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In pictures: The Prisoner at 50
BBC News ^ | September 4, 2016

Posted on 09/04/2016 9:41:39 PM PDT by AJFavish

It was 50 years ago, on 5 September 1966, that the cameras rolled for the first time in the Italianate village of Portmeirion as filming got under way for the cult 1960s adventure TV show The Prisoner.

The programme starred actor Patrick McGoohan playing the part of Number Six who is held captive in a mysterious village where the residents are known only by a number.

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TOPICS: History; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: mcgoohan; numbersix; patrickmcgoohan; portmeirion; prisoner; theprisoner; village
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To: FreedomStar3028

He only got out in a couple of episodes, and always ended in. It’s a show that wanted you to think, it makes sense if you put the effort in.


61 posted on 09/05/2016 7:24:09 AM PDT by discostu (If you need to load or unload go to the white zone, you'll love it, it's a way of life)
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To: Robert DeLong

Thanks very much !


62 posted on 09/05/2016 8:53:01 AM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians are not born. They're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero.)
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To: faithhopecharity

LOL, I was wondering who #1 was myself. I saw the show a few times back in the day, but was not a devout fan. There was probably something else on at the same time. Either that or I had come in so late and had seen so few of the episodes that it might not have made sense. But who knows anymore why.


63 posted on 09/05/2016 8:58:18 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Borges

ping


64 posted on 09/05/2016 9:07:31 AM PDT by EveningStar
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To: AJFavish

I have the series on DVD.
When my daughter was in high school I had her watch a couple of episodes. This was so she would have a benchmark as to what “cool” actually was.

She still occasionally humors “Dear Old Dad”.

As you can tell I am a huge huge fan of the series.


65 posted on 09/05/2016 9:14:20 AM PDT by Reily
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To: Ingtar
That was the secret, there really wasn’t a number one. It was a group, of which the number 2s were a part.

One review I read said that that was a brilliant tactic - introduce a new No. 1 each episode so things didn't get stale. It worked. You always waited to see how he would screw over the current leader.

66 posted on 09/05/2016 11:30:51 AM PDT by Oatka (Beware of an old man in a profession where men usually die young.)
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To: fieldmarshaldj
"It did address a legitimate point that has been a serious problem with some individuals working with state secrets and/or spies, what do you do with people who know too much ? If it was his character of Drake from “Secret Agent”, he would be very dangerous as a disgruntled ex-employee of HMSS and it would be in the state’s interest to either kill him or have him imprisoned or isolated."

What about when Obama leaves office? Not that he should be killed or imprisoned or isolated, but he's seen the Big Board.

67 posted on 09/05/2016 2:40:59 PM PDT by AJFavish (www.allanfavish.com)
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To: Dr. Sivana

Or our greatest nightmare: universal collusion and that it’s all a carefully orchestrated game. After re-watching the first ep this morning, as the old Admiral said to the lady, “We’re all pawns.”


68 posted on 09/05/2016 7:05:37 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: AJFavish

Soros may not have let him see it.


69 posted on 09/05/2016 7:18:18 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: AJFavish
My favorite TV series of all time, with The Avengers in a close second place. The finale works best once you realize that The Village has won and Number 6 has gone mad. Is he literally Number One? And what, exactly, is it that he returns to?

Great stuff. There is a brilliant episode where Number 6 is shunned as being "un-mutual" with an opening in what is a frighteningly accurate portrayal of a re-education camp self-criticism group. That scene would be familiar to several generations of college students. If you want one key to the series, it's right there.

Only one of the episodes strikes me as dated, and it is where Number 6 manages to defeat a digital master computer by (ugh) typing the question "Why?" onto a sheet of paper and feeding it into a slot. I've seen a lot of computers in my time but I'm still waiting for one of them to start smoking when I give it garbage input. They do occasionally give me the right answer, though: "Because I'm in charge and you piss me off."

There is another episode where Number 6 runs for office that will make us all squirm in this election year. I shall say no more.

70 posted on 09/05/2016 7:27:47 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
Diana Rigg (no 's')


71 posted on 09/05/2016 10:43:09 PM PDT by Pelham (Best.Election.Ever)
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To: Billthedrill

Found this thread. I posted on it in 2016, saying it was time to watch them all again. Started before Christmas and just finished today. Just as brilliant. Yes a couple of episodes were not that great, but overall brilliant. Certainly fits the deep state example today.


72 posted on 01/24/2019 9:21:23 AM PST by MomwithHope
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