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
Paul Callan story, and is now taught in journalism school. As one of the last representatives of old Fleet Street he cuts an unmistakable figure, clad in pinstriped suit and trademark spotted bow tie regardless of geography or climate. In 1991 he moved to the "Daily Express" where he combines feature writing with news colour as well as contributing regularly to the comment pages. Callan is also a familiar face on television, remembered as a contributor to the "What the Papers Say" programme. Callan is also known for his acerbic book reviews despite being described by the critic Clive James as "having