The Champions Happening (1968–1969) Online
- Original Title :
- Happening
- Genre :
- TV Episode / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller
- Year :
- 1968–1969
- Directror :
- Cyril Frankel
- Cast :
- Stuart Damon,Alexandra Bastedo,William Gaunt
- Writer :
- Monty Berman,Brian Clemens
- Type :
- TV Episode
- Time :
- 49min
- Rating :
- 6.4/10
The Champions are Down Under and Richard has infiltrated a terrorist group who have planted a radioactive device in the Simpson Desert. He attempts to arrest them whilst in a helicopter but falls out and when he comes to he has lost his memory. He comes across a derelict bar, meeting an old prospector, Banner B. Banner, who has refused to move out despite government warnings of nuclear testings, He is then bitten by a snake but Sharron links up with him telepathically and saves his life. When he regains his memory he sees that the group have got hold of the nuclear device and are planning to detonate it, in the process obliterating large occupied areas. He has three minutes to stop them. . .
| Episode complete credited cast: | |||
 | Stuart Damon | - | Craig Stirling |
 | Alexandra Bastedo | - | Sharron Macready |
 | William Gaunt | - | Richard Barrett |
 | Anthony Nicholls | - | Cmdr. W.L. Tremayne |
 | Jack MacGowran | - | Banner B. Banner |
 | Grant Taylor | - | General Winters |
 | Michael Gough | - | Major Joss |
 | Bill Cummings | - | Johnny Aston |
The fifth episode, "Happening", features William Gaunt's character emerging unscathed from a fire. It just so happened that a fire was raging at a building nearby to the Borehamwood studios were "The Champions" was being shot. A camera crew was dispatched to film the real conflagration, with the aim of building a story up around it so that the footage could be used. The same fire footage would resurface a year later in an episode of "Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)".