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The Champions - Vol. 1 - Episodes 1 And 2 - The Beginning / The Invisible Man [1968]
 
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The Champions - Vol. 1 - Episodes 1 And 2 - The Beginning / The Invisible Man [1968]
DVD ~ Ray Austin
3.0 out of 5 stars  (1 customer review)

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  • Directors: Ray Austin, Leslie Norman, Roy Ward Baker, John Llewellyn Moxey, Freddie Francis
  • Format: Full Screen, PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 ( DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: ITV DVD
  • DVD Release Date: 10 Jul 2000
  • Run Time: 100 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  (1 customer review)
  • DVD Features:
    • Main Language: English
    • Available Audio Tracks: Mono
    • Sub Titles: None
    • Hearing Impaired: English
    • Disc Format: DVD 5
    • Interactive Menus
    • Scene Access
    • Character Biographies
  • ASIN: B00004TIYZ
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 17,584 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)
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Amazon.co.uk Review
By the end of the 1960s, British television had done adventurers and sleuths to death. If Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) was the supernatural spin on the mystery format, The Champions was the science-fiction version, mixing comic-book superheroics into the globe-trotting do-gooders formula. In the pilot, square-jawed Craig Sterling (Stuart Damon), model-gorgeous Sharron Macready (Alexandra Bastedo) and ironic Brit Richard Barrett (William Gaunt)--agents of an international good-guy organisation called Nemesis--find themselves in a Shangri-La-style forgotten Tibetan civilisation, where they undergo training in extrasensory perception and superhuman strength. Back home, they use their powers to tackle a mixture of ordinary crime and more complicated nefarious plans that have a semi-science fiction feel. The good-looking Damon and Bastedo seem to have had their personalities erased in the mountains, leaving Gaunt to shoulder all the acting weight. Nevertheless, it has a kind of creaky, straight-faced charm, like some lost British take on Marvel Comics' superhero teams.

Volume One covers: "The Beginning", the pilot story, with Felix Aylmer as a Tibetan lama; and "The Invisible Man", which features cranial implants and bank robbery, with Peter Wyngarde (who played the title role in Jason King) as the baddie. --Kim Newman

Special Features
4:3 Full Frame
DVD 5
English
English
Region 2
Mono English
Mono
Interactive Menus
Scene Access
Character Biographies
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3.0 out of 5 stars Champions of law order and justice, 27 Feb 2002
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Three secret agents for the international group Nemesis set off for a secret mission in China. They are Craig Sterling, Richard Barret and a new member of the team - Sharon Macreedy. However, on the way back from China their plane crashes in the Tibetan mountains. They are saved from death by a strange group of monk-like people who secretly inhabit the mountains. The healing process endows the agents with superhuman powers - increased strength, improved hearing and extrasensory perception to name but a few. They promise never to reveal thei secret and set about continuing their work for Nemsis. Can they keep their special powers secret and still use them to conquer the bad guys? Won't anyone notice the fact that they suddenly seem indestructable, not to mention the fact that they keep gettin 'odd feelings' that one of the group is in trouble? This is a wonderfully kitsch series full of daft sound effects to indicate the use of special powers. Turn off your brain and enjoy some light hearted fun in the style of Man from U.N.C.L.E and The Avengers.
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