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  "I am not a number, I'm a person."
 

In my humble opinion this is the greatest television show ever made. Patrick McGoohan had just started filming the Forth season of the ever popular Danger man (US Title: Secret Agent) when he decided that he had done enough. So he walked into to Lew Grade's (Head of ITC) office and showed him his new idea. Grade simply said "How much do you want ?"

On a base level it was simply a very clever action/ adventure series, but it had so many levels that it went much deeper. Like it or hate it the prisoner was the essence of Cult TV and is the reason that pages like this have such a subject to cover. The prisoner laid down a gauntlet when the final episode (Fall Out) was transmitted which has only been picked up Three times since. Firstly by David Lynch's excellent Twin Peaks, then by the rather disappointing Wild Palms and most recently by the superb Nowhere Man. (Which was inspired by the prisoner) If you don't know the basis of the prisoner you can read about it in numerous books or Hundreds of sites across the internet. But as usual I am confining myself to the basics, besides which, Ten people could tell you that the prisoner was about Ten different things.

If you have not yet seen this show, I suggest you give it a watch. You won't regret it.
 

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06.11.00
Patrick McGoohan reprised his role as number 6 for The Simpsons episode 'The Computer Wore Menace Shoes'  (CABF02)  Still no news on Simian West's big budget version of 'The Prisoner' now that 'Tomb Raider' is in the can. More news here when it comes in.

25.12.99
It has just been confirmed that Simon West has been sighed to helm the big screen version of the prisoner. West's other movies includes the Nicholas Cage action movie 'Con Air' and confesses to be a fan of the 60's show and has even visited 'The Village' in wales. Although McGoohan has been working on a script for the project for some years, it will down to independent writers to script the piece and he will merely serve as executive producer. Although this entire project is a great disappointment to most prisoner fans, we can only hope for the best. No casting has yet been announced, but production should start next year.
 

08.07.98
There is a very nasty bit of gossip circulating that Hugh Grant is lined up to play Number Six. Let's just hope this is no more then hearsay.

03.07.98
The original prisoner has been released in a new box set in the UK to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the show. (One year late)  The new digitally re-mastered tapes have better picture and sound then anything previously released and is not bad at all.

01.07.98
The word is the script for the new prisoner film (Written by McGoohan) has been submitted to the studios and they want to make some changes, however McGoohan is not budging and is believed to be saying "Take it or leave it."
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1. Arrival

Writer: George Markstein and David Tomblin
Director: Don Chaffey
Guest Cast: Guy Doleman (Number Two), George Baker (the new Number Two), Virginia Maskell (The Woman), Paul Eddington (Cobb), Peter Swanwick (Supervisor), Barbara Yu Ling (Taxi Driver), Stephanie Randall (Maid), Jack Allen (Doctor), Fabia Drake (Welfare Worker), Denis Shaw (Shopkeeper), Oliver MacGreevy (Gardner), Frederick Piper (Ex-Admiral), Patsy Smart (Waitress), Christopher Benjamin (Labour Exchange Manager), David Garfield (Hospital Attendant), Peter Brace (Guardian), Keith Peacock (Guardian)
 
 

2. The Chimes of Big Ben

Writer: Vincent Tilsley
Director: Don Chaffey
Guest Cast: Leo McKern (Number Two), Nadia Gray (Nadia), Finlay Currie (General), Richard Wattis (Fotheringay), Kevin Stoney (Colonel J), Peter Swanwick (Supervisor), Christopher Benjamin (Number Two's Assistant), David Arlen (Karel), Hilda Barry (Number 38), Jack Le-White (Judge), John Maxim (Judge), Lucy Griffiths (Judge)
 
 

3. A, B, and C

Writer: Anthony Skene
Director: Pat Jackson
Guest Cast: Colin Gordon (Number Two), Katherine Kath (Engadine), Sheila Allen (Number 14), Peter Bowles ("A"), Georgina Cookson (Blonde), Annette Carrell ("B"), Lucille Soong (Flower Girl), Bettine Le Beau (Maid), Terry Yorke (Thug), Peter Brayham (Thug), Bill Cummings (Henchman)
 
 

4. Free For All

Writer: Paddy Fritz
Director: Patrick McGoohan
Guest Cast: Eric Portman (Number Two), Rachel Herbert (Number 58), George Benson (Labour Exchange Manager), Harold Berens (Reporter), John Cazabon (Man in Cave), Dene Cooper (Photographer), Kenneth Benda (Supervisor), Holly Doone (Waitress), Peter Brace (Mechanic), Alf Joint (Mechanic)
 
 

5. The Schizoid Man

Writer: Terence Feely
Director: Pat Jackson
Guest Cast: Anton Rodgers (Number Two), Jane Merrow (Alison), Earl Cameron (Supervisor), Gay Cameron (Number 36), David Nettheim (Doctor), Pat Keen (Nurse), Gerry Crampton (Guardian), Dinney Powell (Guardian)
 
 

6. The General

Writer: Joshua Adam
Director: Peter Graham Scott
Guest Cast: Colin Gordon (Number Two), John Castle (Number 12), Betty McDowall (Professor's Wife), Peter Swanwick (Supervisor), Conrad Phillips (Doctor), Michael Miller (Man in Buggy), Keith Pyott (Waiter), Ian Fleming (Man at Cafe), Normal Mitchell (Mechanic), Peter Bourne (Projection Operator), George Leech (Guard), Jackie Cooper (Guard)
 
 

7. Many Happy Returns

Writer: Anthony Skene
Director: Joseph Serf
Guest Cast: Donald Sinden (The Colonel), Patrick Cargill (Thorpe), Georgina Cookson (Mrs. Butterworth), Brian Worth (Group Captain), Richard Caldicott (Commander), Dennis Chinnery (Gunther), Jon Laurimore (Ernst), Nike Arrighi (Gypsy Girl), Grace Arnold (Maid), Larry Taylor (Gypsy Man)
 
