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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.

A Magnum for Schneider (pilot)

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.

The Good Ones Are All Dead

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

Goodbye, Nobby Clarke

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.

Death of Robert E. Lee

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.

Goodness Burns Too Bright

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

But's He's a Lord, Mr. Callan

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

You Should Have Got Here Sooner

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

Red Knight, White Knight

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

The Most Promising Girl of Her Year

Callan apparently turns renegade. A ruse to trap the head of a â€˜pipeline' for smuggling foreign agents and defectors out of the country.

You're Under Starter's Orders

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

Little Bits and Pieces of Love

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

Let's Kill Everybody

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

Heir Apparent

Callan must retrieve a microfilm from a spying medium.

Land of Light and Peace

Calln must find everything out about the past of an influential politician.

Blackmailers Should Be Discouraged

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

Death of a Friend

Callan and Meres must catch the controller of a ring of spies before he can leave the country with the information the ring has gathered.

Jack-on-Top

Callan and Meres must secure the safe of a ship that was sunk during World War Two. It contains a list of Third Reich collaborateurs and puppets. A survivor of the ship tries to stop them.

Once a Big Man, Always a Big Man

Callan must stop fashist agitators from killing the Chinese Ambassador.

Running Dog

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

The Worst Soldier I Ever Saw

Callan brings confusion into a Russian spy network.

Nice People Die at Home

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.

Death of a Hunter

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

Where Else Could I Go?

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.

Summoned To Appear

An exchange of captured agents with the Soviets goes sour.

The Same Trick Twice

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

A Village Called G

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

Suddenly - At Home

Callan helps a former agent out of a blackmailing business.

Act of Kindness

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

God Help Your Friends

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

Breakout

A parlamental candidate recieves a death threat.

Amos Green Must Live

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

That'll Be the Day

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

Call Me Sir!

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

First Refusal

Callan orders Cross to terrorise an innocent Russian family for political reasons.

Rules of the Game

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

If He Can, So Could I

The old Hunter returns and Callan tries to get away.

None of Your Business

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

Charlie Says It's Goodbye

Lonely becomes the unlucky witness to a mob hit.

I Never Wanted the Job

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

The Carrier

Callan substitutes himself for an assassin in order to prevent an assassination.

The Contract

Call Me Enemy (Richmond File 1)

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

Do You Recognise the Woman? (Richmond File 2)

Callan tracks down Richmond who is trying to leave Britain.

A Man Like Me (Richmond File 3)

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 Television, it was aired on the ITV network over four seasons spread out between 1967 and 1972. The series starred Edward Woodward as David Callan, a reluctant professional killer for a shadowy branch of the British Government's intelligence services known as 'the Section'.

The Best Seasons of Callan

The Best Seasons of Callan

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Season 1

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