Put-upon British counter-intelligence agent Callan is back in a new series of four audio dramas from Big Finish. Part of a new wave of tougher spy and spook dramas, Callan first reached TV screens as the optimism of the 1960s evaporated in the looming shadow of the bleaker 1970s. Created by James Mitchell, and lit … >
Running on ITV for four series between 1967 and 1972, as well as spawning both a movie and an 80’s TV special, Callan was a hard-hitting spy drama which followed its hero, played by Edward Woodward, in his missions for The Section – a covert government department handling enemies of the state by the most … >
Being Human creator Toby Whithouse’s new spy thriller series The Game is set to begin soon on BBC Two. Set in the secretive world of 1970s espionage, the six-part drama stars Tom Hughes (Silk), Brian Cox (The Bourne Supremacy), Shaun Dooley (Misfits) and Jonathan Aris (Sherlock). While we wait for The Game to commence, here are five … >
Unlike the elegant and suave spies from across the Atlantic, the British secret service in the 1960s and 1970s was a far more uncool and grimy place on screen – more realistic perhaps, but usually second best in popularity.