''Champion House'' is a

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series created by Hazel Adair and

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, who had previously devised ''

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'' and ''

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''. The series dealt with the

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-based Champion family and the dramas surrounding the family textiles firm Champion Mills. Two series were made between 1967 and 1968. The cast included Edward Chapman,

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, Pamela Manson,

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and Virginia Stride. The series was a casualty of the BBC's

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policy of the era and none of the 30 episodes is known to have survived.

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