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The Worst Episodes of Callan

Every episode of Callan ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst 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...
Genres:Action & AdventureDrama
Network:ITV1

Worst Episodes Summary

"The Good Ones Are All Dead" is the worst rated episode of "Callan". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 7/8/1967. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "Goodbye, Nobby Clarke".

  • The Good Ones Are All Dead
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    #1 - 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
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    #2 - 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
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    #3 - 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
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    #4 - 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

  • You Should Have Got Here Sooner
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    #5 - 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

  • You're Under Starter's Orders
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    #6 - You're Under Starter's Orders

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 1/22/1969

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Robert Banks Stewart

  • Land of Light and Peace
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    #7 - Land of Light and Peace

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 2/19/1969

    Callan must retrieve a microfilm from a spying medium.

    Director: Piers Haggard

    Writer: N/A

  • Blackmailers Should Be Discouraged
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    #8 - Blackmailers Should Be Discouraged

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 2/26/1969

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Jack-on-Top
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    #9 - Jack-on-Top

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 3/12/1969

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Once a Big Man, Always a Big Man
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    #10 - Once a Big Man, Always a Big Man

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 3/19/1969

    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.

    Director: Bill Bain

    Writer: N/A

  • Running Dog
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    #11 - Running Dog

    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 3/26/1969

    Callan must stop fashist agitators from killing the Chinese Ambassador.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: William Emms

  • Amos Green Must Live
    6.9/1052 votes
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    #12 - Amos Green Must Live

    Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 6/24/1970

    A parlamental candidate recieves a death threat.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Death of a Friend
    7.3/1024 votes
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    #13 - Death of a Friend

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 3/5/1969

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

    Director: Peter Duguid

    Writer: N/A

  • None of Your Business
    7.4/1042 votes
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    #14 - None of Your Business

    Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 4/5/1972

    The old Hunter returns and Callan tries to get away.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Little Bits and Pieces of Love
    7.6/1056 votes
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    #15 - Little Bits and Pieces of Love

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 1/29/1969

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

    Director: Peter Sasdy

    Writer: N/A

  • Rules of the Game
    7.6/1047 votes
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    #16 - Rules of the Game

    Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 3/22/1972

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Nice People Die at Home
    7.7/1043 votes
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    #17 - Nice People Die at Home

    Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 4/9/1969

    Callan brings confusion into a Russian spy network.

    Director: Peter Duguid

    Writer: Robert Banks Stewart

  • Where Else Could I Go?
    7.8/1065 votes
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    #18 - 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

  • Summoned To Appear
    7.8/1059 votes
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    #19 - 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

  • The Same Trick Twice
    7.8/1058 votes
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    #20 - 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

  • Suddenly - At Home
    7.8/1055 votes
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    #21 - 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

  • That'll Be the Day
    7.8/1048 votes
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    #22 - That'll Be the Day

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 3/1/1972

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Contract
    7.8/1042 votes
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    #23 - The Contract

    Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 5/3/1972

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • But's He's a Lord, Mr. Callan
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    #24 - 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

  • God Help Your Friends
    7.9/1053 votes
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    #25 - 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