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The Best Episodes of Callan Season 1

Every episode of Callan Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Callan Season 1!

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...
Genres:Action & AdventureDrama
Network:ITV1

Season 1 Ratings Summary

"A Magnum for Schneider (pilot)" is the best rated episode of "Callan" season 1. It scored 8/10 based on 69 votes. Directed by Bill Bain and written by N/A, it aired on 2/6/1967. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "The Good Ones Are All Dead".

  • A Magnum for Schneider (pilot)
    8.0/1069 votes

    #1 - 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

  • The Good Ones Are All Dead
    NaN/100 votes

    #2 - The Good Ones Are All Dead

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/8/1967

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Goodbye, Nobby Clarke
    NaN/100 votes

    #3 - Goodbye, Nobby Clarke

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 7/15/1967

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

    Director: Peter Duguid

    Writer: Robert Banks Stewart

  • Death of Robert E. Lee
    NaN/100 votes

    #4 - Death of Robert E. Lee

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 7/22/1967

    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.

    Director: Robert Tronson

    Writer: N/A

  • Goodness Burns Too Bright
    NaN/100 votes

    #5 - Goodness Burns Too Bright

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 7/29/1967

    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.

    Director: Bill Bain

    Writer: N/A

  • But's He's a Lord, Mr. Callan
    7.9/1055 votes

    #6 - 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

  • You Should Have Got Here Sooner
    NaN/100 votes

    #7 - You Should Have Got Here Sooner

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 8/12/1967

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

    Director: Piers Haggard

    Writer: N/A