The Prisoner · 1967
"The Prisoner" is a unique piece of television. It addresses issues such as personal identity and freedom, democracy, education, scientific progress, art and technology, while still remaining an entertaining drama series. Over seventeen episodes we witness a war of attrition between the faceless forces behind 'The Village' (a Kafkaesque community somewhere between Butlins and Alcatraz) and its most strong willed inmate, No. 6. who struggles ceaselessly to assert his individuality while plotting to escape from his captors.
Starring: Patrick McGoohan, Angelo Muscat, Peter Swanwick
🏆 1 win & 1 nomination total
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Episodes
17 across 1 seasonSeason 1 17 episodes
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E1
Arrival
After resigning, a secret agent finds himself trapped in a bizarre prison known only as The Village.
50 min · Director Don Chaffey · Writer George Markstein, David Tomblin, Patrick McGoohan
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E2
The Chimes of Big Ben
A new Number Eight named Nadia arrives in the Village, and together she and Number Six plot their escape.
60 min · Director Don Chaffey · Writer Vincent Tilsley
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E3
A. B. and C.
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.
60 min · Director Pat Jackson · Writer Anthony Skene
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E4
Free for All
Number Six runs for the office of Number Two.
60 min · Director Patrick McGoohan · Writer Patrick McGoohan
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E5
The Schizoid Man
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.
60 min · Director Pat Jackson · Writer Terence Feely
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E6
The General
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.
60 min · Director Peter Graham Scott · Writer Lewis Greifer
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E7
Many Happy Returns
Number Six wakes up to find the Village totally deserted.
60 min · Director Patrick McGoohan · Writer Anthony Skene, Patrick McGoohan
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E8
Dance of the Dead
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.
60 min · Director Don Chaffey · Writer Anthony Skene, Patrick McGoohan
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E9
Checkmate
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.
60 min · Director Don Chaffey · Writer Gerald Kelsey
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E10
Hammer Into Anvil
Number Six vows revenge and goes after a sadistic Number Two after he drives a fellow Village resident to her death.
60 min · Director Pat Jackson · Writer Roger Woddis
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E11
It's Your Funeral
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.
60 min · Director Robert Asher · Writer Michael Cramoy
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E12
A Change of Mind
After a brawl, Number Six is declared "unmutual" and is made to think that he has undergone "instant social treatment."
60 min · Director Patrick McGoohan · Writer Roger Parkes
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E13
Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling
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 f...
60 min · Director Pat Jackson · Writer Vincent Tilsley
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E14
Living in Harmony
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.
60 min · Director David Tomblin · Writer David Tomblin, Ian Rakoff, Frank Maher
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E15
The Girl Who Was Death
Back in London, Number Six is trying to track down a crazed scientist who is protected by his homicidal daughter.
60 min · Director David Tomblin · Writer Terence Feely, David Tomblin
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E16
Once Upon a Time
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.
60 min · Director Patrick McGoohan · Writer Patrick McGoohan
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E17
Fall Out
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.
60 min · Director Patrick McGoohan · Writer Patrick McGoohan, Kenneth Griffith
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