The Champions Logo 'Nutcracker'
by Philip Broadley
Champions Cast

London, England: After visiting his dentist, Lord Mauncey, ex-minister of state, decides on an impulse to steal the top-secret nuclear disposition F File from a high-security safe; but when he tries to leave with the document, Mauncey is gassed by the defences. Major Duncan of M7 calls on Nemesis for help, and Richard is assigned to break into the vault to test its effectiveness. When he is easily able to breach its security-measures, Richard, Craig and Sharron suspect Duncan of being a traitor - but then they discover that the major and Mauncey both share the same dentist...

Stuart Damon (Craig Stirling), Alexandra Bastedo (Sharron Macready), William Gaunt (Richard Barret), Anthony Nicholls (Tremayne), David Bauer (Opening Voice-overs)*, William Squire (Duncan), David Langton (Lord Mauncey), Michael Barrington (Manager), John Franklyn Robbins (Warre), John Brown (Walcott), David Kelsey (Travers), Dervis Ward (Guard), Robert Mill (Assistant)
*Uncredited

Directed by Roy Ward Baker

Produced by Monty Berman


TX:
UK (ATV Midlands):
2nd April, 1969 @ 8.00 pm - 9.00 pm

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

*The intro-sequence: when Craig enters a quickdraw competition at the funfair, he is able to fire all six of his bullets directly into the heart-shaped target on the cut-out cowboy before his opponent can even draw his gun!