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Callan

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by Alan Morton

Last updated:
Thu, 25 Oct 2018 21:00

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aired from: Feb 1967
to: May 1972, 1974 & 1981
44 eps, 1 Feature,
1 Reunion TVM
ITV 60 min b&w / colour mono

regulars:

  • Edward Woodward as Callan
  • Ronald Radd as Col. Hunter [ episodes 0 - 6, 20 ]
  • Michael Goodliffe as Col. Hunter [ episodes 7 - 11 ]
  • Derek Bond as Col. Hunter [ episodes 12 - 19, 21 ]
  • William Squire as Col. Hunter [ episode 22+ ]
  • Russell Hunter as Lonely
  • Anthony Valentine as Toby Mears [ episodes 1 - 21, 33+ ]
  • Lisa Langdon as Liz (Hunter's secretary)
  • Patrick Mower as Cross [ episodes 22 - 35 ]

    recurring characters:

  • Clifford Ross as Snell
  • John Wentworth as Sir Michael Harvey
  • Jeffrey Chater as Bishop [ series 3 & 4 only ]
  • T.P. McKenna as Richmond [ series 4 only ]
  • Paul Williamson as Stafford [ series 4 only ]


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      Pilot 1967 [ p/o The Armchair Theatre ]

    1. _"A Magnum for Schneider"
      gs: Joseph Furst [ Unknown ], Peter Bowles [ Meres ], Francesca Tu [ Unknown ]

      Col. Hunter pulls Callan out of retirement to kill an arms dealer, and then frame him for the killing.

      b: 4 Feb 67 pc: _________ w: James Schneider d: Bill Bain

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      1st Series 1967

    2. _"The Good Ones are All Dead"
      gs: Powrys Thomas [ Unknown ], Linda Marlowe [ Unknown ], Tom Kempinski [ Unknown ]

      Callan is forced to rejoin the section after refusing another assignment due to his distrust of Col. Hunter.

      b: 8 Jul 67 pc: _________ w: James Mitchell d: Toby Robertson
    3. _"Goodbye, Nobby Clarke"
      gs: Michael Robbins [ Unknown ], Helen Ford [ Unknown ], Bruce Purchase [ Unknown ]

      Callan is assigned to kill his former mentor who- has become a mercenary.

      b: 15 Jul 67 pc: _________ w: Robert Banks Stewart d: Peter Duguid
    4. _"The Death of Robert E. Lee"
      gs: Burt Kwouk [ Unknown ], Francesca Tu [ Unknown ], George Roubicek [ Unknown ]

      Callan is assigned to go after a dangerous oriental villain.

      b: 22 Jul 67 pc: _________ w: James Mitchell d: Robert Tronson
    5. _"Goodness Burns Too Bright"
      gs: Gladys Cooper [ Unknown ], Robert Lang [ Unknown ], Jeremy Lloyd [ Unknown ]

      After sustaining an injury in the field Callan is ordered to take a complete medical check up which seems to take a lot longer than Callan thinks it should.

      b: 29 Jul 67 pc: _________ w: James Mitchell d: Bill Bain
    6. _"But He's a Lord, Mr Callan"
      gs: Donald Hewlett [ Unknown ], Ann Bell [ Unknown ], Gerald Flood [ Unknown ]

      Callan is told that the section will disavow all knowledge of his activities if he is caught in his latest assignment of killing an aristocrat.

      b: 5 Aug 67 pc: _________ w: James Mitchell d: Guy Verney
    7. _"You Should Have Got Here Sooner"
      gs: Derek Newark [ Unknown ], Jon Laurimore [ Unknown ], Pinkie Johnstone [ Unknown ]

      With Hunter extremely upset with him, Callan is confronted by a witness to a crime who refuses to reveal what he knows about the crime.

      b: 12 Aug 67 pc: _________ w: James Mitchell d: Piers Haggard

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      2nd Series 1969

    8. _"Red Knight, White Knight"
      gs: Douglas Fielding [ Unknown ], John Savident [ Unknown ], Duncan Lamont [ Unknown ]

      Callan must prevent the KGB from killing a defector he is debriefing in a remote house.

      b: 8 Jan 69 pc: _________ w: James Mitchell d: Peter Duguid
    9. _"The Most Promising Girl of Her Year"
      gs: Elizabeth Bell [ Unknown ], Raymond Young [ Unknown ]

