Callan (1970) ★ Breakout (S3E8)

Callan is a British drama espionage television series, which originally aired between 1967 and 1972. It features Edward Woodward as David Callan, an agent of a state secret service dealing with internal security threats to the United Kingdom. Breakout (S3E8): 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. It features Edward Woodward, William Squire, Patrick Mower, Garfield Morgan, and Russell Hunter.