8.6/1034 votesLoading...#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
8.5/1054 votesLoading...#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
8.4/1034 votesLoading...#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
8.4/1031 votesLoading...#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
8.3/1043 votesLoading...#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
8.3/1043 votesLoading...#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
8.2/1042 votesLoading...#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
8.2/1057 votesLoading...#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
8.2/1054 votesLoading...#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
8.2/1048 votesLoading...#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
8.2/1047 votesLoading...#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
8.2/1045 votesLoading...#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
8.2/1042 votesLoading...#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
8.1/1038 votesLoading...#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
8.1/1025 votesLoading...#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
8.1/1040 votesLoading...#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
8.0/1069 votesLoading...#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
8.0/1056 votesLoading...#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
7.9/1055 votesLoading...#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
7.9/1053 votesLoading...#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
7.9/1045 votesLoading...#21 - 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
7.8/1065 votesLoading...#22 - 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
7.8/1059 votesLoading...#23 - 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
7.8/1058 votesLoading...#24 - 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
7.8/1055 votesLoading...#25 - Suddenly - At Home
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 5/13/1970
Callan and Cross are assigned to protect a woman whom Callan becomes involved with.
Director: Piers Haggard
Writer: N/A
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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Network:ITV1
Best Episodes Summary
"The Worst Soldier I Ever Saw" is the best rated episode of "Callan". It scored 8.6/10 based on 34 votes. Directed by Robert Tronson and written by N/A, it aired on 4/2/1969. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "A Man Like Me (Richmond File 3)".