      Callan looks into a romance between a British and a German scientist, who the section has become suspicious of.

      b: 15 Jan 69 pc: _________ w: James Mitchell d: Peter Duguid
    10. _"You're Under Starter's Orders"
      gs: Harold Innocent [ Unknown ], Warren Stanhope [ Unknown ], Kathleen Byron [ Unknown ]

      Callan takes head office files and plans on leaving the country with them, causing Hunter to think he has sold out to the other side.

      b: 22 Jan 69 pc: _________ w: Robert Banks Stewart d: Mike Vardy
    11. _"Little Bits and Pieces of Love"
      gs: Pauline Jameson [ Unknown ], Fabia Drake [ Unknown ], Vladek Sheybal [ Unknown ], Lawrence Hardy [ Unknown ]

      Callan enlists the aid of a scientist's ex-wife as he tries to get the man to come back from East Germany.

      b: 29 Jan 69 pc: _________ w: James Mitchell d: Peter Sasdy
    12. _"Let's Kill Everybody"
      gs: Peter Welch [ Unknown ], Henry Knowles [ Unknown ]

      Hunter is killed by an unknown assailant, who has already killed several top agents, despite having Callan and Meres to protect him.

      b: 5 Feb 69 pc: _________ w: Ray Jenkins d: Robert Tronson
    13. _"Heir Apparent"
      gs: Peter Callier [ Unknown ], John Wentworth [ Unknown ]

      Callan brings in the new Hunter from East Germany, with foreign agents tailing him all the way.

      b: 12 Feb 69 pc: _________ w: Hugh D'Allenger d: Peter Duguid
    14. _"Land of Light and Peace"
      gs: Betty Marsden [ Unknown ], Allan Cullen [ Unknown ], Bruce Purchase [ Unknown ]

      Callan investigates a spiritualist organization, which is suspected of being a cover for espionage.

      b: 19 Feb 69 pc: _________ w: James Mitchell d: Piers Haggard
    15. _"Blackmailers Should Be Discouraged"
      gs: Nicholas Selby [ Unknown ], Karin MacCarthy [ Unknown ], John Woodnutt [ Unknown ]

      Callan looks into the past of a Canadian Atomic Corporation official when a letter comes in stating his background should be checked.

      b: 26 Feb 69 pc: _________ w: James Mitchell d: James Goddard
    16. _"Death of a Friend"
      gs: Geoffrey Cheshire [ Unknown ], John Dearth [ Unknown ], Ann Lynn [ Unknown ], Jerome Willis [ Unknown ]

      A French agent who is an old friend of Callan's is sent to London to investigate a suspicious car crash in which a French agent was killed.

      b: 5 Mar 69 pc: _________ w: Ray Jenkins d: Peter Duguid
    17. _"Jack-On-Top"
      gs: John Bailey [ Unknown ], Anthony Blackshaw [ Unknown ], Conrad Phillips [ Unknown ]

      Callan is sent to capture the KGB's top London agent, after a trap the Section devised to capture him fails..

      b: 12 Mar 69 pc: _________ w: Trevor Preston d: Mike Vardy
    18. _"Once a Big Man, Always a Big Man"
      gs: Michael Beint [ Unknown ], Bernard Archard [ Unknown ], Jacqueline Pearce [ Unknown ]

      Callan sets out to recover a list of names of people who played vital roles in the war which was discovered in a vault on a sunken ship.

      b: 19 Mar 69 pc: _________ w: Ray Jenkins d: Bill Bain
    19. _"The Running Dog"
      gs: Renny Lister [ Unknown ], Burt Kwouk [ Unknown ], Nicholas Courtney [ Unknown ]

      Callan goes after a fascist group who is after a Chinese official.

      b: 26 Mar 69 pc: _________ w: William Emms d: James Goddard
    20. _"The Worst Soldier I Ever Saw"
      gs: Allan Cuthbertson [ Unknown ], Ronald Radd [ Unknown ], John Wentworth [ Unknown ], Tessa Wyatt [ Unknown ]

      Callan joins the household staff of an ex-Brigadier who is a suspected African mercenary leader.

      b: 2 Apr 69 pc: _________ w: James Mitchell d: Robert Tronson
    21. _"Nice People Die at Home"
      gs: Harry Towb [ Unknown ], Frederick Jaeger [ Unknown ]

