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Callan

Callan
★ 7.2/10•1967•50m•16+•Action & Adventure•Drama
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David Callan, only good at one thing, well maybe two, killing people and collecting toy soldiers.

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'.

StatusEnded
Runtime50m
LanguageEN
First Air DateFeb 6, 1967

Episodes

Episode 1 - A Magnum for Schneider (pilot)E150m

A Magnum for Schneider (pilot)

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 eliminate. Callan now working as a bookkeeper, a job he despises, is offered to be reinstated into the Section if he kills Schneider, an international arms dealer.

Feb 6, 1967

Episode 2 - The Good Ones Are All DeadE250m

The Good Ones Are All Dead

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.

Jul 8, 1967

E350m

Goodbye, Nobby Clarke

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

Jul 15, 1967

E450m

Death of Robert E. Lee

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.

Jul 22, 1967

E550m

Goodness Burns Too Bright

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.

Jul 29, 1967

Episode 6 - But's He's a Lord, Mr. CallanE650m

But's He's a Lord, Mr. Callan

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

Aug 5, 1967

Episode 7 - You Should Have Got Here SoonerE750m

You Should Have Got Here Sooner

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

Aug 12, 1967

Actors

Edward Woodward

Edward Woodward

David Callan

Russell Hunter

Russell Hunter

Lonely

Anthony Valentine

Mears

William Squire

William Squire

Hunter

Patrick Mower

Patrick Mower

Cross

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