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I think that this has the complete 5 year run, including the two years that the series was not picked up by CBS but only on the BBC. Stars Patrick McGoohan The Prisoner, Episode 1

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.

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...