      Callan poses as a KGB agent to convince two Russians that he is in charge of KGB London operations.

      b: 9 Apr 69 pc: _________ w: Robert Banks Stewart d: Peter Duguid
    22. _"Death of a Hunter"
      gs: Derek Warring [ Unknown ]

      Captured by the KGB, Callan is brainwashed into believing that Hunter is a KGB agent who must be eliminated.

      b: 16 Apr 69 pc: _________ w: Michael Winder d: Reginald Colin

      NOTE: Two different endings were filmed for this episode when it wasn't clear whether the series would be back. One ending showed Callan dying, the other kept him alive. The public demanded that he should live, so that was the ending that was transmitted.

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      3rd Series 1970 colour

    23. _"Where Else Could I Go?"
      gs: Clifford Rose [ Unknown ], Harry Towb [ Unknown ], Queenie Watts [ Unknown ]

      Callan must convince the new Hunter that he should be allowed back into the service.

      b: 8 Apr 70 pc: _________ w: James Mitchell d: James Goddard
    24. _"Summoned to Appear"
      gs: George Pravda [ Unknown ], Hana-Maria Pravda [ Unknown ], Edward Caddick [ Unknown ]

      When Cross kills an innocent person there are two witnesses: Callan who claims it was an accident and someone else who claims it was murder.

      b: 15 Apr 70 pc: _________ w: Trevor Preston d: Voytek
    25. _"The Same Trick Twice"
      gs: Geoffrey Chater [ Unknown ], Richard Hurndall [ Unknown ], Patrick O'Connell [ Unknown ]

      A proposed swap of captured agents with the Soviets does not work out as planned.

      b: 22 Apr 70 pc: _________ w: Bill Craig d: Peter Duguid
    26. _"A Village Called `G'"
      gs: Harry Towb [ Unknown ], Joseph Furst [ Unknown ], Graham Crowden [ Unknown ]

      Callan learns that Liz is missing because she is planning on killing someone for revenge.

      b: 13 May 70 pc: _________ w: James Mitchell d: Mike Vardy
    27. _"Suddenly - at Home"
      gs: Zena Walter [ Unknown ], Tony Beckley [ Unknown ]

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

      b: 20 May 70 pc: _________ w: James Mitchell d: Piers Haggard
    28. _"Act of Kindness"
      gs: Ray Smith [ Unknown ], Anthony Nicholls [ Unknown ], Jacqueline Maude [ Unknown ]

      Callan comes to the aid of a former undercover agent who is being blackmailed by a business rival.

      b: 27 May 70 pc: _________ w: Michael Winder d: Mike Vardy
    29. _"God Help Your Friends"
      gs: Stephanie Beacham [ Unknown ], Michael Jayston [ Unknown ], Rachel Herbert [ Unknown ]

      Hunter assigns Callan to break up a romance between a government interpreter and a suspected spy.

      b: 3 Jun 70 pc: _________ w: Williams Emms d: Peter Duguid
    30. _"Breakout"
      gs: Garfield Morgan [ Unknown ], William Fox [ Unknown ]

      Callan and Cross are assigned to break a Russian spy who has surrendered to police out of prison and then kill him.

      b: 10 Jun 70 pc: _________ w: James Mitchell d: Reginald Colin
    31. _"Amos Green Must Live"
      gs: Colin Redgrave [ Unknown ], Stefan Kalipha [ Unknown ], Annette Crosbie [ Unknown ]

      A death threat is received by a candidate for Parliament who is very racist towards Negroes.

      b: 24 Jun 70 pc: _________ w: Ray Jenkins d: James Goddard

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      4th Series 1972

    32. _"That'll Be the Day"
      gs: Ronald Radd [ Unknown (not Hunter) ], Julian Glover [ Unknown ], Queenie Watts [ Unknown ]

      The KGB captures Callan and stages his death so no one will come looking for him.

      b: 1 Mar 72 pc: _________ w: James Mitchell d: Mike Vardy
    33. _"Call Me Sir!"
      gs: Sarah Lawson [ Unknown ], Glynn Edwards [ Unknown ]

      Lonely is used as bait to get Callan back from the KGB.

