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3 April 1987 (UK)
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A funny remake of "The Prisoner" - with a 1980's twist to it 'The Laughing Prisoner' is a remake (or...
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Remake is a bit of an Overstatement
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 | Terence Alexander | ... | Head of Channel 4 |
| Banshees | ... | Band |
| Chris Difford | ... | Himself |
 | Stephen Fry | ... | No. 2 |
| Dave Gregory | ... | Band Member (XTC) |
| Jools Holland | ... | No. 7 |
 | Hugh Laurie | ... | Assistant |
| Magnum | ... | Band |
 | Patrick McGoohan | ... | Number Six (archive footage) |
| Colin Moulding | ... | Band Member (XTC) |
| Andy Partridge | ... | Band Member (XTC) |
| John Peel | ||
| Rowland Rivron | ... | percussionist |
| Siouxsie and the Banshees | ... | Band |
| Stanley Unwin | ... | No. 3 |
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| Chris Gabrin | |||
| Geoff Wonfor | |||
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| Stephen Fry | ||
| Jools Holland | ||
| Hugh Laurie | ||
| Rowland Rivron | ||
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| John Gwyn | .... | producer | |
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| Graham Brown | |||
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| Siouxsie Sioux | .... | playback singer | |
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I recall watching this the first time around. Jools Holland was evidently a fan of The Prisoner and was having a marvellous time dressing in his Village blazer and gigging about Portmeirion. I think the original hilarity stemmed from the fact that he had 'resigned' from the hugely popular Youth TV programme 'The Tube' which also showcased the ultimately-tragic Paula Yates. Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie added their (then) double-act to the fray and the strange Gobbledygook man was spoonerising about the place, presumably because he was contemporaneous to The Prisoner.
Patrick McGoohan kept popping up in grainy Out-takes with Fry being pithy about him all the time. There was a mildly amusing part where a clever bit of editing put a supposedly old and bearded Number Six behind some bushes, steadfastly refusing to leave the Village despite Fry assuring him he was no longer a prisoner.
Generally an affectionate tribute rather than a Remake.