The Champions Logo 'The Fanatics'
by Terry Nation
Champions Cast

London, England: when a visiting Sheikh arrives at a NATO base in Greenwich, he is attacked by a suicidal assailant. This latest in a series of assassination attempts on world leaders prompts Tremayne to suspect the work of a group of fanatics; he substitutes Richard for a trained assassin named Carson, hoping that the extremists will attempt to release him from prison and then recruit him to their cause. The plan works, and Richard is rescued and accepted as ‘Carson’. But then things go wrong when the real Carson appears - and the target of the next assassination attempt is revealed to be Tremayne…

Stuart Damon (Craig Stirling), Alexandra Bastedo (Sharron Macready), William Gaunt (Richard Barret), Anthony Nicholls (Tremayne), David Bauer (Opening Voice-overs)*, Gerald Harper (Croft), Donald Pickering (Colonel Banks), Julian Glover (Anderson), David Burke (Richard Carson), David Morrell (Krasner), Barry Stanton (Faber), John Robinson (Collings)
*Uncredited

Directed by John Gilling

Produced by Monty Berman


TX:
UK (ATV Midlands):
11th December, 1968 @ 8.00 pm - 9.00 pm

Notes:
*Featuring Craig Stirling, Sharron Macready, Richard Barrett and Tremayne

*The intro-sequence: Craig and his girlfriend are attending a barbecue when the girl drops her expensive bracelet onto the red-hot coals. Craig retrieves the jewellery without burning himself - and his girlfriend promptly faints from shock!