Craig Stirling, Richard Barrett and Sharon Macready are three agents, who have been brought together by the international agency of Nemesis, based in Geneva, for a mission of international importance, in China. Whilst on the return leg of their trip, their plane crashes in a remote area of the Tibetan mountains.

Here, whilst unconscious from the crash, they are discovered by a strange old man from a highly developed civilisation, unknown to the outside world. The old man heals their  wounds, and  bestows upon them strange powers.  On regaining  consciousness they have vague recollections of this, and can sense when one of them is  in  trouble, even  when  miles  apart.  Richard Barrett, separated from his two companions, encounters the old man , who tells  him that  he must use the powers bestowed upon him wisely, and that they are only an enhancement of those powers already found in man.

Sensing his companions in trouble, Richard returns to find they are prisoners of Chinese guards. Upon freeing them, they manage to return to Geneva, having  successfully completed their mission. These three agents are known as the Champions.

The first episode was broadcast on 25th September, 1968. It lasted for 30 episodes, and like most other shows from the same stable, it was a highly enjoyable  mixture of action / adventure, with a slight slant towards fantasy elements. Monty Berman produced the series and though it was slanted towards the American market only the first ten episodes were shown by NBC.