
Written by
Donald James | Directed by
John Gilling

Sharron is driving along the English countryside in her MG convertible when she sees a couple of young men hitchhiking. Sharron picks them up, but they become too familar with her as one places his hand on her leg. As the car enters a tunnel, a few slaps and cries of distress are heard, and the car exits the tunnel with only Sharron driving. The young lads are left behind, shocked and upset at their treatment.
"Sharron Macready, one of the Champions. Endowed with the senses and qualities of super humans. Sharron Macready, endowed with Craig Stirling and Richard Barrett, her companions in a plane crash in Tibet, by the lost civilisation that saved them. Endowed by the mysterious people, with special powers and skills, a secret known only to them. Now they are able to use their powers and skills to their best advantage as Champions of law, order and justice."

When the contents of a foreign embassy's safe is photographed by a mysterious man (Westerman), but the film is not located, Craig goes into jail as his cellmate, hoping to find out what happened to the film. Craig and Richard's planned escape goes wrong when another group waiting for the two, attack Richard and abduct Craig and Westerman, taking them to a secret location. Westerman switches IDs with Craig, avioding the torture that Craig later recieves because the leader, Booker, mistakenly thinks he is Westerman.

Another entertaining episode, but a little uneven. Not much explaing of why Westerman or his boss Garcian have done, so the viewer doesn't fully understand why certain actions are being done. Not a great sense of resolution is achieved, which really is quite neccessary in these types of TV shows. Craig's torture scene is very good however, and again shows the advantage that he has over normal people, but in quite a graphic way.
Sharron is absent most of the episode, she only appears in the second half, and has only a couple of scenes in the episode. Tremayne remarks to her whether she enjoyed her leave, but we don't know anything else about her absence. For some strange reason the start of the episode, where the short introduction is done by the American voice, it is the same sequence that is shown at the beginning of an earlier episode.
Another good remark by Richard is a highlight:
Sharron: "Oh, alright. I'll do whatever you say, I'm sure you know what you're doing."
Richard: "No, I don't....still, it'll sound as though I do!"
As said above, the story doesn't flow as much as it should. At some points, one can't help but wonder why Craig and Richard are doing what they are, it seems they're just waiting for things to turn out right. That of course is a problem since we the audience must be convinced that the characters are in real danger.


Patrick Allen
Martin Benson
Gabrielle Drake
John Nettleton
Jack Gwillim
James Donnelly
Lawrence James
Victor Brooks
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Westerman
Garcian
Sarah
Booker
Carrington
Pickering
Sergeant Fairfax
Collins
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