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COLLECTION · Series · 1967

Callan

Callan is the title of a British television series set in the murky world of espionage. Originally produced by ABC Weekend Television and later Thames Television, it was aired on the ITV network over four seasons spread out between 1967 and 1972. The series starred Edward Woodward as David Callan, a reluctant professional killer for a shadowy branch of the British Government's intelligence services known as 'the Section'.

Source: TMDB
* 7.0 (10)ActionAdventureDramaUnited Kingdom
Countries
United Kingdom
Studios
ITV1 · ABC Weekend Television · Thames Television
Runtime
50 min/ep
Release
08/07/1967
Score
7.0 / 10 (10)

Awards and nominations

  • Winner at BAFTA TV Award – Best Actor — Edward Woodward
  • Nominated at BAFTA TV Award – Best Drama Series — Reginald Collin
  • Nominated at BAFTA TV Award – Best Script — James Mitchell
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Seasons and episodes
Specials
2 episodes · 1981
Episode 1. Wet Job
1981-02-07 · 80 min

Ten years on, David Callan hasn't changed much. Retirement has brought a new identity, a new mistress, and a new business in the form of a militaria shop. But once a secret-service operative, always a secret-services operative, as he…

Episode 2. Callan (Movie)
1974-03-05 · 50 min

No synopsis

Season 1
Season 1
7 episodes · 1967
A Magnum for Schneider (pilot)
Episode 1. A Magnum for Schneider (pilot)
1967-02-06 · 50 min

Hunter, head of the Section, requires the services of his best operative, David Callan. Callan had been 'retired' from the service due to his growing conscience, disrespect for orders, and concerns about the people he was ordered to…

The Good Ones Are All Dead
Episode 2. The Good Ones Are All Dead
1967-07-08 · 50 min

Under threat of being placed in a red file, Callan is coerced into helping the Section hand over an ex-SS officer, Strauss, to the Israelis.

Episode 3. Goodbye, Nobby Clarke
1967-07-15 · 50 min

Callan must stop an old friend, Clarke, from going back to Africa, where he was training mercenaries, else Hunter will have Clarke killed.

Episode 4. Death of Robert E. Lee
1967-07-22 · 50 min

Two CIA agents request the help of Hunter's Section in killing a Chinese agent, who has been trading in nuclear secrets. But his real mission in England is to kill Hunter.

Episode 5. Goodness Burns Too Bright
1967-07-29 · 50 min

Callan is lured into going to Berlin, where Hunter wants to use him as a sacrificial lamb to facilitate the planting of a British mole.

But's He's a Lord, Mr. Callan
Episode 6. But's He's a Lord, Mr. Callan
1967-08-05 · 50 min

Hunter wants Callan to stop a blackmailing Lord from selling the negatives used in the blackmail to all and sundry.

You Should Have Got Here Sooner
Episode 7. You Should Have Got Here Sooner
1967-08-12 · 50 min

When somebody beats Lonely up, and Callan finds out who it was he turns the table on Hunter.

Season 2
Season 2
15 episodes · 1969
Red Knight, White Knight
Episode 1. Red Knight, White Knight
1969-01-08 · 50 min

The Section's new Hunter has Callan pulled from the field.

The Most Promising Girl of Her Year
Episode 2. The Most Promising Girl of Her Year
1969-01-15 · 50 min

Callan must prove that a young biochemist is not giving information to the East.

Episode 3. You're Under Starter's Orders
1969-01-22 · 50 min

Callan apparently turns renegade. A ruse to trap the head of a ‘pipeline' for smuggling foreign agents and defectors out of the country.

Little Bits and Pieces of Love
Episode 4. Little Bits and Pieces of Love
1969-01-29 · 50 min

Callan must use the wife of a rocket scientist as bait to lure the same scientist to Britain.

Let's Kill Everybody
Episode 5. Let's Kill Everybody
1969-02-05 · 50 min

A freelance German mercenary organisation who specialise in eliminating foreign security sections have their sights set on the Section.

Heir Apparent
Episode 6. Heir Apparent
1969-02-12 · 50 min

After Hunter's death Meres and Calln must fetch the new Hunter from East Germany.

Episode 7. Land of Light and Peace
1969-02-19 · 50 min

Callan must retrieve a microfilm from a spying medium.

Episode 8. Blackmailers Should Be Discouraged
1969-02-26 · 50 min

Calln must find everything out about the past of an influential politician.

Death of a Friend
Episode 9. Death of a Friend
1969-03-05 · 50 min

The French O.A.S. carry an internal war into England. Callan and Meres must sort out the mess.

Episode 10. Jack-on-Top
1969-03-12 · 50 min

Callan and Meres must catch the controller of a ring of spies before he can leave the country with the information the ring has gathered.

