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Eccleston will play Number Six (Remake of 60s TV Show The Prisoner)
The Register ^ | Friday 5th May 2006 | Jane Hoskyn

Posted on 05/05/2006 11:28:06 AM PDT by nickcarraway

He may have vanished from your Dr Who screensaver, but Christopher Eccleston isn't done with being a geek hero just yet: Doctor Nine will regenerate as Number Six in Granada's £10m remake of the 60s classic The Prisoner (http://www.retroweb.com/prisoner.html), confirming the El Reg story (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/05/04/prisoner_remake/) yesterday linking the in-demand thesp with the role.

The six-part remake is slated to air on Sky One in "January 2007" or "spring 2007", depending on whom you believe; our guess is that Sky will bust its arse, and the arses of anyone involved, to get it on screen at exactly the same time as Tennant's second series of Who.

What's almost as certain is that "Sky One's biggest drama commission ever" will have more in common with glossy conspiracy fare like 24, which incidentally goes HD in two weeks time (http://www.hdtvuk.tv/2006/05/skys_first_week.html), and Lost than with the surreal Patrick McGoohan original, famously set in the Butlins-meets-Alcatraz Welsh village of Portmeirion. Purists may take to the streets over the relocation of The Prisoner to "a more exotic setting", but at least the Portmeirion locals won't have to suffer a brand new glut of telly-tourists gawping through their front windows while they’re trying to have a brew in front of Deal or no Deal (http://www.tvscoop.tv/2005/12/review_deal_or_.html)


TOPICS: Conspiracy; Miscellaneous; Music/Entertainment; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: numbersix; theprisoner
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1 posted on 05/05/2006 11:28:09 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Meanwhile, where is former-FOX hottie Jennifer Eccleston?

2 posted on 05/05/2006 11:30:16 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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PMSNBC and NBC, I think.


3 posted on 05/05/2006 11:39:15 AM PDT by llevrok (sui generis)
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*spit*


4 posted on 05/05/2006 11:40:45 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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I always thought she had a "haughty" edge to her. Bit of a punk. Interesting.
5 posted on 05/05/2006 11:43:34 AM PDT by llevrok (sui generis)
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To: nickcarraway

Number Who?


6 posted on 05/05/2006 11:56:06 AM PDT by Kenny Bunkport
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To: nickcarraway
'We're too lazy to come up with an original premise for a show'
7 posted on 05/05/2006 12:55:59 PM PDT by steveo (Fathers Against Rude Television: You may already be a member)
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To: potlatch; PhilDragoo; ntnychik; dixiechick2000; Travis McGee; Jeff Head; Seadog Bytes; gonzo; ...


The Saint  The Avengers  James Bond

Secret Agent  The Prisoner




8 posted on 07/20/2007 5:56:14 PM PDT by devolve ( _Google-Illegals_Killed_25_Americans_Each_Day _A_Mex_Illegal_Alien_Sold_911_Terrorists_IDs_)
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To: devolve

Pretty post and LOTS of music too.


9 posted on 07/20/2007 6:13:29 PM PDT by potlatch (MIZARU_ooo_‹(•¿•)›_ooo_MIKAZARU_ooo_‹(•¿•)›_ooo_MAZARU_ooo_‹(•¿•)›_ooo_))
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Thanks potlatch!

Four Golden Oldie TV shows and one huge movie series

Note all of five them were made in England -

I have it on a new Spy webpage now


10 posted on 07/20/2007 7:04:20 PM PDT by devolve ( _Google-Illegals_Killed_25_Americans_Each_Day _A_Mex_Illegal_Alien_Sold_911_Terrorists_IDs_)
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It’s a very nice SPY webpage.


11 posted on 07/20/2007 7:07:47 PM PDT by potlatch (MIZARU_ooo_‹(•¿•)›_ooo_MIKAZARU_ooo_‹(•¿•)›_ooo_MAZARU_ooo_‹(•¿•)›_ooo_))
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Thanks -

It’s also a fast way to access those tunes!


12 posted on 07/20/2007 7:16:56 PM PDT by devolve ( _Google-Illegals_Killed_25_Americans_Each_Day _A_Mex_Illegal_Alien_Sold_911_Terrorists_IDs_)
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OK, you mean for you when you want to hear them. I can see that!


13 posted on 07/20/2007 7:19:11 PM PDT by potlatch (MIZARU_ooo_‹(•¿•)›_ooo_MIKAZARU_ooo_‹(•¿•)›_ooo_MAZARU_ooo_‹(•¿•)›_ooo_))
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To: devolve

Very nice post, devolve!
Those were some of my very favorite shows!

Lovely music, and a really nice car...who could ask for more? ;o)


14 posted on 07/20/2007 9:12:43 PM PDT by dixiechick2000 (There ought to be one day-- just one-- when there is open season on senators. ~~ Will Rogers)
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To: nickcarraway
Was that the strange show with giant ball chasing that guy all the time?
15 posted on 07/20/2007 9:15:12 PM PDT by ThomasThomas
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To: devolve

IMHO the theme music for “The Prisoner” is the best theme ever.


16 posted on 07/20/2007 9:17:32 PM PDT by dfwgator (The University of Florida - Still Championship U)
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To: potlatch; dixiechick2000; PhilDragoo; ntnychik; dfwgator

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“Secret Agent” was called “Danger Man” in the UK

“The Avengers” & “The Prisoner” went thru several them tunes until one good one “stuck”

“The Prisoner” final theme song was a real winner

Follow the bouncing ball.....


17 posted on 07/20/2007 9:25:18 PM PDT by devolve ( _Google-Illegals_Killed_25_Americans_Each_Day _A_Mex_Illegal_Alien_Sold_911_Terrorists_IDs_)
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To: devolve

Were there lyrics to the theme song? The lyrics on that song in a search are bad but may not be associated with that.


18 posted on 07/20/2007 9:31:25 PM PDT by potlatch (MIZARU_ooo_‹(•¿•)›_ooo_MIKAZARU_ooo_‹(•¿•)›_ooo_MAZARU_ooo_‹(•¿•)›_ooo_))
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To: potlatch; devolve

The Prisoner: “Who are you?”

Number 2: “To you - Number 2.”

The Prisoner: “Who is Number 1?”

Number 2: “You are number 6.”

The Prisoner: “I am not a Number! I am a free man!”

Number 2: (laughter)


19 posted on 07/20/2007 9:51:15 PM PDT by potlatch (MIZARU_ooo_‹(•¿•)›_ooo_MIKAZARU_ooo_‹(•¿•)›_ooo_MAZARU_ooo_‹(•¿•)›_ooo_))
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I’m still assuming these are the words to the theme song. It was very hard to find THIS.


20 posted on 07/20/2007 10:46:28 PM PDT by potlatch (MIZARU_ooo_‹(•¿•)›_ooo_MIKAZARU_ooo_‹(•¿•)›_ooo_MAZARU_ooo_‹(•¿•)›_ooo_))
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