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The Prisoner

The Prisoner

The Prisoner

A&E Video (Sep 29, 1967)
TV Series | Drama | Mystery | Television
UK | English | Color | 14:40
Digital
1 disc
Region 1

'The Prisoner' is about a man who is kidnapped from his London home, and wakes up in a strange Village, where he is known only by the name Number Six. Various Village Officers-in-Charge, always referred to as Number Two, set about trying to find out why Number Six resigned his job as a secret agent. Number Six is interrogated, brainwashed, and manipulated by the strange powers behind the mysterious Village. This intriguing series first went to air in 1968. It was ahead of its time then, and continues to intrigue today. It was very much the brain-child of Patrick McGoohan, who not only starred as Number Six, but was also instrumental in bringing the series to fruition.


Cast View all

Patrick McGoohan Number Six
Peter Madden Undertaker in opening sequence
George Markstein Man Behind Desk in Title Sequence
Angelo Muscat The Butler
Peter Swanwick Supervisor
Fenella Fielding Loudspeaker Announcer
Pauline Chamberlain Party Guest
Peter Brace Villager
Maxwell Craig Welfare Committee Member
Vic Chapman Party Guest
Christopher Benjamin Labour Exchange Manager
Ned Lynch Welfare Committee Member
Leo McKern Former Number Two
Guy Standeven Servant
Bill Cummings Henchman
Frank Maher Third Gunman
Alan Meacham Technician
Michael Miller Number Ninety-Three
Hugh Elton Patient
Alexis Kanner Number Forty Eight
Robert Rietty Number Two
Jack Arrow Village Official
Kenneth Griffith The President
Larry Taylor Mexican Sam
Alf Joint Village Thug

Episodes View details

1 Arrival 50 min | Jun 01, 1968

After resigning, a secret agent finds himself trapped in a bizarre prison known only as The Village.

2 The Chimes of Big Ben 60 min | Oct 08, 1967

A new Number Eight named Nadia arrives in the Village, and together she and Number Six plot their escape.

3 A. B. and C. 60 min | Oct 15, 1967

Number Two believes that Number Six resigned because he was going to sell out. Using dream manipulation, Number Two tries to determine which one of three possible candidates Number Six was dealing with.

4 Free for All 60 min | Oct 22, 1967

Number Six runs for the office of Number Two.

5 The Schizoid Man 60 min | Oct 29, 1967

Number Six wakes up with a new identity. Now he's Number Twelve. Worse, Number Two asks him to impersonate someone--Number Six. But the new Number Six is more like him than he is.

6 The General 60 min | Nov 05, 1967

An instant learning process becomes the Village's latest fad, but Number Six is sure that Number Two is using it as a brain washing tool.

7 Many Happy Returns 60 min | Nov 12, 1967

Number Six wakes up to find the Village totally deserted.

8 Dance of the Dead 60 min | Nov 26, 1967

Number Six comes across a body that has washed ashore with a radio. After sending the body back out to sea, he tries to use the radio to get rescued.

9 Checkmate 60 min | Aug 17, 1968

Inspired by a large chess game with people taking the place of the game pieces, Number Six formulates a new escape plan with some compatriots.

10 Hammer Into Anvil 60 min | Dec 10, 1967

Number Six vows revenge and goes after a sadistic Number Two after he drives a fellow Village resident to her death.

11 It's Your Funeral 60 min | Dec 17, 1967

Number Six hears of an assassination plot against Number Two, but it's the new Number Two doing all the plotting against the retiring Number Two.

12 A Change of Mind 60 min | Dec 31, 1967

After a brawl, Number Six is declared "unmutual" and is made to think that he has undergone "instant social treatment."

13 Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling 60 min | Jan 07, 1968

With his mind transferred to another body, Number Six wakes up in his London flat and can't convince his colleagues who he is. He takes off to Austria to find the one man who can help him, the person whom Number Two wants him to find.

14 Living in Harmony 60 min | Dec 29, 1967

In a Wild West setting, a lawman who resigned is trapped in a town called Harmony where the Judge wants him to be the new sheriff - by hook or by crook.

15 The Girl Who Was Death 60 min | Jan 18, 1968

Back in London, Number Six is trying to track down a crazed scientist who is protected by his homicidal daughter.

16 Once Upon a Time 60 min | Jan 25, 1968

Because all other attempts to break Number Six have failed, Number Two decides to engage him in a game where one of them will end up dead.

17 Fall Out 60 min | Feb 01, 1968

After witnessing the trials of Number Two and Number Forty-Eight and meeting the President of the Assembly, Number Six escapes during the chaos that follows.