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| McCallum: The Complete Series | 
| Actors: Gerard Murphy, James Saxon, Richard O'callaghan, Alex Walkinshaw, John Hannah
Studio: Koch Vision
Category: DVD
List Price: $59.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (15 reviews)
Sales Rank: 29749
Format: Box Set, Color, Content/copy-protected Cd, Dolby, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 900 minutes
Number Of Items: 5
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.6 x 1.1
MPN: KOC-DV6381
UPC: 741952638193
EAN: 0741952638193
ASIN: B000FDECH4
Release Date: July 11, 2006
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Product Description
This gritty detective series hails from the U.K. and features John Hannah (FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL) in the lead role. This collection of episodes contains 900 minutes of action and mystery from McCallum and company.System Requirements:Running Time: 900 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: NR UPC: 741952638193 Manufacturer No: KOC-DV6381
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Excellent BBC series July 1, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
McCallum: The Complete SeriesThis is an excellent, compelling series starring John Hannah. Great characters, storyline, production. You will be unable to tear yourself away until the end of the episode (2 hours). Sadly the series was not renewed. Probably due to the replacement of the lead characters in the final episode -- its hard to have a series called McCallum without McCallum in it. Highly recommended.
 McCallum start of the U.S revolution in C.S.I series February 7, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
McCallum as one viewer puts it is the forerunner of the C.S.I franchise in the U.S.
And what a franchise that is running from brilliant Criminal Intent with Vincent Donofrio to the strangest redhead of them all David Caruso in the monotonous Miami.
Anyway back to Mcallum,great actors and yes some very gruesome subject matter and grisly scenes around the cutting table.
Hannah is a great actor and his scope is wide.
It is at it's very best here as you can almost see the wheels turning within his mind to find the clue,cause and culprit.
I find that with my Australian background,i have tended to be exposed to British shows a great deal alongside the most popular U.S shows.
Each have something to offer.
One thing i enjoy head and shoulders about a British production like McCallum over the American shows of this genre,is that they are more real,gritty and they are far more earthy in their tone and interaction with each other.
So bring on more quality like McCallum and the really good American productions which are also excellent,but please stop the franchise when the fat and gristle start to overshadow the main course.
Ian.
 Cheap and shoddy February 2, 2008
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
I bought the series based on the Amazon reviews as well as the lead actor John Hannah. Both have let me down terribly. Hannah is a much more mannered actor than I had previously realized, taking quick shortcuts to show complex emotions. And the scripts gets sillier as the series progresses. Some might call it gritty and realistic, I just call it cheap and shoddy.To say that this series inspired CSI is like saying the Egg McMuffin inspired Eggs Benedict.
See (and enjoy) them all, except for the last... January 14, 2008
Fabulous series, and I wish they'd made more. Of course it was a precursor to CSI - but better, because McCallum is so natural, so real, and the actors are stupendous. However, I suggest getting the series at the library and skipping the last one. It's a total bore - McCallum (John Hannah) is gone, along with the exquisite Angela (Zara Turner) and everyone from the start of the series looks weary. The actors basically phone in their performances and the new people have no charisma whatsoever. Either that, or the writing of this one episode is just really, really bad. My favorite scene from the entire series is in the next-to-last episode, between Bracken (Gerald Murphy) the thorny police investigator, and his awkward young assistant. They have begun bickering like an old married couple by this time; the kid is beginning to get really good at his job and Bracken is suddenly threatened. You have to see it to get it. We howled, and played the scene between them in the car, at the end of the episode, over and over and over again. But don't start with this disc. You have to see the whole series all the way through to appreciate the scene. Enjoy!
My views on the McCallum series January 12, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The stories were excellent. I was surprised, however, at the amount of full nudity shown and sexual situations. They were totally unnecessary and did not enhance the stories. Also, the last episode did not even have McCallum in it,but was like a pilot for the Lynley series. That was very disappointing, especially after we had gotten to see relationships grow, go through problems, find solutions, and had gotten to appreciate the strengths and weaknesses of the characters. My wife and I decided if we ever decide to watch the series again, doubtful, we will just skip the last episode.
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