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The Prisoner

7.7/10 224 votes
DramaSci-Fi & FantasyMystery

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

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Series 1

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Episode 1

★ 7.5

Arrival

1967-09-29 · 50m

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

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Episode 2

★ 8.1

The Chimes of Big Ben

1967-10-06 · 50m

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

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Episode 3

★ 7.0

A., B. and C.

1967-10-13 · 50m

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.

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Episode 4

★ 7.5

Free for All

1967-10-20 · 50m

Number 6 runs for the office of Number 2.

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Episode 5

★ 7.8

The Schizoid Man

1967-10-27 · 50m

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.

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Episode 6

★ 6.7

The General

1967-11-03 · 50m

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.

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Episode 7

★ 6.9

Many Happy Returns

1967-11-10 · 50m

Number 6 wakes up to find the Village totally deserted.

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Episode 8

★ 7.0

Dance of the Dead

1967-11-17 · 50m

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.

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Episode 9

★ 7.3

Checkmate

1967-11-24 · 50m

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.

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Episode 10

★ 7.5

Hammer into Anvil

1967-12-01 · 50m

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

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Episode 11

★ 6.2

It's Your Funeral

1967-12-08 · 50m

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.

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Episode 12

★ 6.8

A Change of Mind

1967-12-15 · 50m

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

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Episode 13

★ 6.0

Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darling

1967-12-22 · 50m

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.

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Episode 14

★ 5.3

Living in Harmony

1967-12-29 · 50m

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

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Episode 15

★ 6.4

The Girl Who Was Death

1968-01-19 · 50m

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

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Episode 16

★ 7.0

Once Upon a Time

1968-01-26 · 50m

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.

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Episode 17

★ 6.5

Fall Out

1968-02-02 · 51m

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.

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Cast

Patrick McGoohan

Patrick McGoohan

Number Six

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