Callan: Set 1

In the midst of the Cold War, agents from both sides engage in elaborate deceptions. And no one plays the game better than Callan (Edward Woodward, EastEnders), a brooding, conscience-stricken assassin for a shadowy British intelligence service so secret it doesn't have a name. His sharp eyes, steely will and steady gun make him a valuable asset to his superior, but an easy target for some of his colleagues.

Episode 1: Where Else Could I Go?
After five months in the hospital recuperating from near-fatal gunshot wounds, Callan returns to his section to find the upstart Cross after his position. Under the doubting eye of his superior, the agent must prove that he still has the will to kill.

Episode 2: Summoned to Appear
When Callan and Cross's tail on a Polish operative goes horribly wrong and an innocent bystander dies, Callan must testify at the inquest. His dilemma: perjure himself or implicate his fellow agent and expose the Section.

Episode 3: The Same Trick Twice
Surtees, a British agent recently returned in a prisoner exchange, threatens to publish an explosive tell-all account of his activities, complete with scandalous details. Suspecting that the KGB has turned Surtees, Hunter orders Callan to stop him.

Episode 4: A Village Called ‘G'
The entire section goes on red alert when Liz, Hunter's ever-punctual secretary, fails to show up for work. Trying to trace her, Callan begins to suspect that Liz's disappearance involves not an enemy from the present, but a ghost from her past.

Episode 5: Suddenly-At Home
Lady Janet Lewis-the beautiful widow of an ex-foreign secretary-accepts a TV producer's lucrative offer for an interview about her husband. Suspicious of the producer's intentions, Hunter assigns Callan to stop her, but the assignment gets personal.

Episode 6: Act of Kindness
When Heathcote Land receives incriminating photos of his company's sales manager in bed with a mistress, Callan tries to persuade him not to expose the man. But Land knows too well how such games are played.

Episode 7: God Help Your Friends
Callan must break up the engagement between a lovely NATO interpreter with a grade-A security clearance and a man suspected of serving as a KGB informant. Does the woman's fiancé really love her? Or does he love Moscow more?

Episode 8: Breakout
By surrendering to the police, wily KGB operative Nikolai Lubin seeks safety in a British prison, out of reach of Hunter and the Section's interrogators. Hunter, however, has other plans-engineering Lubin's "escape" under the guise of a KGB operation.

Episode 9: Amos Green Must Live
When a visiting black activist turns up dead, a clue at the scene suggests that controversial anti-immigration politician Amos Green will be the assassin's next target. While Cross covers Green, Callan seeks the killer before he can strike again.

Written by James Mitchell, Ray Jenkins, Bill Craig
Directed by Peter Duguid, Jim Goddard, Mike Vardy
Produced by Reginald Collin
Executive Produced by Lloyd Shirley
Original music by Jack Trombey
Cinematography by Michael Elphick