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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!

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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  • The Worst Soldier I Ever Saw
    8.5/10(35)
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    #1 - The Worst Soldier I Ever Saw

    Season 2 Episode 13

    Aired 4/2/1969

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

    Director: Robert Tronson

    Writer: N/A

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  • A Man Like Me (Richmond File 3)
    8.5/10(54)
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    #2 - A Man Like Me (Richmond File 3)

    Season 4 Episode 13

    Aired 4/24/1972

    Callan tracks down Richmond who is trying to leave Britain.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Let's Kill Everybody
    8.4/10(34)
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    #3 - Let's Kill Everybody

    Season 2 Episode 5

    Aired 2/5/1969

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

    Director: Robert Tronson

    Writer: N/A

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  • Death of a Hunter
    8.4/10(31)
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    #4 - Death of a Hunter

    Season 2 Episode 15

    Aired 4/16/1969

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • I Never Wanted the Job
    8.3/10(44)
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    #5 - I Never Wanted the Job

    Season 4 Episode 8

    Aired 4/19/1972

    Lonely becomes the unlucky witness to a mob hit.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Call Me Enemy (Richmond File 1)
    8.3/10(43)
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    #6 - Call Me Enemy (Richmond File 1)

    Season 4 Episode 11

    Aired 5/10/1972

    Callan debriefs a top enemy defector.

    Director: Bill Bain

    Writer: George Markstein

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  • Red Knight, White Knight
    8.2/10(42)
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    #7 - Red Knight, White Knight

    Season 2 Episode 1

    Aired 1/8/1969

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

    Director: Peter Duguid

    Writer: N/A

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  • A Village Called G
    8.2/10(58)
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    #8 - A Village Called G

    Season 3 Episode 4

    Aired 4/29/1970

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Breakout
    8.2/10(56)
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    #9 - Breakout

    Season 3 Episode 8

    Aired 6/3/1970

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Call Me Sir!
    8.2/10(49)
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    #10 - Call Me Sir!

    Season 4 Episode 2

    Aired 3/8/1972

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • First Refusal
    8.2/10(47)
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    #11 - First Refusal

    Season 4 Episode 3

    Aired 3/15/1972

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • If He Can, So Could I
    8.2/10(45)
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    #12 - If He Can, So Could I

    Season 4 Episode 5

    Aired 3/29/1972

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

    Director: Peter Duguid

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Carrier
    8.2/10(42)
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    #13 - The Carrier

    Season 4 Episode 9

    Aired 4/26/1972

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Most Promising Girl of Her Year
    8.1/10(38)
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    #14 - The Most Promising Girl of Her Year

    Season 2 Episode 2

    Aired 1/15/1969

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

    Director: Peter Duguid

    Writer: N/A

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  • Heir Apparent
    8.1/10(25)
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    #15 - Heir Apparent

    Season 2 Episode 6

    Aired 2/12/1969

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

    Director: Peter Duguid

    Writer: N/A

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  • Do You Recognise the Woman? (Richmond File 2)
    8.1/10(40)
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    #16 - Do You Recognise the Woman? (Richmond File 2)

    Season 4 Episode 12

    Aired 5/17/1972

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

    Director: Peter Duguid

    Writer: N/A

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  • A Magnum for Schneider (pilot)
    8.0/10(70)
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    #17 - A Magnum for Schneider (pilot)

    Season 1 Episode 1

    Aired 2/6/1967

    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.

    Director: Bill Bain

    Writer: N/A

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  • Act of Kindness
    8.0/10(57)
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    #18 - Act of Kindness

    Season 3 Episode 6

    Aired 5/20/1970

    Callan helps a former agent out of a blackmailing business.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • But's He's a Lord, Mr. Callan
    7.9/10(55)
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    #19 - But's He's a Lord, Mr. Callan

    Season 1 Episode 6

    Aired 8/5/1967

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • God Help Your Friends
    7.9/10(53)
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    #20 - God Help Your Friends

    Season 3 Episode 7

    Aired 5/27/1970

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

    Director: Peter Duguid

    Writer: N/A

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  • That'll Be the Day
    7.9/10(49)
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    #21 - That'll Be the Day

    Season 4 Episode 1

    Aired 3/1/1972

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Charlie Says It's Goodbye
    7.9/10(45)
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    #22 - Charlie Says It's Goodbye

    Season 4 Episode 7

    Aired 4/12/1972

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

    Director: Peter Duguid

    Writer: N/A

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  • Where Else Could I Go?
    7.8/10(65)
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    #23 - Where Else Could I Go?

    Season 3 Episode 1

    Aired 4/8/1970

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Summoned To Appear
    7.8/10(59)
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    #24 - Summoned To Appear

    Season 3 Episode 2

    Aired 4/15/1970

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Same Trick Twice
    7.8/10(60)
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    #25 - The Same Trick Twice

    Season 3 Episode 3

    Aired 4/22/1970

    An exchange of captured agents with the Soviets goes sour.

    Director: Peter Duguid

    Writer: N/A

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Worst Soldier I Ever Saw" is the best rated episode of "Callan". It scored 8.5/10 based on 35 votes. Directed by Robert Tronson and written by N/A, it aired on 4/2/1969. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "A Man Like Me (Richmond File 3)".