      b: 8 Mar 72 pc: _________ w: Bill Craig d: Mike Vardy
    34. _"First Refusal"
      gs: Christopher Owen [ Unknown ], Martin Wyldeck [ Unknown ], Carol Atkins [ Unknown ]

      Callan's first job as the new Hunter is to recover a list of British undercover agents.

      b: 15 Mar 72 pc: _________ w: Bill Craig d: James Goddard
    35. _"Rules of the Game"
      gs: Virginia Stride [ Unknown ], Mike Pratt [ Unknown ], Geoffrey Chater [ Unknown ]

      Callan has Cross terrorize an innocent Russian family living in London for political reasons.

      b: 22 Mar 72 pc: _________ w: Ray Jenkins d: Voytek
    36. _"If He Can, So Could I"
      gs: Peter Blythe [ Unknown ], Clifford Rose [ Unknown ], Morris Perry [ Unknown ], John Abineri [ Unknown ]

      Callan looses his position as Hunter, when he goes after a KGB assassin who Cross was unable to stop in his quest to kill a defecting poet.

      b: 29 Mar 72 pc: _________ w: Ray Jenkins d: Peter Duguid
    37. _"None of Your Business"
      gs: Brian Murphy [ Unknown ], Tony Selby [ Unknown ]

      Callan tries to get a fake passport in order to leave Britain when Hunter returns to the section, and ends up discovering away that enemy agents are getting across the border.

      b: 5 Apr 72 pc: _________ w: Trevor Preston d: Voytek
    38. _"Charlie Says It's Goodbye"
      gs: Dennis Price [ Unknown ], Beth Harris [ Unknown ]

      Callan decides to leave the section when a girl he is seeing dislikes his job.

      b: 12 Apr 72 pc: _________ w: James Mitchell d: Peter Duguid
    39. _"I Never Wanted the Job"
      gs: William Marlowe [ Unknown ], Cleo Sylvester [ Unknown ], John Levene [ Unknown ]

      Gangsters come after Lonely after he witnesses a mob hit.

      b: 19 Apr 72 pc: _________ w: John Kershaw d: James Goddard
    40. _"The Carrier"
      gs: Peter Copley [ Unknown ], Jeffrey Segal [ Unknown ], Windsor Davies [ Unknown ]

      Callan and Lonely break into an enemy courier's home to find out how the other side operates.

      b: 26 Apr 72 pc: _________ w: Peter Hill d: Jonathan Alwyn
    41. _"The Contract"
      gs: Robert Urquhart [ Unknown ], Bernadette Milnes [ Unknown ]

      Callan takes the place of an assassin to prevent an assassination.

      b: 3 May 72 pc: _________ w: Bill Craig d: Reginald Collin
    42. _"The Richmond File: Call Me Enemy"
      gs: Brian Croucher [ Unknown ]

      Callan gets to debrief a top enemy agent, Richmond, who has decided to defect.

      b: 10 May 72 pc: _________ w: George Markstein d: Bill Bain
    43. _"The Richmond File: Do You Recognize the Woman?"
      gs: Sarah Lawson [ Unknown ], Cheryl Hall [ Unknown ]

      Richmond escapes from the Section and tries to break a KGB agent out of prison.

      b: 17 May 72 pc: _________ w: Bill Craig d: Peter Duguid
    44. _"The Richmond File: A Man Like Me"
      gs: Peter Sallis [ Unknown ]

      Callan tracks down Richmond who is trying to leave Britain.

      b: 24 May 72 pc: _________ w: James Mitchell d: Reginald Collin

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      Feature Film 1974

      _"Callan" (106 min)
      gs: Eric Porter [ Col. Hunter ], Carl Mohmer [ Unknown ], Catherine Schell [ Unknown ], Peter Egan [ Tony Meres ], Kenneth Griffith [ Unknown ]

      Callan is assigned to kill an arms dealer.

      b: __ ___ __ pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________

      NOTE: This is essentially a remake of the pilot. Check out the entry in the Internet Movie Database.

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      Reunion TVM 1981

      _"Wet Job" (90 min)
      gs: George Sewell [ Unknown ], Angela Bower [ Unknown ], Hugh Walters [ Col. Hunter ]

      Again the Section pulls Callan out of retirement, where he has been running a gun shop for 10 years, to become a bodyguard for a VIP.

      b: 2 Sep 81 pc: _________ w: James Mitchell d: Shaun O'Riordan

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