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The Prisoner (TV Series 1967–1968)
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After resigning, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but is really a bizarre prison. His warders demand information. He gives them nothing, but only tries to escape. Creator:Patrick McGoohan |
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Number Six
(17 episodes, 1967-1968)
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George Markstein | ... |
Man Behind Desk in Title Sequence
(15 episodes, 1967-1968)
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Angelo Muscat | ... |
The Butler
(14 episodes, 1967-1968)
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Peter Swanwick | ... |
Supervisor
(8 episodes, 1967-1968)
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Fenella Fielding | ... |
Loudspeaker Announcer
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"The Prisoner" is a unique piece of television. It addresses issues such as personal identity and freedom, democracy, education, scientific progress, art and technology, while still remaining an entertaining drama series. Over seventeen episodes we witness a war of attrition between the faceless forces behind 'The Village' (a Kafkaesque community somewhere between Butlins and Alcatraz) and its most strong willed inmate, No. 6. who struggles ceaselessly to assert his individuality while plotting to escape from his captors. Written by Stuart Berwick <berws@essex.ac.uk>
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Williams-Ellis, acknowledging him and the Hotel Portmeirion on screen
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Peter Swanwick, who played the Supervisor, died before the series finished its first run in the UK. He is best remembered for his unusual enunciation of "Orange Alert". See more »Goofs
Continuity: There is inconsistency about the location of the village, and whether it is on an island or not, perhaps deliberately: according to The Chimes of Big Ben it is located in the vicinity of Lithuania and Poland, on the Baltic Sea; according to Many Happy Returns it is on the coast of Morocco or southern Portugal, possibly an island; it is implied in Fall Out that the village is in England near London, in Kent county. See more »Crazy Credits
The episode "Fall Out" begins with a special dedication to Sir CloughWilliams-Ellis, acknowledging him and the Hotel Portmeirion on screen
before the title "Fall Out" appears. See more »
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