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Callan is a British action/drama television series created by James Mitchell, first airing between 1967 and 1972. It starred Edward Woodward as David Callan, an agent of a state secret service dealing with internal security threats to the United Kingdom. Though portrayed as having responsibilities similar to those of the real-life MI5, Callan's fictional "Section" has carte blanche to use the most ruthless of methods. In the storylines interrogation is by means of torture, while extrajudicial killings are so routine they have a colour-coded filing system. With the possible exception of La Femme Nikita, no TV series has ever presented a Western government agency in so sinister a light as Callan. Despite being an assassin who stays in the socially isolating job because it is the only thing he is good at, Callan is a sympathetic character by comparison to his sadistic upper-class colleagues and implacable superior. The downbeat cover for the Section's headquarters was the scrap metal business of "Charlie Hunter". Produced by ABC Weekend Television and Thames Television, the programme proved extremely popular; as well as four series between 1967 and 1972, there was a film in 1974 and a tv movie in 1981.
Original Release
02/04/1967
Cast
Name | Character |
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Edward Woodward | David Callan / Callan |
Russell Hunter | Lonely |
Lisa Langdon | Liz March / Liz March - Hunter's Secretary / Liz-Hunter's Secretary / Liz, Hunter's Secretary / Secretary / Hunter's Secretary / Liz - Hunter's Secretary / Liz |
Anthony Valentine | Toby Meres / Mears / Meres |
William Squire | Hunter |
Patrick Mower | Cross / James Cross |
Geoffrey Chater | Bishop |
Ronald Radd | Hunter / Colonel Leslie / Hunter #1 / Previous Hunter |
Derek Bond | Hunter |
Clifford Rose | Snell / Dr. Snell |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | That'll Be the Day | Wednesday, 01 March 1972 |
2 | Call Me Sir! | Wednesday, 08 March 1972 |
3 | First Refusal | Wednesday, 15 March 1972 |
4 | Rules of the Game | Wednesday, 22 March 1972 |
5 | If He Can, So Could I | Wednesday, 29 March 1972 |
6 | None of Your Business | Wednesday, 05 April 1972 |
7 | Charlie Says It's Goodbye | Wednesday, 12 April 1972 |
8 | I Never Wanted the Job | Wednesday, 19 April 1972 |
9 | The Carrier | Wednesday, 26 April 1972 |
10 | The Contract | Wednesday, 03 May 1972 |
11 | The Richmond File: Call Me Enemy | Wednesday, 10 May 1972 |
12 | The Richmond File: Do You Recognise the Woman? | Wednesday, 17 May 1972 |
13 | The Richmond File: A Man Like Me | Wednesday, 24 May 1972 |
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Directors
Peter Duguid, Jim Goddard, Mike Vardy, Bill Bain, Reginald Collin, Robert Tronson, Voytek, Piers Haggard, Toby Robertson, Jonathan Alwyn, Peter Sasdy, Guy Verney
Writers
James Mitchell, Ray Jenkins, Bill Craig, Robert Banks Stewart, Trevor Preston, Terence Feely, John Kershaw, Michael Winder, William Emms, Peter Hill, Lee Dunne, George Markstein
Creators
Cast
Name | Character |
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Edward Woodward | David Callan / Callan |
Russell Hunter | Lonely |
Lisa Langdon | Liz March / Liz March - Hunter's Secretary / Liz-Hunter's Secretary / Liz, Hunter's Secretary / Secretary / Hunter's Secretary / Liz - Hunter's Secretary / Liz |
Anthony Valentine | Toby Meres / Mears / Meres |
William Squire | Hunter |
Patrick Mower | Cross / James Cross |
Geoffrey Chater | Bishop |
Ronald Radd | Hunter / Colonel Leslie / Hunter #1 / Previous Hunter |
Derek Bond | Hunter |
Clifford Rose | Snell / Dr. Snell |
Paul Williamson | Stafford |
Michael Goodliffe | Hunter |
T.P. McKenna | Richmond / Richmond (as T.P. McKenna |
Harry Towb | Judd / Eric Marshall |
John Wentworth | Sir John Harvey / Sir Michael Harvey |
Peter Blythe | Horst / Trofimchuk |
Frank Coda | Taxi Driver / Det. Sergeant |
Peter Beton | Radio Announcer (voice) / Shop Assistant |
David Hargreaves | Karl Donner / Harris |
Cheryl Hall | Girl on bus / Gladys |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Lloyd Shirley | Executive Producer |
Reginald Collin | Producer |
John Kershaw | Producer |
Terence Feely | Producer |