The Prisoner

1967 - 1968

Arrival

29th September 1967

Episode 1

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

The Chimes of Big Ben

6th October 1967

Episode 2

A new Number 8 named Nadia arrives in The Village, and together Number 6 and she plot their escape.

A., B. and C.

13th October 1967

Episode 3

Number 2 believes that Number 6 resigned because he was going to sell out. Using dream manipulation, Number 2 tries to determine which one of three possible candidates Number 6 was dealing with.

Free for All

20th October 1967

Episode 4

Number 6 runs for the office of Number 2.

The Schizoid Man

27th October 1967

Episode 5

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.

The General

3rd November 1967

Episode 6

An instant learning process becomes the Village's latest fad, but Number 6 is sure that Number 2 is using it as a brain washing tool.

Many Happy Returns

10th November 1967

Episode 7

Number 6 wakes up to find the Village totally deserted.

Dance of the Dead

17th November 1967

Episode 8

Number 6 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.

Checkmate

24th November 1967

Episode 9

Inspired by a large chess game with people taking the place of the game pieces, Number 6 formulates a new escape plan with some compatriots.

Hammer into Anvil

1st December 1967

Episode 10

Number 6 vows revenge and goes after a sadistic Number 2 after he drives a fellow village resident to her death.

It's Your Funeral

8th December 1967

Episode 11

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.

A Change of Mind

15th December 1967

Episode 12

After a brawl Number 6 is declared "unmutual" and is made to think that he has undergone "instant social conversion."

Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darling

22nd December 1967

Episode 13

With his mind transferred to another body, Number 6 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 Number 2 wants him to find.

Living in Harmony

29th December 1967

Episode 14

Number 6 finds himself in the middle of a wild west version of his imprisonment.

The Girl Who Was Death

19th January 1968

Episode 15

Back in London, Number 6 is trying to track down a crazed scientist who is protected by his homicidal daughter.

Once Upon a Time

26th January 1968

Episode 16

Because all other attempts to break Number 6 have failed, Number 2 decides to engage him in a game where one of them will end up dead.

Fall Out

2nd February 1968

Episode 17

After witnessing the trials of Number 2 and Number 48 and meeting the President of the Assembly, Number 6 escapes during the chaos that follows.

Top Cast

Patrick McGoohan

Drama Sci-Fi & Fantasy Mystery

After resigning, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but is really a bizarre Kafkaesque prison. His warders demand information. He gives them nothing, but only tries to escape.

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Patrick McGoohan

Number Six

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Patrick McGoohan

Creator

Paul Bonneau

Music

Albert Elms

Music

Wilfred Josephs

Music

Brendan J. Stafford

Cinematography

Charlie Parfitt

Prop Designer

Rose Tobias Shaw

Casting

Robert Farnon

Music

Jack Shampan

Art Direction

Mickey O'Toole

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Patrick McGoohan

Producer

David Tomblin

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