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Callan is a British action - drama spy 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.
Callan: Created by James Mitchell. With Edward Woodward, Russell Hunter, Lisa Langdon, Anthony Valentine. David Callan is the top agent/assassin for the Security Service (British counterintelligence), but he is an embittered man who performs his duties "for Queen and country" under duress.
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- 1967-07-08
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Mitchell's character, David Callan, was as far removed from the world of 007 as one could imagine. Born in South Shields in 1926, the year of the General Strike, James Mitchell was the son of a union activist and self-taught intellectual who worked his way from shipyard fitter to city mayor.
Feb 19, 2021 · With Lonely posing as his gentleman’s gentleman, the section’s top operative David Callan is sent to a country estate in Northumberland to infiltrate a rich men’s shooting party. One of his companions is an assassin but which one?
Jul 2, 2018 · Adapted from series creator James Mitchell ’s Sunday Express Short Stories by his son Peter Mitchell, four new adventures will expand the themes explored in the television show. David Callan works for The Section, a top-secret counter-espionage organisation.
Edward Woodward is the eponymous hero, David Callan, an agent employed by "The Section", a shadowy arm of the British intelligence services during the Cold War.
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Dec 7, 2017 · Four new adventures have been adapted from James Mitchell's Telegraph Short Stories by his son Peter Mitchell. "It was a tremendous privilege to be invited to take part in this project," Peter...
