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THE PRISONER
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Cast & Credits
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Producer: David Tomblin.
Executive Producer: Patrick McGoohan.
Music: Albert Elms.
(Prisoner Theme: Ron Grainer).
Script Editor: George Markstein.
An ITC Production by Everyman Films.
Made on location at Hotel Portmeirion, Penrhyndeudraeth,
North Wales and at MGM Studios, Borehamwood.
17 colour 60 minute episodes.
29 September 1967 - 2 Febuary 1968.
(USA: CBS 1 June - 21 September 1968).
The story entitled 'Living in Harmony' was never
transmitted during the series network schedule, but
reappeared in syndication.
Regular Cast: Patrick McGoohan (Number Six).
Angelo Muscat (The Butler).
Leo McKern
Colin Gordon
Peter Wyngarde {Number Two}.
Mary Morris
Guy Doleman
Alexis Kanner (Number Forty-Eight).
Premise Of The Show
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A man is abducted to a weird, lovely and dangerously
isolated mini-world known only as "The Village", where he is told that his
capture was necessitated by his curious resignation from a high-level
goverment intelligence post. After many attempts made to brainwash him and
many attempts by him to remain more than just a number (6), the Prisoner
soon relizes that "The Village" is a prison from which there is no escape.
Background Info
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The Prisoner is the series that elevated television adventure
series to the pinnacle of sucess and aroused so much interest that even
today, 20 years after its first transmission, it remains one of the oddest
and most thought-provoking television experiences of all time.
A series so stunningly different that it became a major cult and spawned a
worldwide appreciation society (Six of One) which is viewed as the
frontrunner among the many television-related fan clubs which have sprung up
to commemorate what many believe to be television's silver years - the
decade between 1960 and 1970.
Following closley on the heels of Patrick McGoohan's successful Danger Man
series, viewers who expected a continuation of the exploits of the super-
cool agent John Drake were in for a rude awakening. With few exceptions,
viewers all over the world were totally bemused by what they saw.
Without debating the longevity of the programme, of trying to qualify it's
lasting appeal, it's enough to say that this was Patrick McGoohan's
personal 'tour de force'. He thought up the idea, wrote and directed some of
the episodes, was executive producer for the entire series - and starred in
the title role.
Like it or hate it, the programme was (and remains) a slice of television
history. There has been nothing like it before or since, and it remains a
challenging, inventive tribute to its creator.
Episodes Listing
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1. ARRIVAL
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Writers: George Markstein,
David Tomblin.
Director: Don Chaffey.
Guest Cast: Virginia Maskell, Guy Doleman,
Paul Eddington, George Baker,
Angelo Muscat, Barbara Yu Ling,
Stephanie Randall.
This opening episode sets the premise for the
entire series. After a classic opening sequence, a secret agent, after
handing in his resignation, in gassed in he's apartment and taken to a
strange place called "The Village". Although a seemingly idealic place,
The Village is in fact a prison for people like the Prisoner, people who
know too much. Everybody in the place are known only as numbers, with the
latest arrival being Number Six. In this place the order of the day is
brainwashing and trying to find out why Number Six resigned. But Number Six
is different to the others in "The Village" and will not conform, and with
only one thing on his mind "escape".
2. THE CHIMES OF BIG BEN
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Writer: Vincent Tilsley.
Director: Don Chaffey.
Guest Cast: Leo McKern, Nadia Grey, Finlay Currie,
Richard Wattis, Angelo Muscat,
Kevin Stoney, Christopher Benjamin.
The huge London clock tips off the Prisoner that
his seemingly successful escape attepmt has been used as part of a complex
scheme to get information from him.
3. A,B & C
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Writer: Anthony Skene.
Director: Pat Jackson.
Guest Cast: Katherine Kath, Sheila Allen,
Colin Gordon, Peter Bowles,
Angelo Muscat, Georgina Cookson,
Annette Carel.
In the hope that his subconcious holds the key
to Number 6's mysterious resignation, Number 2 attempts to manipulate his
dreams, using a process developed by Number 14.
4. FREE FOR ALL
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Writer: Paddy Fitz.
Director: Patrick McGoohan.
Guest Cast: Eric Portman, Rachel Herbert,
George Benson, Harold Berens,
John Cazabon, Dene Cooper.
The Prisoner becomes a contender for the post of
"Number 2," the physical leader of The Village, but finds that his rights
and powers would be just as limited in the new position.
5. THE SCHIZOID MAN
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Writer: Terence Feeley.
Director: Pat Jackson.
