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  • Classic TV: The Prisoner

    09/05/2016 12:37:30 AM PDT · by Fai Mao · 15 replies
    YouTube ^ | 1966
    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
  • In pictures: The Prisoner at 50

    09/04/2016 9:41:39 PM PDT · by AJFavish · 71 replies
    BBC News ^ | September 4, 2016
    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.
  • "The Prisoner": What Happens When James Bond Goes John Galt

    11/04/2009 8:32:15 AM PST · by steve-b · 40 replies · 1,383+ views
    The Faster Times ^ | 11/4/09 | Richard Faulk
    ...Part spy adventure, part science fiction dystopia, and part counter-culture influenced social critique, The Prisoner was groundbreaking television when it debuted in the fall of 1967.... And now, after decades of speculation and anticipation, of deals struck and scrapped, the British cult classic is about to become the latest pop-cultural institution to submit itself to reinterpretation. On November 15, AMC will debut its own version of The Prisoner staring Jim Caviezel and Ian McKellen.... ...The question we see playing out on cable news, in blogs, in town-hall meetings, and public demonstrations is "Who do we imagine ourselves to be? What...