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The Prisoner

The Prisoner
★ 7.7/10•1967•1h 0m•TV-PG•Drama•Sci-Fi & Fantasy•Mystery
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No man is just a number.

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.

Patrick McGoohan · Creator

StatusEnded
Runtime1h 0m
LanguageEN
First Air DateSep 29, 1967

Episodes

Episode 1 - ArrivalE150m

Arrival

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

Sep 29, 1967

Episode 2 - The Chimes of Big BenE250m

The Chimes of Big Ben

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

Oct 6, 1967

Episode 3 - A., B. and C.E350m

A., B. and C.

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.

Oct 13, 1967

Episode 4 - Free for AllE450m

Free for All

Number 6 runs for the office of Number 2.

Oct 20, 1967

Episode 5 - The Schizoid ManE550m

The Schizoid Man

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.

Oct 27, 1967

Episode 6 - The GeneralE650m

The General

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.

Nov 3, 1967

Episode 7 - Many Happy ReturnsE750m

Many Happy Returns

Number 6 wakes up to find the Village totally deserted.

Nov 10, 1967

Episode 8 - Dance of the DeadE850m

Dance of the Dead

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.

Nov 17, 1967

Episode 9 - CheckmateE950m

Checkmate

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.

Nov 24, 1967

Episode 10 - Hammer into AnvilE1050m

Hammer into Anvil

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

Dec 1, 1967

Episode 11 - It's Your FuneralE1150m

It's Your Funeral

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.

Dec 8, 1967

Episode 12 - A Change of MindE1250m

A Change of Mind

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

Dec 15, 1967

Episode 13 - Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My DarlingE1350m

Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darling

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.

Dec 22, 1967

Episode 14 - Living in HarmonyE1450m

Living in Harmony

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

Dec 29, 1967

Episode 15 - The Girl Who Was DeathE1550m

The Girl Who Was Death

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

Jan 19, 1968

Episode 16 - Once Upon a TimeE1650m

Once Upon a Time

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.

Jan 26, 1968

Episode 17 - Fall OutE1751m

Fall Out

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.

Feb 2, 1968

Actors

Patrick McGoohan

Patrick McGoohan

Number Six

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