Callan (TV series) 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 by means of torture, while extrajudicial killings are so routine they have a colour-coded filing system. With the possible exception of "La Femme Nikita", no TV series
Callan (TV series) – The Movie" on Region 0 PAL in 2001. The DVD also includes an interview with Woodward. Network DVD released "Callan – The Monochrome Years" on 22 February 2010. This four DVD set includes the remaining 2 episodes (out of 6) from the first series and 9 episodes (out of 15) from the second series, plus the Armchair Theatre pilot play 'A Magnum For Schnieder'. Network also released "Callan – The Colour Years" in 2010. "Callan – Wet Job" was released by Network in 2011. Network were to release the complete series containing all existing episodes, "The Definitive Collection" the