Won't be the same without Alexandra Bastedo though. Wonder who they'll choose? Oh, god, no, not... PH? Or even worse, Billie Piper?

About time. Just don't chop and change the script about like you did with Avengers Hollywood (The original script was fantastic from what I've read).

Saphirre and Steel? If Hollywood are struggling (what with a writers strike and all) how about we convince some studio of the market for a big budget remake or re-visioning of Chorlton and the Wheelies? I can see it now, Keanu Reeves cast as Chorlton, "Woah, ello funny lady!" let's face it, his accent could not be any worse than it was in Bram Stoker's Dracula.

If it can't be PH then it just HAS to be Victoria Beckham!!!!

I've already got my coat on!!

I think they should think a little more laterally, make a big-screen Hollywod version of Pot Black or Indoor League - just theink of the reation of all those American teenagers to some seriious bar-billiards action!

You mean it's not the one with Ron Pickering where all the kids jump in the swimming pool at the end of the show? I must have the wrong programme...

Are currently on ITV4 in early evening. A bit cheesy but still worth a watch.

Am I the only one here who thinks The Champions was shit?

It was a clear case of milking the super-spy genre with rather unclear supernatural elements thrown in, spy dramas being huge at the time. Sure it had that sixties innocent charm but the eps were executed formulaic-ly (is that a word?) poorly.

I'm not going from a distant memory, I think it's ITV3 or 4 thats showing it right now, along with Space 1999 and UFO, which were all kind of sad Star Wars wannabes themselves. The Champs was merely a juggled around James Bond thriller.

All of them have aged like a fine wine with the cork knocked out 20 years ago.

Oh well, whatever Del-Toro can make of it.

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...that woman in Space 1999 series N. When they ran out of ideas and tried to make it whimsical. The Champions were just tough and strong and telepathic.

Totally agree, fab theme music. When do we get a remake of Blake's Seven? Oh yeah, that was Babylon-5 wasn't it.

PS Chuck Norris won't blend.

dah-dah-dah dah dah-dah, dah... oh, I've lost my place. It was very brassy.

"I think it's ITV3 or 4 thats showing it right now, along with Space 1999 and UFO, which were all kind of sad Star Wars wannabes themselves" - those two shows predated Star Wars. UFO was the 1960s, I think. Space: 1999 started off as a "2001" wannabe and ended as a very poor Star Trek imitation.

I have no idea what they were thinking, or smoking, when they developed UFO. It wanted so badly to be The Spy Who Came In From the Cold but with giant rockets, and Gabrielle Drake in tight, tight shiny suits and a pink wig, and sometimes a string vest. Not necessarily a bad thing.

The best thing was the ending credits sequence, which was genuinely eerie.

I choose Paris Hilton as my avatar, but only because Gabrielle Drake is not available.

"the trouble with the avengers [...] and most of the other remakes of old classics, is that they try to make them too *big* "

No, mate, the trouble is that Hollywood is utterly bereft of Ideas these days. The person responsible for the concept of remaking "The Long Good Friday" will be first to be nailed to the floor the day after I lead the panzers down Whitehall.

Nobody goes 'ome until I find 'oo dunnit, and why.

Saw her naked once in "La Ronde" at the Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre ...