Callan

All Episodes 1967 - 1981

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  • 1967-07-08T20:00:00Z
  • 55m
  • 1d 12h 40m (44 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • ABC Weekend Television + 1 more, Thames Television
  • Drama, Action, Adventure
David Callan, only good at one thing, well maybe two, killing people and collecting toy soldiers. He worked for a secret government agency called the Section under Hunter, head of the Section. The Section's speciality was 'disposing' of people through bribery, frame-ups, blackmail and very often death. Callan was a solitary figure whose only, and sometimes reluctant, ally was a smelly snivelling small-time crook called Lonely. He defied his superiors on more than one occasion and became a liability to them because he cared too much. The Section itself had often tried to rid themselves of Callan, permanently, but ended up relying on his expertise or being out-maneuvered by it.

49 episodes

1981-02-07T21:00:00Z

Special 1 Wet Job

Special 1 Wet Job

  • 1981-02-07T21:00:00Z1h 20m

Callan has become the proprietor of a military memorabilia shop when he is recruited by the new Hunter for one more job. Alas, he has to do this alone: Lonely has become a dapper gent, engaged to be married, and with enough self-confidence to defy Callan's request for help. In the end, Callan completes the task, survives, and even ends up with a girlfriend.

1974-03-05T21:00:00Z

Special 2 Callan (Movie)

Special 2 Callan (Movie)

  • 1974-03-05T21:00:00Z50m

The cinema film was an expanded re-working of the original pilot, A Magnum For Schneider taking much of its new material from the likewise expanded novelization of its teleplay, originally published as Red File for Callan, also by James Mitchell. However, the film's credits give only the novel as source (no mention is made of the pilot teleplay or the TV series),

Special 3 A Magnum for Schneider

  • 1967-02-06T21:00:00Z55m

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.

Special 4 This Man Alone

  • no air date55m

Feature-length documentary about the series, describing it's creation, success and extended life in film and books.

Special 99 A Magnum for Schneider

  • 1967-02-04T21:00:00Z55m

Callan has been fired from an anonymous government agency known as "The Section. Hunter invites Callan back to the Section to remove Schneider as a favour. He investigates Schneider, discovering a massive gun-running operation. Callan infiltrates Schnieder's home using their shared interest in model soldiers and war games.

Series Premiere

1967-07-08T20:00:00Z

1x01 The Good Ones Are All Dead

Series Premiere

1x01 The Good Ones Are All Dead

  • 1967-07-08T20:00:00Z50m

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.

1967-07-15T20:00:00Z

1x02 Goodbye, Nobby Clarke

1x02 Goodbye, Nobby Clarke

  • 1967-07-15T20:00:00Z50m

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

1967-07-22T20:00:00Z

1x03 Death of Robert E. Lee

1x03 Death of Robert E. Lee

  • 1967-07-22T20:00:00Z50m

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.

1967-07-29T20:00:00Z

1x04 Goodness Burns Too Bright

1x04 Goodness Burns Too Bright

  • 1967-07-29T20:00:00Z50m

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.

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

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

Season Finale

1967-08-12T20:00:00Z

1x07 You Should Have Got Here Sooner

Season Finale

1x07 You Should Have Got Here Sooner

  • 1967-08-12T20:00:00Z50m

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

Season Premiere

1969-01-08T20:00:00Z

2x01 Red Knight, White Knight

Season Premiere

2x01 Red Knight, White Knight

  • 1969-01-08T20:00:00Z50m

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

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

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

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

1969-02-05T20:00:00Z

2x05 Let's Kill Everybody

2x05 Let's Kill Everybody

  • 1969-02-05T20:00:00Z50m

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

1969-02-12T20:00:00Z

2x06 Heir Apparent

2x06 Heir Apparent

  • 1969-02-12T20:00:00Z50m

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

1969-02-19T20:00:00Z

2x07 Land of Light and Peace

2x07 Land of Light and Peace

  • 1969-02-19T20:00:00Z50m

Callan must retrieve a microfilm from a spying medium.

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

1969-03-05T20:00:00Z

2x09 Death of a Friend

2x09 Death of a Friend

  • 1969-03-05T20:00:00Z50m

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

1969-03-12T20:00:00Z

2x10 Jack-on-Top

2x10 Jack-on-Top

  • 1969-03-12T20:00:00Z50m

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.

