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The Prisoner is a 1967 British science fiction-allegorical television series about an unidentified British intelligence agent who is abducted and imprisoned in a mysterious coastal village, where his captors try to find out why he abruptly resigned from his job. It was created by Patrick McGoohan and George Markstein with McGoohan playing the main role of Number Six. Episodes covered various plots from spy fiction with elements of science fiction, allegory and psychological drama. It was produced by Everyman Films for distribution by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment company.
Original Release
09/05/1967
Cast
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | The Chimes of Big Ben | Sunday, 08 October 1967 |
2 | A. B. and C. | Sunday, 15 October 1967 |
3 | Free for All | Sunday, 22 October 1967 |
4 | The Schizoid Man | Sunday, 29 October 1967 |
5 | The General | Sunday, 05 November 1967 |
6 | Many Happy Returns | Sunday, 12 November 1967 |
7 | Dance of the Dead | Sunday, 26 November 1967 |
8 | Checkmate | Sunday, 03 December 1967 |
9 | Hammer Into Anvil | Sunday, 10 December 1967 |
10 | It's Your Funeral | Sunday, 17 December 1967 |
11 | A Change of Mind | Sunday, 31 December 1967 |
12 | Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling | Sunday, 07 January 1968 |
13 | Living in Harmony | Friday, 29 December 1967 |
14 | The Girl Who Was Death | Thursday, 18 January 1968 |
15 | Once Upon a Time | Thursday, 25 January 1968 |
16 | Fall Out | Thursday, 01 February 1968 |
Directors
Pat Jackson, Patrick McGoohan, Don Chaffey, David Tomblin, Robert Asher, Peter Graham Scott
Writers
Anthony Skene, Patrick McGoohan, Terence Feely, Vincent Tilsley, Michael Cramoy, Roger Parkes, David Tomblin, Lewis Greifer, Ian Rakoff, Gerald Kelsey, Roger Woddis, Kenneth Griffith, Frank Maher
Creators
Cast
Producers
Editors
Geoffrey Foot, Lee Doig, John S. Smith, Eric Boyd-Perkins, Noreen Ackland, Spencer Reeve
Clips

Prisoner, The: The Arrival