Peter Duguid
Director
Callan (1967)
Season 2
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'.
Released July 8, 1967
Episode 50 min
None+
Genres: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery
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Production Companies: ABC Weekend Television, Thames Television
Network: ITV1
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S2E1 - Red Knight, White Knight
The Section's new Hunter has Callan pulled from the field.
Jan. 8, 1969, midnight
S2E2 - The Most Promising Girl of Her Year
Callan must prove that a young biochemist is not giving information to the East.
Jan. 15, 1969, midnight
S2E3 - You're Under Starter's Orders
Callan apparently turns renegade. A ruse to trap the head of a ‘pipeline' for smuggling foreign agents and defectors out of the country.
Jan. 22, 1969, midnight
S2E4 - Little Bits and Pieces of Love
Callan must use the wife of a rocket scientist as bait to lure the same scientist to Britain.
Jan. 29, 1969, midnight
S2E5 - Let's Kill Everybody
A freelance German mercenary organisation who specialise in eliminating foreign security sections have their sights set on the Section.
Feb. 5, 1969, midnight
S2E6 - Heir Apparent
After Hunter's death Meres and Calln must fetch the new Hunter from East Germany.
Feb. 12, 1969, midnight
S2E7 - Land of Light and Peace
Callan must retrieve a microfilm from a spying medium.
Feb. 19, 1969, midnight
S2E8 - Blackmailers Should Be Discouraged
Calln must find everything out about the past of an influential politician.
Feb. 26, 1969, midnight
S2E9 - Death of a Friend
The French O.A.S. carry an internal war into England. Callan and Meres must sort out the mess.
March 5, 1969, midnight
S2E10 - Jack-on-Top
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.
March 12, 1969, midnight
S2E11 - Once a Big Man, Always a Big Man
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.
March 19, 1969, midnight
S2E12 - Running Dog
Callan must stop fashist agitators from killing the Chinese Ambassador.
March 26, 1969, midnight
S2E13 - The Worst Soldier I Ever Saw
Security wants a retired brigadier of the British army to be stopped from accepting a job offer from a sultan, deadly force is requested.
April 2, 1969, midnight
S2E14 - Nice People Die at Home
Callan brings confusion into a Russian spy network.
April 9, 1969, midnight
S2E15 - Death of a Hunter
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.
April 16, 1969, midnight
Network: ITV1
Episode Runtime: 50 min.
Season Runtime: 2200 min.
Released: July 8, 1967
Last Air Date: May 17, 1972, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: 16+
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