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Callan - Series 1 [1967] (Part 2 of 3: Episodes 4-6) [DVD]
 
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Callan - Series 1 [1967] (Part 2 of 3: Episodes 4-6) [DVD]

DVD ~ Edward Woodward
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  • Actors: Edward Woodward, Russell Hunter, Anthony Valentine, Lisa Langdon, William Squire
  • Directors: Tony Robertson
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 12
  • Studio: Clear Vision Ltd
  • DVD Release Date: 3 Sep 2001
  • Run Time: 152 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • ASIN: B00005NTKR
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 103,112 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Introduced in "A Magnum for Schneider", the hour-long 1967 Armchair Theatre episode written by James Mitchell about a disillusioned British secret agent Callan (Edward Woodward), went on to offer four popular (if downbeat) series, a spin-off movie remaking the original story and a some-years-later wrap-up play "Wet Job". Remembered for its very distinctive opening titles, with a swinging broken light bulb and a memorable theme tune, the series adopted a Deighton-LeCarré approach to the grim, treacherous, grubby business of Cold War espionage and made a TV star of the intense Woodward as the sweaty, sometimes conscience-stricken, sometimes robotic Callan. Even in the 21st century this still seems a strong show, its complex stories and impressive performances outweighing a low-budget mix of video and film in the production that makes it seem less "professional" than other shows of the time.

In a dramatic device that has long since fallen out of fashion in television, Callan episodes tend to wind up by leaving the audience to work out all the connections of the plot while Callan himself sits gloomily and ponders the wretchedness of his squalid world. --Kim Newman



Special Features

English
Region 2
Animated Menu
Scene Selection
Series Overview
Episodes Info
Transmission Times
Secret Services Fact Sheet
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The real Series I in B&W, 2 Jun 2008
By Peter J. Baxter (Canberra Australia) - See all my reviews
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I am an ardent Callan fan and have hoped that the original episodes would one day appear. This dvd is, like all the Callan material - excellent if you like the gritty style (I do). Well, I have acquired a dvd with "The Good Ones Are All Dead"; "You Should Have got here Sooner";"Red Knight, White Knight" and so on down to "Nice People Die at Home" and "Death of a Hunter". There is even "The Wet Job". The B&W quality is very poor, particularly the oldest episodes, but at least it is Callan! These episodes appear to have been taken from a studio tape or some other unusual source - there are bits in the lead-in to the episodes that give that away. I have, of course, all the profesionally produced episodes on sale through Amazon and they are all very good value.
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