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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 A Man Like Me (Richmond File 3)
    8.5/10(56 votes)

    #3 - A Man Like Me (Richmond File 3)

    S4:E13

    Callan tracks down Richmond who is trying to leave Britain.

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

    #4 - 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
  5. Background image for I Never Wanted the Job
    8.4/10(46 votes)

    #5 - I Never Wanted the Job

    S4:E8

    Lonely becomes the unlucky witness to a mob hit.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for Call Me Enemy (Richmond File 1)
    8.4/10(44 votes)

    #6 - Call Me Enemy (Richmond File 1)

    S4:E11

    Callan debriefs a top enemy defector.

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  8. Background image for Call Me Sir!
    8.3/10(50 votes)

    #7 - Call Me Sir!

    S4:E2

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for If He Can, So Could I
    8.3/10(46 votes)

    #8 - If He Can, So Could I

    S4:E5

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

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    Director:Peter Duguid
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for Red Knight, White Knight
    8.2/10(43 votes)

    #9 - 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
  11. Background image for The Most Promising Girl of Her Year
    8.2/10(39 votes)

    #10 - 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
  12. Background image for Heir Apparent
    8.2/10(26 votes)

    #11 - 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
  13. Background image for A Village Called G
    8.2/10(59 votes)

    #12 - A Village Called G

    S3:E4

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for Breakout
    8.2/10(58 votes)

    #13 - 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
  15. Background image for First Refusal
    8.2/10(48 votes)

    #14 - First Refusal

    S4:E3

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for The Carrier
    8.2/10(43 votes)

    #15 - The Carrier

    S4:E9

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  17. Background image for Do You Recognise the Woman? (Richmond File 2)
    8.2/10(41 votes)

    #16 - Do You Recognise the Woman? (Richmond File 2)

    S4:E12

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

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    Director:Peter Duguid
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for Act of Kindness
    8.1/10(58 votes)

    #17 - Act of Kindness

    S3:E6

    Callan helps a former agent out of a blackmailing business.

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

    #18 - 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
  20. Background image for But's He's a Lord, Mr. Callan
    8.0/10(56 votes)

    #19 - 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
  21. Background image for God Help Your Friends
    8.0/10(56 votes)

    #20 - 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
  22. Background image for Charlie Says It's Goodbye
    8.0/10(46 votes)

    #21 - Charlie Says It's Goodbye

    S4:E7

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

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

    #22 - 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
  24. Background image for The Same Trick Twice
    7.9/10(61 votes)

    #23 - 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
  25. Background image for Suddenly - At Home
    7.9/10(58 votes)

    #24 - 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
  26. Background image for That'll Be the Day
    7.9/10(51 votes)

    #25 - That'll Be the Day

    S4:E1

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

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    Director:Unknown
    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".