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The Best Episodes of Callan

Every episode of Callan ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Callan!

The Best Episodes of 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...

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  1. Background image for The Worst Soldier I Ever Saw
    8.5/10(36 votes)

    #1 - The Worst Soldier I Ever Saw

    S2:E13

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

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    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for Death of a Hunter
    8.5/10(33 votes)

    #2 - Death of a Hunter

    S2:E15

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for Let's Kill Everybody
    8.4/10(35 votes)

    #3 - Let's Kill Everybody

    S2:E5

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

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    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for Red Knight, White Knight
    8.3/10(44 votes)

    #4 - Red Knight, White Knight

    S2:E1

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

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    Director:Peter Duguid
    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for The Most Promising Girl of Her Year
    8.2/10(39 votes)

    #5 - The Most Promising Girl of Her Year

    S2:E2

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

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    Director:Peter Duguid
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for Heir Apparent
    8.2/10(26 votes)

    #6 - Heir Apparent

    S2:E6

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

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    Director:Peter Duguid
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for A Village Called G
    8.2/10(59 votes)

    #7 - A Village Called G

    S3:E4

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    8.2/10(58 votes)

    #8 - Breakout

    S3:E8

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for Act of Kindness
    8.1/10(59 votes)

    #9 - Act of Kindness

    S3:E6

    Callan helps a former agent out of a blackmailing business.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for A Magnum for Schneider (pilot)
    8.0/10(72 votes)

    #10 - A Magnum for Schneider (pilot)

    S1:E1

    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.

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    Director:Bill Bain
    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for But's He's a Lord, Mr. Callan
    8.0/10(56 votes)

    #11 - But's He's a Lord, Mr. Callan

    S1:E6

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for God Help Your Friends
    8.0/10(56 votes)

    #12 - God Help Your Friends

    S3:E7

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

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    Director:Peter Duguid
    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for Where Else Could I Go?
    7.9/10(66 votes)

    #13 - Where Else Could I Go?

    S3:E1

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for The Same Trick Twice
    7.9/10(62 votes)

    #14 - The Same Trick Twice

    S3:E3

    An exchange of captured agents with the Soviets goes sour.

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    Director:Peter Duguid
    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for Suddenly - At Home
    7.9/10(58 votes)

    #15 - Suddenly - At Home

    S3:E5

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

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    Director:Piers Haggard
    Writer:Unknown
  17. Background image for Summoned To Appear
    7.8/10(60 votes)

    #16 - Summoned To Appear

    S3:E2

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for Nice People Die at Home
    7.7/10(44 votes)

    #17 - Nice People Die at Home

    S2:E14

    Callan brings confusion into a Russian spy network.

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  19. Background image for Little Bits and Pieces of Love
    7.6/10(57 votes)

    #18 - Little Bits and Pieces of Love

    S2:E4

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

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    Director:Peter Sasdy
    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for Death of a Friend
    7.4/10(25 votes)

    #19 - Death of a Friend

    S2:E9

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

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    Director:Peter Duguid
    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for Amos Green Must Live
    7.0/10(57 votes)

    #20 - Amos Green Must Live

    S3:E9

    A parlamental candidate recieves a death threat.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for The Good Ones Are All Dead
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #21 - The Good Ones Are All Dead

    S1:E2

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for Goodbye, Nobby Clarke
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #22 - Goodbye, Nobby Clarke

    S1:E3

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

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    #23 - Death of Robert E. Lee

    S1:E4

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown
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    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #24 - Goodness Burns Too Bright

    S1:E5

    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.

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    Director:Bill Bain
    Writer:Unknown
  26. Background image for You Should Have Got Here Sooner
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #25 - You Should Have Got Here Sooner

    S1:E7

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

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    Director:Piers Haggard
    Writer:Unknown

Best Episodes Summary

"The Worst Soldier I Ever Saw" is the best rated episode of "Callan". It scored 8.5/10 based on 36 votes. Directed by Robert Tronson and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/2/1969. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Death of a Hunter".