Episode 11. Once a Big Man, Always a Big Man
1969-03-19 · 50 min

Callan and Meres must secure the safe of a ship that was sunk during World War Two. It contains a list of Third Reich collaborateurs and puppets. A survivor of the ship tries to stop them.

Episode 12. Running Dog
1969-03-26 · 50 min

Callan must stop fashist agitators from killing the Chinese Ambassador.

The Worst Soldier I Ever Saw
Episode 13. The Worst Soldier I Ever Saw
1969-04-02 · 50 min

Security wants a retired brigadier of the British army to be stopped from accepting a job offer from a sultan, deadly force is requested.

Nice People Die at Home
Episode 14. Nice People Die at Home
1969-04-09 · 50 min

Callan brings confusion into a Russian spy network.

Death of a Hunter
Episode 15. Death of a Hunter
1969-04-16 · 50 min

Callan in brainwashed into believing that Hunter is the leak in the Section and that he has also killed Lonely and framed Callan for murder. In his drugged state Callan kills Hunter and is shot down by Meres.

Season 3
Season 3
9 episodes · 1970
Where Else Could I Go?
Episode 1. Where Else Could I Go?
1970-04-08 · 50 min

The new Hunter cannot decide if Callan is to return to the Section or not.

Summoned To Appear
Episode 2. Summoned To Appear
1970-04-15 · 50 min

When Cross kills an innocent bystander it's up to Callan to cover for him, but even he cannot decide if it was an accident or murder.

The Same Trick Twice
Episode 3. The Same Trick Twice
1970-04-22 · 50 min

An exchange of captured agents with the Soviets goes sour.

A Village Called G
Episode 4. A Village Called G
1970-04-29 · 50 min

Hunter's secretary, Liz, is out for someone's blood.

Suddenly - At Home
Episode 5. Suddenly - At Home
1970-05-13 · 50 min

Callan and Cross are assigned to protect a woman whom Callan becomes involved with.

Act of Kindness
Episode 6. Act of Kindness
1970-05-20 · 50 min

Callan helps a former agent out of a blackmailing business.

God Help Your Friends
Episode 7. God Help Your Friends
1970-05-27 · 50 min

Callan is assigned to disrupt a romance between a government worker and a suspected spy. Reluctantly he delves into his bag of dirty tricks.

Breakout
Episode 8. Breakout
1970-06-03 · 50 min

Callan and Cross must break a Russian spy out of prison, where he has voluntarily surrendered himself to, and kill him.

Amos Green Must Live
Episode 9. Amos Green Must Live
1970-06-24 · 50 min

A parlamental candidate recieves a death threat.

Season 4
Season 4
13 episodes · 1972
That'll Be the Day
Episode 1. That'll Be the Day
1972-03-01 · 50 min

Callan is dead. Or so the KGB would have you think.

Call Me Sir!
Episode 2. Call Me Sir!
1972-03-08 · 50 min

Lonely is used as bait to retrieve Callan from the KGB.

First Refusal
Episode 3. First Refusal
1972-03-15 · 50 min

Callan has become the new Hunter. And his first job is to retrieve a list of British undercover agents.

Rules of the Game
Episode 4. Rules of the Game
1972-03-22 · 50 min

Callan orders Cross to terrorise an innocent Russian family for political reasons.

If He Can, So Could I
Episode 5. If He Can, So Could I
1972-03-29 · 50 min

Callan looses his position as Hunter when he goes after the assassin who killed Cross.

None of Your Business
Episode 6. None of Your Business
1972-04-05 · 50 min

The old Hunter returns and Callan tries to get away.

Charlie Says It's Goodbye
Episode 7. Charlie Says It's Goodbye
1972-04-12 · 50 min

Callan tries to quit the Section when a girl he is seeing takes a dislike to his job.

I Never Wanted the Job
Episode 8. I Never Wanted the Job
1972-04-19 · 50 min

Lonely becomes the unlucky witness to a mob hit.

The Carrier
Episode 9. The Carrier
1972-04-26 · 50 min

Callan and Lonley break into a courier's house to find out how he's operating.

The Contract
Episode 10. The Contract
1972-05-03 · 50 min

Callan substitutes himself for an assassin in order to prevent an assassination.

Call Me Enemy (Richmond File 1)
Episode 11. Call Me Enemy (Richmond File 1)
1972-05-10 · 50 min

Callan debriefs a top enemy defector.

Do You Recognise the Woman? (Richmond File 2)
Episode 12. Do You Recognise the Woman? (Richmond File 2)
1972-05-17 · 50 min

Richmond, a top enemy defector, reveals his true purpose.

A Man Like Me (Richmond File 3)
Episode 13. A Man Like Me (Richmond File 3)
1972-04-24 · 50 min

Callan tracks down Richmond who is trying to leave Britain.

Cast by season
Edward Woodward
Edward Woodward
David Callan
Russell Hunter
Russell Hunter
Lonely
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