appeared as a foreign-accented villain in the episode "The Experiment". The only other series regular is the Champions' boss, Tremayne. He does not know that his agents have special abilities, although he does ask innocent questions about just how on their missions they managed to carry out certain tasks about which their reports were vague. Cast Main cast Stuart Damon as Craig Stirling Alexandra Bastedo as Sharron Macready William Gaunt as Richard Barrett Anthony Nicholls as W.L. Tremayne Guest cast George Murcell as El Gaudillo Eric Pohlmann as Barka Joseph Furst as Chislenkan David Lodge as Filmer Ric Young as Burmese Police Captain Michael Mellinger as Embassy Official Production The Champions was created by Dennis Spooner and its episodes were written by individuals who had worked on other British spy series, including The Avengers and Danger Man. An unfilmed script originally intended for Danger Man was used for one episode. The series was produced by Monty Berman, who had co-produced The Saint, Gideon's Way and numerous B movies of the 1950s. Berman used many of the same writers, directors and crew on other ITC series, including Department S, Jason King, Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) and The Adventurer. Owing to budget constraints, many sets were reused: three episodes were set on a submarine and three in the Arctic. Stock footage was often used. As with other ITC productions, much of the exterior action took place in and around the studio lot – in the case of The Champions, around Associated British Studios in Elstree, England. For at least one episode, "Desert Journey", foreign filming did take place, but with a second unit, and extras standing in for the main cast. The theme music of the series was written by Tony Hatch, with Albert Elms and Edwin Astley supplying incidental music. Episodes Broadcast The series had three repeat runs in the UK across the ITV regions up to 1976, with additional repeats in September–October 1984 and May–August 1985. It was also regularly repeated on ITV's digital channel ITV4 until January 2011 (making The Saint the remaining ITC property to premiere on ITV4). The Champions was broadcast on BBC2 in 1995, at about the time when Gaunt was appearing in the sitcom Next of Kin, and it had at least three further repeat runs after that. On 7 March 2021, the series began a rerun on Talking Pictures TV. The episode 'Desert Journey'