The Champions

Craig Sterling (Damon), Sharron Macready (Bastedo) and Richard Barrett (Gaunt) are agents for an international intelligence organisation called NEMESIS. After a plane crash and being rescued by an unknown civilisation the trio make their way back Geneva to continue their work, only to discover they have mysteriously developed super-human abilities like telepathy, amazing memories and abnormal strengths. Instead of telling anyone about these developments, they keep their secret quiet but use their new powers to help complete a range of dangerous assignments...

This 9 DVD box set features all 30 episodes from the ITC series The Champions.

Episodes Comprise:

1. The Beginning
2. The Invisible Man
3. Reply Box No. 666
4. The Experiment
5. Happening
6. Operation Deep-Freeze
7. The Survivors
8. To Trap A Rat
9. The Iron Man
10. The Ghost Plane
11. The Dark Island
12. The Fanatics
13. Twelve Hours
14. The Search
15. The Gilded Cage
16. Shadow of the Panther
17. A Case of Lemmings
18. The Interrogation
19. The Mission
20. The Silent Enemy
21. The Body Snatchers
22. Get Me Out Of Here!
23. The Night People
24. Project Zero
25. Desert Journey
26. Full Circle
27. Nutcracker
28. The Final Countdown
29. The Gun-Runners
30. Autokill

Special Features:

• 'We Were The Champions': a brand new documentary on the making of the series featuring contributions from William Gaunt, Alexandra Bastedo, Stuart Damon, Johnny Goodman, Malcolm Christopher, Ken Baker, Cyril Frankel and Brian Clemens
• Audio commentary on 'The Beginning' episode featuring Stuart Damon, Alexandra Bastedo and William Gaunt
• Audio commentary on the 'Autokill' episode featuring Stuart Damon, Alexandra Bastedo and William Gaunt
• Bonus audio commentary on the 'Autokill' episode featuring Malcolm Christopher, Ken Baker and Roy Ward Baker
• Previously unseen extended version of 'The Beginning' episode featuring specially shot bookend sequences
• Incidental music by Edwin Astley, Robert Farnon and Albert Elms, prepared as a musical suite and accompanied by an extensive image gallery including many behind the scenes stills
• Test footage
• 'The Legend Of The Champions': a feature length compilation of 'The Beginning' and 'The Interrogation' episodes made for the overseas market by ITC in the early 1980s
• Episodic Trailer gallery: a gallery of the nineteen remaining Champions trailers (with UK and US soundtracks), specially transferred from the original film elements for use in this set
• Generic trailer gallery: a gallery of various generic trailers of differing lengths which have been transferred from the original film elements for use in this set
• Various titles featuring unused title music composed by Robert Farnon
• Specially filmed 'Channel 9' promos
• The Champions featured as an ongoing strip in the Joe 90 Top Secret comic (PDF format)
• Merchandise Image Gallery: The Champions memorabilia showcasing images of the merchandise produced for The Champions during the sixties and early seventies including the full front and back of each Champions trading card
• Commemorative booklet featuring an in-depth essay on the making of The Champions by Mike Richardson