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.

1969-03-26T20:00:00Z

2x12 Running Dog

2x12 Running Dog

  • 1969-03-26T20:00:00Z50m

Callan must stop fashist agitators from killing the Chinese Ambassador.

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

1969-04-09T20:00:00Z

2x14 Nice People Die at Home

2x14 Nice People Die at Home

  • 1969-04-09T20:00:00Z50m

Callan brings confusion into a Russian spy network.

Season Finale

1969-04-16T20:00:00Z

2x15 Death of a Hunter

Season Finale

2x15 Death of a Hunter

  • 1969-04-16T20:00:00Z50m

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 Premiere

1970-04-08T20:00:00Z

3x01 Where Else Could I Go?

Season Premiere

3x01 Where Else Could I Go?

  • 1970-04-08T20:00:00Z50m

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

1970-04-15T20:00:00Z

3x02 Summoned To Appear

3x02 Summoned To Appear

  • 1970-04-15T20:00:00Z50m

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.

1970-04-22T20:00:00Z

3x03 The Same Trick Twice

3x03 The Same Trick Twice

  • 1970-04-22T20:00:00Z50m

An exchange of captured agents with the Soviets goes sour.

1970-04-29T20:00:00Z

3x04 A Village Called G

3x04 A Village Called G

  • 1970-04-29T20:00:00Z50m

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

1970-05-13T20:00:00Z

3x05 Suddenly - At Home

3x05 Suddenly - At Home

  • 1970-05-13T20:00:00Z50m

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

1970-05-20T20:00:00Z

3x06 Act of Kindness

3x06 Act of Kindness

  • 1970-05-20T20:00:00Z50m

Callan helps a former agent out of a blackmailing business.

1970-05-27T20:00:00Z

3x07 God Help Your Friends

3x07 God Help Your Friends

  • 1970-05-27T20:00:00Z50m

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

1970-06-03T20:00:00Z

3x08 Breakout

3x08 Breakout

  • 1970-06-03T20:00:00Z50m

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

Season Finale

1970-06-24T20:00:00Z

3x09 Amos Green Must Live

Season Finale

3x09 Amos Green Must Live

  • 1970-06-24T20:00:00Z50m

A parlamental candidate recieves a death threat.

Season Premiere

1972-03-01T21:00:00Z

4x01 That'll Be the Day

Season Premiere

4x01 That'll Be the Day

  • 1972-03-01T21:00:00Z50m

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

1972-03-08T21:00:00Z

4x02 Call Me Sir!

4x02 Call Me Sir!

  • 1972-03-08T21:00:00Z50m

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

1972-03-15T21:00:00Z

4x03 First Refusal

4x03 First Refusal

  • 1972-03-15T21:00:00Z50m

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

1972-03-22T20:00:00Z

4x04 Rules of the Game

4x04 Rules of the Game

  • 1972-03-22T20:00:00Z50m

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

1972-03-29T20:00:00Z

4x05 If He Can, So Could I

4x05 If He Can, So Could I

  • 1972-03-29T20:00:00Z50m

Callan loses his position as Hunter when he goes after an assassin.

1972-04-05T20:00:00Z

4x06 None of Your Business

4x06 None of Your Business

  • 1972-04-05T20:00:00Z50m

The old Hunter returns and Callan tries to get away.

1972-04-12T20:00:00Z

4x07 Charlie Says It's Goodbye

4x07 Charlie Says It's Goodbye

  • 1972-04-12T20:00:00Z50m

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

1972-04-19T20:00:00Z

4x08 I Never Wanted the Job

4x08 I Never Wanted the Job

  • 1972-04-19T20:00:00Z50m

Lonely becomes the unlucky witness to a mob hit.

1972-04-26T20:00:00Z

4x09 The Carrier

4x09 The Carrier

  • 1972-04-26T20:00:00Z50m

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

1972-05-03T20:00:00Z

4x10 The Contract

4x10 The Contract

  • 1972-05-03T20:00:00Z50m

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

Callan debriefs a top enemy defector.

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

Season Finale

1972-04-24T20:00:00Z

4x13 A Man Like Me (Richmond File 3)

Season Finale

4x13 A Man Like Me (Richmond File 3)

  • 1972-04-24T20:00:00Z50m

Callan tracks down Richmond who is trying to leave Britain.

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