Callan

The Best Episodes of Callan

Genres:Action & AdventureDrama
Network:ITV1

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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  1. 8.5/10(35 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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  2. 8.5/10(32 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:N/A
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  3. 8.5/10(55 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:N/A
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  4. 8.4/10(34 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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  5. 8.3/10(45 votes)

    #5 - I Never Wanted the Job

    S4:E8

    Lonely becomes the unlucky witness to a mob hit.

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  6. 8.3/10(43 votes)

    #6 - Call Me Enemy (Richmond File 1)

    S4:E11

    Callan debriefs a top enemy defector.

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  8. 8.2/10(42 votes)

    #7 - 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:N/A
  9. 8.2/10(58 votes)

    #8 - A Village Called G

    S3:E4

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

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  10. 8.2/10(56 votes)

    #9 - 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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  11. 8.2/10(49 votes)

    #10 - Call Me Sir!

    S4:E2

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

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  12. 8.2/10(47 votes)

    #11 - 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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  13. 8.2/10(45 votes)

    #12 - 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
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  14. 8.2/10(42 votes)

    #13 - The Carrier

    S4:E9

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

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  15. 8.1/10(38 votes)

    #14 - 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:N/A
  16. 8.1/10(25 votes)

    #15 - 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:N/A
  17. 8.1/10(40 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
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  18. 8.0/10(57 votes)

    #17 - Act of Kindness

    S3:E6

    Callan helps a former agent out of a blackmailing business.

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  19. 7.9/10(71 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
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  20. 7.9/10(55 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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  21. 7.9/10(54 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:N/A
  22. 7.9/10(49 votes)

    #21 - That'll Be the Day

    S4:E1

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

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  23. 7.9/10(45 votes)

    #22 - 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
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  24. 7.8/10(65 votes)

    #23 - 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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  25. 7.8/10(59 votes)

    #24 - 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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  26. 7.8/10(60 votes)

    #25 - The Same Trick Twice

    S3:E3

    An exchange of captured agents with the Soviets goes sour.

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    Director:Peter Duguid
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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, "Death of a Hunter".