Callan (TV series) is run by Colonel Hunter. ("Hunter" is a pseudonym for the current Section Chief, like the C of SIS.) The Section removes those who pose a danger to the "innocent" by persuasion, blackmail, extortion or death. David Callan had been the Section's top operator but he had become too curious about his targets and the rationale for their removal. The Section considered him vulnerable, volatile and dangerous and had laid him off to a dead-end book-keeping job for an ungrateful employer. ABC then commissioned a series of six episodes in 1967. In the first episode Callan rejoins the section in
Callan (TV series) two box sets of Callan audio adventures based on the Sunday Express Short Stories written by James Mitchell. The tales have been adapted by Peter Mitchell, the series creator's son, and will star Ben Miles in the title role, with Frank Skinner as "Lonely", Nicholas Briggs as "Hunter" and Jane Slavin as "Liz". The stories will be released as Volume One in July 2018 and Volume Two in January 2019. The following is a table listing the awards and nominations received by "Callan" The series' distinctive theme tune, "Girl in the Dark", was a library composition written by Dutch composer