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The Prisoner
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.
- Created by:
- Patrick McGoohan, George Markstein
- Cast:
- Patrick McGoohan
- Language:
- English
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- Network:
- ITV1
Episode guide
Seasons
Series 1
Episodes
E01
Episode 1
★ 7.5Arrival
1967-09-29 · 50mAfter resigning, a secret agent finds himself trapped in a bizarre prison known only as The Village.
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E02
Episode 2
★ 8.1The Chimes of Big Ben
1967-10-06 · 50mA new Number 8 named Nadia arrives in The Village, and together Number 6 and she plot their escape.
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E03
Episode 3
★ 7.0A., B. and C.
1967-10-13 · 50mNumber 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.
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E04
Episode 4
★ 7.5Free for All
1967-10-20 · 50mNumber 6 runs for the office of Number 2.
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E05
Episode 5
★ 7.8The Schizoid Man
1967-10-27 · 50mNumber 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.
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E06
Episode 6
★ 6.7The General
1967-11-03 · 50mAn 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.
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E07
Episode 7
★ 6.9Many Happy Returns
1967-11-10 · 50mNumber 6 wakes up to find the Village totally deserted.
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E08
Episode 8
★ 7.0Dance of the Dead
1967-11-17 · 50mNumber 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.
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E09
Episode 9
★ 7.3Checkmate
1967-11-24 · 50mInspired by a large chess game with people taking the place of the game pieces, Number 6 formulates a new escape plan with some compatriots.
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E10
Episode 10
★ 7.5Hammer into Anvil
1967-12-01 · 50mNumber 6 vows revenge and goes after a sadistic Number 2 after he drives a fellow village resident to her death.
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E11
Episode 11
★ 6.2It's Your Funeral
1967-12-08 · 50mNumber 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.
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E12
Episode 12
★ 6.8A Change of Mind
1967-12-15 · 50mAfter a brawl Number 6 is declared "unmutual" and is made to think that he has undergone "instant social conversion."
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E13
Episode 13
★ 6.0Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darling
1967-12-22 · 50mWith 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.
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E14
Episode 14
★ 5.3Living in Harmony
1967-12-29 · 50mNumber 6 finds himself in the middle of a wild west version of his imprisonment.
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E15
Episode 15
★ 6.4The Girl Who Was Death
1968-01-19 · 50mBack in London, Number 6 is trying to track down a crazed scientist who is protected by his homicidal daughter.
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E16
Episode 16
★ 7.0Once Upon a Time
1968-01-26 · 50mBecause 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.
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E17
Episode 17
★ 6.5Fall Out
1968-02-02 · 51mAfter witnessing the trials of Number 2 and Number 48 and meeting the President of the Assembly, Number 6 escapes during the chaos that follows.
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Patrick McGoohan
Number Six