 

8. Dance of the Dead

Writer: Anthony Skene
Director: Don Chaffey
Guest Cast: Mary Morris (Number Two), Duncan MacRae (Doctor), Norma West (The Observer), Bee Duffell (Psychiatrist), Alan White (Dutton), Aubrey Morris (Town Crier), Camilla Hasse (Day Supervisor), Michael Nightingale (Night Supervisor), Patsy Smart (Night Maid), Denise Buckley (Maid), George Merritt (Postman), John Frawley (Flower Man), Lucy Griffiths (Lady in Corridor), William Lyon Brown (Doctor)
 
 

9. Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darling

Writer: Vincent Tilsley
Director: Pat Jackson
Guest Cast: Clifford Evans (Number Two), Nigel Stock (The Colonel), Zena Walker (Janet), Hugo Schuster (Seltzman), John Wentworth (Sir Charles), James Bree (Villiers), Lloyd Lamble (Stapleton), Patrick Jordan (Danvers), Frederic Abbott (Potter), Gertan Klauber (Waiter), Henry Longhurst (Old Guest), Danvers Walker (New Man), John Nolan (Young Guest)
 
 

10. It's Your Funeral

Writer: Michael Cramoy
Director: Robert Asher
Guest Cast: Derren Nesbit (Number Two), Mark Eden (Number 100), Annette Andre (Watchmaker's Daughter), Andre Van Gyseghem (Retiring Number Two), Martin Miller (Watchmaker), Wanda Ventham (Computer Attendant), Mark Burns (Number Two's Assistant), Peter Swanwick (Supervisor), Charles Lloyd Pack (Artist), Grace Arnold (Number 36), Arthur White (Stall Holder), Michael Bilton (Councillor), Gerry Crampton (Kosho Opponent)
 
 

11. Checkmate

Writer: Gerald Kelsey
Director: Don Chaffey
Guest Cast: Peter Wyngarde (Number Two), Ronald Radd (Rook), George Coulouris (Man with Stick), Rosalie Crutchley (Queen), Patricia Jessel (Psychiatrist), Bee Duffell (Psychiatrist), Basil Dignam (Supervisor), Danvers Walker (Painter), Denis Shaw (Shopkeeper), Victor Platt (Assistant Supervisor), Shivaun O'Casey (Nurse), Geoffrey Reed (Skipper), Terence Donovan (Sailor), Joe Dunne (Guard), Romo Gorrara (Guard)
 
 

12. Living in Harmony

Writer: David Tomblin
Director: David Tomblin
Guest Cast: David Bauer (Judge), Alexis Kanner (Kid), Valerie French (Cathy), Gordon Tanner (Town Elder), Gordon Sterne (Bystander), Michael Balfour (Will), Larry Taylor (Mexican Sam), Monti de Lyle (Dignitary), Duglas Jone (Horse Dealer), Bill Nick (Gunman), Les Crawford (Gunman), Frank Maher (Gunman), Max Faulkner (Horseman), Bill Cummings (Horseman), Eddie Eddon (Horseman)
 
 

13. A Change of Mind

Writer: Roger Parkes
Director: Joseph Serf
Guest Cast: John Sharpe (Number Two), Angela Brown (Number 86), George Pravda (Doctor), Kathleen Breck (Number 42), Peter Swanwick (Supervisor), Thomas Heathcote (Lobo Man), Bartlett Mullins (Chairman), Michael Miller (Number 93), Joseph Cuby (Member of Social Group), June Ellis (Number 48), John Hamblin (Woodland Man), Michael Billington (Woodland Man)
 
 

14. Hammer Into Anvil

Writer: Roger Woddis
Director: Pat Jackson
Guest Cast: Patrick Cargill (Number Two), Basil Hoskins (Number 14), Victor Maddern (Bandmaster), Norman Scace (Psychiatrist), Derek Aylward (New Supervisor), Hilary Dwyer (Number 73), Arthur Gross (Control Room Operator), Peter Swanwick (Supervisor), Victor Woolf (Shop Assistant), Michael Segal (Technician), Margo Andrew (Girl), Susan Sheers (Code Expert), Jackie Cooper (Guardian), Fred Haggerty (Guardian), Eddie Powell (Guardian), George Leach (Guardian)
 
 

15. The Girl Who Was Death

Writer: Terence Feely
Director: David Tomblin
Guest Cast: Kenneth Griffith (Schnipps), Justine Lord (Sonia), Christopher Benjamin (Potter), Michael Brennan (Killer Karminski), Harold Berens (Boxing M.C.), Sheena Marsh (Barmaid), Max Faulkner (Scots Napoleon), John Rees (Welsh Napoleon), Joe Gladwin (Yorkshire Napoleon), John Drake (Bowler), Gaynor Steward (Little Girl), Graham Steward (Little Boy), Stephen How (Little Boy)
 
 

16. Once Upon A Time

Writer: Patrick McGoohan
Director: Patrick McGoohan
Guest Cast: Leo McKern (Number Two), Peter Swanwick (Supervisor), John Cazabon (Umbrella Man)

[Note: Although this episode was screened as the 16th episode it was the 13th (last of the 1st season) to be filmed. An 8 month production gap took place between these last two episodes.]
 
 

17. Fall Out

Writer: Patrick McGoohan
Director: Patrick McGoohan
Guest Cast: Leo McKern (Number Two), Kenneth Griffith (President), Peter Swanwick (Supervisor), Michael Miller (Delegate), Alexis Kanner (Number 48)
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