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"The Prisoner" : the house of number 6 (Portmeirion) Other episodes suggest that he was a spy or similar operative, though director Alex Cox stated in his 2017 book I Am (Not) A Number: Decoding The Prisoner that he was in fact a rocket engineer who resigned from his work because he felt his research was being misused. [4]
The Prisoner is a British television series created by Patrick McGoohan, with possible contributions from George Markstein. [2] McGoohan portrays Number Six, an unnamed British intelligence agent who is abducted and imprisoned in a mysterious coastal village after resigning from his position. [3]
The Prisoner logo. The Prisoner is an allegorical British science fiction television series starring Patrick McGoohan. A single season of 17 episodes was filmed between September 1966 and January 1968. The first episode in the UK aired in September 1967, although the global premiere was in Canada several weeks earlier.
"Free for All" is an episode of the allegorical British science fiction TV series The Prisoner. It was written and directed by Patrick McGoohan (though he used the pseudonym "Paddy Fitz" for the writer credit) and the second episode to be produced.
"It's Your Funeral" is an episode of the allegorical British science fiction TV series, The Prisoner. It was written by Michael Cramoy and directed by Robert Asher and eighth produced. It was the eleventh episode to be broadcast in the UK on ITV ( ATV Midlands and Grampian ) on Friday 8 December 1967 and first aired in the United States on CBS ...
According to The Prisoner by Robert Fairclough, had the serial been renewed for a second series, the format would have followed that presented in this episode, with Number 6 being sent out on missions on behalf of The Village. Also missing from the episode is the usual Number Two introductory sequence that follows the opening titles.
"Checkmate" is an episode of the allegorical British science fiction TV series, The Prisoner. It was written by Gerald Kelsey and directed by Don Chaffey and third to be produced. It was the ninth episode to be broadcast in the UK on ITV ( ATV Midlands and Grampian ) on Friday 24 November 1967 and first aired in the United States on CBS on ...
Their release, negotiated as part of a 24-person prisoner exchange with Russia that involved at least six countries, is the largest prisoner exchange in post-Soviet history. / Credit: Getty Images