The WORST episodes of The Champions
Every episode of The Champions ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of The Champions!
Craig Stirling, Sharron Macready and Richard Barrett were agents for Nemesis, an international intelligence organization based in Geneva. Their first mission as a team was to investigate some potentially lethal experiments in Communist China, but when they were escaping, their plane was damaged. They crashed into a remote part of the Himalayas where they were rescued by members an unknown civilization. They came away from the encounter with superhuman powers--telepathy, superior strength, memory, etc.--and returned to the outside world as "Champions of law, order and justice", to quote the series' opening.
#1 - 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.
#2 - 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.
#3 - 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.
#4 - 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?
#5 - 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.
#6 - 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.
#7 - 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.
#8 - 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.
#9 - 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.
#10 - 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.
#11 - 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.
#12 - 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.
#13 - 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.
#14 - 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.
#15 - 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.
#16 - 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.
#17 - 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.
#18 - 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.
#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.
#20 - 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.
#21 - 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.
#22 - 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.
#23 - 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.
#24 - 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.
#25 - 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.