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Callan :: Act of Kindness (03x06)

Episode Information

Title:

Act of Kindness

Episode #:

03x06

Original Airdate:

Wednesday May 27th, 1970

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Episode Crew
Director:	Mike Vardy
Writer:	Michael Winder

Episode Summary

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Donovan Prescott works for the largest export company in England, but he does a bit of spying on the side for a thrill. When the KGB send some photographs of him with a prostitute to his employer, Heathcote Land, he is in danger of losing both jobs.

Heathcote Land is a model soldier enthusiast like Callan, so Callan is the obvious person to send to a model soldier convention where he sets out to meet Land. The two strike up a friendship, and it soon becomes apparent that Land is aware of Callan's identity. Playing at model soldiers is similar to spying - both involve foresight and planning, and Land and Callan continually out manoevre one another in their war games with model soldiers in this interesting episode of Callan.

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Guest Stars

Guest Stars
•Peter Beton	played	Shop Assistant	Recurring (first appearance)
•William Squire (2)	played	Hunter No. 4	Recurring (5th appearance)
•Anthony Nicholls	played	Heathcote Land
•Jacqueline Maude	played	Janice Land
•Mark Jay	played	Master Briggs
•Nicolette McKenzie	played	Mrs. Briggs
•Ray Smith	played	Donovan Prescott

Episode Quotes

Callan: (to Hunter) I'm on leave - midnight tonight - two days. You authorised it.
Hunter: (sarcastically) Vitally important, is it? - toy soldier convention?
Callan: (defensively) It's not erm - toy soldier, sir, it's erm - model soldiers, sir and it is rather important to me. (starts to exit)
Hunter: Oh, oh Callan, don't you want the subject's file?
Callan: No, no, no sir - you give that to Cross - I'll collect it from him later.
Hunter: No, no, you're the obvious man for this job Callan - you see Land also goes to the toy soldier convention and he seems even more keen on toys than you are.
Callan: (matter of factly) You are a right bastard, aren't you sir.
Hunter: (smoothly) Oh, here's last month's edition of 'Miniature Warfare'.
Callan: Got my copy, thank you sir.
Hunter: Land has an ad in it. Soldier or something he's looking for.
Callan: Thank you, sir. (exits)
Hunter: (to Cross) Whenever Callan looks like that I can't help remembering what happened to my predecessor ...

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