Guest Cast: Jane Merrow, Anton Rogers,
Earl Cameron, David Nettheim,
Pat Keen, Gerry Crampton.
The leaders of The Village use a double of the
Prisoner to convince him he's someone else.
6. THE GENERAL
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Writer: Joshua Adam.
Director: Peter Graham Scott.
Guest Cast: Colin Gordon, John Castle,
Peter Howell, Al Mancini,
Betty McDowall, Peter Swanwick.
The Prisoner tries to thwart an "instant knowledge"
system that would give Village leaders the power to control men's minds.
7. MANY HAPPY RETURNS
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Writer: Anthony Skene.
Director: Joseph Serf.
Guest Cast: Donald Sinden, Patrick Cargill,
Georgina Cookson, Brian Worth,
Richard Caldicot, Dennis Chinnery.
When the Village appears abandoned one day, the
Prisoner attempts to escape back to London.
8. DANCE OF THE DEAD
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Writer: Anthony Skene.
Director: Don Chaffey.
Guest Cast: Mary Morris, Duncan MacRae,
Norma West, Aubrey Morris,
Bee Duffell, Camilla Hasse.
The Prisoner's attempt to smuggle out a plea for
help with a corpse is foiled by Number 2, who then puts him on trial.
9. DO NOT FORSAKE ME OH MY DARLING
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Writer: Vincent Tilsley.
Director: Pat Jackson.
Guest Cast: Zena Walker, Clifford Evans,
Nigel Stock, Hugo Schuster,
John Wentworth, James Bree.
A starnge procedure puts the Prisoner's
personality and his mind into the body of another man.
10. IT'S YOUR FUNERAL
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Writer: Michael Cramoy.
Director: Robert Asher.
Guest Cast: Derren Nesbitt, Annette Andre,
Mark Eden, Andre Van Gyseghem,
Martin Miller, Wanda Ventham.
Village leaders feed the Prisoner misinformation
about an assassination attempt in order to prevent him from foiling their
own plans.
11. CHECKMATE
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Writer: Gerald Kelsey.
Director: Don Chaffey.
Guest Cast: Ronald Radd, Patricia Jessel,
Peter Wyngarde, Rosalie Cruthcley,
George Coulouris, Bee Duffel.
The Prisoner becomes a pawn in a life-sized chess
game, where the leaders of The Village try to use his attraction to the Queen
to destroy him.
12. A CHANGE OF MIND
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Writer: Roger Parkes.
Director: Joeseph Serf.
Guest Cast: Angela Browne, John Sharpe,
George Pravda, Kathleen Breck,
Peter Swanwick, Thomas Heathcote.
In another attempt to discover the Prisoner's
secrets, Village leaders use an electronic method for trasforming human
mental processes.
13. HAMMER INTO ANVIL
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Writer: Roger Woddis.
Director: Pat Jackson.
Guest Cast: Patrick Cargill, Victor Maddern,
Basil Hoskins, Norman Scace,
Derek Aylward, Hilary Dwyer.
To avenge the murder of a young girl, the Prisoner
tries to trick Number 2 into believing he is a decoy sent to spy on him.
14. LIVING IN HARMONY
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Writer: David Tomblin.
Director: David Tomblin.
Guest Cast: Alexis Kanner, David Bauer,
Valerie French, Gordon Tanner,
Michael Balfour, Larry Taylor.
The Prisoner suddenly finds himself in a western
town where he has been appointed sheriff. He faces mental conflict when he
must decide whether or not to carry a gun.
15. THE GIRL WHO WAS DEATH
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Writer: Terence Feeley.
Director: David Tomblin.
Guest Cast: Kenneth Griffith, Justine Lord,
Christopher Benjamin, Michael Brennen,
Harold Berens, Sheena Marsh.
The Prisoner faces a lethal struggle with a young
woman, who introduces herself as "Death." She believe them to be made for
each other - he, a born survivor, she a born killer.
16. ONCE UPON A TIME
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Writer: Patrick McGoohan.
Director: Patrick McGoohan.
Guest Cast: Leo McKern, Angelo Muscat,
John Maxim, John Cazabon.
The Prisoner and Number 2 face a deadly conflict
of wills when a dangerous electronic mind probe is used to establish why
the Prisoner resigned.
17. FALL OUT
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Writer: Patrick McGoohan.
Director: Patrick McGoohan.
Guest Cast: Leo McKern, Kenneth Griffith,
Alexis Kanner, Michael Miller.
The Prisoner finally wins the right not to be
called by a number, to be an individual. He escapes The Village but not the
prison of himself.