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Callan – But He’s A Lord, Mr Callan

H E Cooper — Tue, 21 May 2024 18:30:15 +0000

Written by: James Mitchell Directed by: Guy Verney Caroline Fielding (Ann Bell) is the wife of a diplomat with good connections to the US President. She’s being blackmailed by Lord Lindale (Donald Hewlett), a gambler who is threatening to sell compromising photos of her husband to the Russians. Former Section operative Miller (Gerald Flood) has …

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Where did Callan get his suit in But He’s a Lord, Mr Callan?

H E Cooper — Sun, 19 May 2024 18:45:55 +0000

In the missing episode But He’s a Lord, Mr Callan, Callan hands over a portion of gambling winnings to his ex-colleague, who says there should be more. Callan tells him, “Fifty quid expenses. I’ve got to look smart when I stay with a lord, haven’t I?” Later, Lonely comes to collect Callan’s things for their …

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Callan – Goodness Burns Too Bright

H E Cooper — Sun, 17 Dec 2023 13:35:50 +0000

Bauer (Robert Lang) is to help the Section plant an agent in East Germany. He comes to Hunter with a proposal to tip the East Germans off and send in a decoy – if they find a decoy first they won’t be looking for the real agent. Bauer had a previous run-in with Callan and …

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Callan – The Death of Robert E Lee

H E Cooper — Mon, 09 Oct 2023 06:51:36 +0000

The Death of Robert E Lee is Callan’s second missing episode and provides further insight into the early dynamics in the series. Callan remains ‘free’ of the Section but he can’t escape the world of espionage, even when it isn’t Hunter blackmailing him. The CIA request Hunter’s help to get hold of Li Pa Chao …

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Callan – Goodbye Nobby Clarke

H E Cooper — Wed, 21 Apr 2021 23:05:41 +0000

10 out of Callan’s 21 black and white episodes are missing, and Goodbye Nobby Clarke is the earliest. As far as I’m aware, the only part of this episode that exists comes from a censor clip. As just two episodes exist from Callan’s first series, this made me savour the programme’s monochrome era during my …

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Callan – The Good Ones Are All Dead (Again)

H E Cooper — Tue, 30 Mar 2021 23:48:09 +0000

As the first episode of Callan, The Good Ones Are All Dead emphasises a few key details for those who didn’t see A Magnum for Schneider or else need reminding – it was broadcast five months before. Callan has another similar meeting with Hunter that tells us what the Section is and how Callan came …

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Callan – A Magnum for Schneider

H E Cooper — Tue, 23 Feb 2021 00:34:51 +0000

I will praise A Magnum for Schneider to whoever will listen and, as you’re reading this, I presume you fancy listening. It’s a wonderful introduction to the world of David Callan, who is persuaded to return to the distinctly dodgy secret government department he recently left on principle – the principle that he didn’t enjoy …

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Callan – Wet Job

H E Cooper — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 20:08:00 +0000

Bringing back a popular show can be enormously tempting. It worked once, so why wouldn’t it work well again? I wasn’t keen on the idea of a revival and reviews from others set my expectations low, then lower again, so I had put off watching this for some time. Wet Job does start reasonably well …

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# is for 1990

H E Cooper — Sun, 22 Jul 2018 20:26:00 +0000

A few years ago I stopped binge-watching television. It wasn’t an entirely conscious decision. I had begun viewing a few programmes and they were so good that I wanted to drag out having ‘new’ episodes of them for as long as possible. I didn’t want to race through them, be done with it and then …

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TV Times 15th July 1967

H E Cooper — Sun, 16 Jul 2017 15:45:00 +0000

Callan Edward Woodward graces the cover this week as TV Times promotes Callan, which started last week. The second episode is now missing though. 007 Goes Back To Fairfield In 1967 Sean Connery worked for a month for free, directing and narrating a documentary on the Fairfield Shipyard in Glasgow. The Bowler and the Bunnet, referring …

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