Callan (TV series) why. In a strange sort of reprise, Edward Woodward enters the final series as the head of Center "Mr Jones" who turns out to be Nikita's father. Callan (TV series) 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
John Callan John Callan John Bartholomew Callan (15 August 1882 – 12 February 1951) was a New Zealand judge. He was a Justice of the Supreme Court (now known as the High Court of New Zealand) (1935–51). Callan was the son of John Bartholomew Callan, a Dunedin lawyer and member of the New Zealand Legislative Council. He was born on 15 August 1882, five years after his family's arrival in New Zealand from Australia. The Callans had migrated from Ireland to Australia with the Gavan Duffy family and Callan was descended from Charles Gavan Duffy. He was educated at the Christian Brothers