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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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Look-In – Issue 49 (November 1981)

H E Cooper — Thu, 26 Nov 2020 17:51:07 +0000

I have always known Look-In as the junior TV Times – it even says so on the cover – and therefore know it won’t be covering any BBC programmes. The ‘junior’ part and most of the (mainly 1970s) cover images I’ve seen led me to believe the target market was fairly young. However, Look-In‘s readers …

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A is for Armchair Theatre

H E Cooper — Mon, 06 Aug 2018 19:23:00 +0000

Armchair Theatre was one of several anthology series on television during the 1960s and 1970s. Others include The Wednesday Play, Play for Today, Theatre 625, ITV Playhouse and Thirty-Minute Theatre. Upon first hearing about these, I was rather bemused because there is little resembling an anthology series on television today. Also, they are referred to as ‘plays’, which made me imagine them …

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Auf Wiedersehen, Pet

H E Cooper — Wed, 12 Apr 2017 14:16:00 +0000

Until last year, I believed Auf Wiedersehen, Pet was a sitcom set in a pet shop. I have no idea exactly why or when this image of a northern pet shop had formed in my mind. Suffice to say, it was a tad off the mark. One day, perhaps someone will write about the hilarious adventures of the …

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Callan – The Good Ones Are All Dead

H E Cooper — Fri, 16 Dec 2016 18:07:00 +0000

Remember when I looked at Callan’s Armchair Theatre and said how nice it was to see a German on 1960s’ telly who didn’t turn out to be a Nazi? Well, it’s back to business as usual in The Good Ones Are All Dead. We’re told Strauss is a Nazi from the start and Callan’s task …

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Armchair Theatre – A Magnum for Schneider

H E Cooper — Wed, 16 Nov 2016 15:01:00 +0000

What I liked when I watched the episode of Callan in Network’s ITV 60 box set was that it seemed so different from the similar adventure series I had seen from that period. I have only seen a handful of the early Danger Man episodes and though there are similarities, in that both Callan and John …

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