    • ITV1

    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.

  • S01E02 The Invisible Man

    • October 2, 1968
    • ITV1

    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.

  • S01E03 Reply Box No. 666

    • October 9, 1968
    • ITV1

    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.

  • S01E04 The Experiment

    • October 16, 1968
    • ITV1

    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.

  • S01E05 Happening

    • October 23, 1968
    • ITV1

    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.

  • S01E06 Operation Deep-Freeze

    • October 30, 1968
    • ITV1

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

  • S01E07 The Survivors

    • November 6, 1968
    • ITV1

    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.

  • S01E08 To Trap A Rat

    • November 13, 1968
    • ITV1

    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.

  • S01E09 The Iron Man

    • November 20, 1968
    • ITV1

    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.

  • S01E10 The Ghost Plane

    • November 27, 1968
    • ITV1

    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.

  • S01E11 The Dark Island

    • December 4, 1968
    • ITV1

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

  • S01E12 The Fanatics

    • December 11, 1968
    • ITV1

    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?

  • S01E13 Twelve Hours

    • December 18, 1968
    • ITV1

    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.

  • S01E14 The Search

    • January 1, 1969
    • ITV1

    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.

  • S01E15 The Gilded Cage

    • January 8, 1969
    • ITV1

    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.

  • S01E16 Shadow of the Panther

    • January 15, 1969
    • ITV1

    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.

  • S01E17 A Case of Lemmings

    • January 22, 1969
    • ITV1

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

  • S01E18 The Interrogation

    • January 29, 1969
    • ITV1

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

  • S01E19 The Mission

    • February 5, 1969
    • ITV1

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

  • S01E20 The Silent Enemy

    • February 12, 1969
    • ITV1

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

  • S01E21 The Body Snatchers

    • February 19, 1969
    • ITV1

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

  • S01E22 Get Me Out Of Here!

    • February 26, 1969
    • ITV1

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

  • S01E23 The Night People

    • March 5, 1969
    • ITV1

    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.

  • S01E24 Project Zero

    • March 12, 1969
    • ITV1

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

  • S01E25 Desert Journey

    • March 19, 1969
    • ITV1

    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.

  • S01E26 Full Circle

    • March 26, 1969
    • ITV1

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

  • S01E27 Nutcracker

    • April 2, 1969
    • ITV1

    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.

  • S01E28 The Final Countdown

    • April 16, 1969
    • ITV1

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

  • S01E29 The Gun-Runners

    • April 23, 1969
    • ITV1

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

  • S01E30 Autokill

    • April 30, 1969
    • ITV1

    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.

Additional Specials

  • SPECIAL 0x1 We Were The Champions

    • ITV1

    Cast and crew discuss making the 1960s series The Champions.

  • SPECIAL 0x2 The Legend of The Champions

    • ITV1

    In 1983, ITC edited episodes "The Beginning" and "The Interrogation" into Legend of the Champions, a feature-length film intended for overseas markets.[7] Unusually for such features, the two episodes were not simply joined together, but substantially re-cut and edited, with "The Interrogation" being the framing episode, and the flashback sequences originally used in that episode (principally from "The Beginning") expanded. Additionally, new credits were filmed, not using any of the original actors but photographs taken at the time. A notable plot change was the renaming of a character from the original version of "The Beginning" to accommodate a plot device in "The Interrogation". In "The Interrogation", Craig Stirling is ostensibly being quizzed on the activities of one Julius Retford, who remains unseen. For the film, the opening credits explicitly identify Retford as the character named Ho Ling (played by Ric Young) in "The Beginning". This allows the germ warfare theme of "The Beginning" to interlink with the sequences in "The Interrogation". Confusingly, in the end credits Young is credited as playing 'Ho Ling', a name never used in the film version.

  • SPECIAL 0x3 Introducing The Show - Alexandra Bastedo

    • ITV1

    Alexandra Bastedo trailer for the show.

  • SPECIAL 0x4 Introducing The Show - Stuart Damon

    • ITV1

    Stuart Damon trailer for the show,

  • SPECIAL 0x5 Introducing The Show - William Gaunt

    • ITV1

    William Gaunt trailer for the show.

  • SPECIAL 0x6 Introducing The Show - Alexandra Bastedo, William Gaunt and Stuart Damon

    • ITV1

    Alexandra Bastedo, stuart Damon & William Gaunt together, trailer for the show.

  • SPECIAL 0x7 Trailer For The Beginning

    • ITV1

  • SPECIAL 0x8 Trailer For The Ghost Plane

    • ITV1