Callan & The Equalizer

Published: Nov. 16, 2011, 8:25 p.m.

b"Waffle On About Callan & The Equalizer\\n\\nHello and welcome to this bumper episode of Waffle On in which Meds & Kell talk about two of Edward Woodwards best known TV vehicles, Callan and The Equalizer\\n\\n\\n\\nCallan\\n\\nCallan hit our screens back in 1967 as a special on a programme called Armchair theatre. The pilot was such a success a series soon followed and in total four series hit our screens, first in black and white and then in colour. Callan was a hard hitting killer who suffered from emotional prangs about the people he was contracted to deal with.\\n\\n\\n\\nThe Equalizer\\n\\nEdward Woodward returned to hard hitting TV drama in the guise of Robert McCall aka The Equalizer. The series launched in 1985 and ran again for four series up to 1989. McCall a retired operative from a secret organisation known simply as The Agency attempts to make amends by hiring himself our for free in aid of people in distress in New York.\\n\\nMeds does Movember for charity\\n\\nAs mentioned on the podcast Meds is growing a moustache for Movember a charity in aid of battling prostate and testicular cancer. If you want to donate please copy and paste this link\\xa0 into your browser\\xa0 http://uk.movember.com/mospace/2039948/\\n\\nTake a look at Mimi's new book called Bartholomew. Head here for details of her book and how to pick up a copy.\\n\\nHere is our Facebook group, head here to join https://www.facebook.com/groups/waffleon/"