The Prisoner
"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.
First Aired
1967-09-29
Status
Ended
Network
ITV1
Seasons
Season 1 Episodes
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E1. Arrival
After resigning, a secret agent finds himself trapped in a bizarre prison known only as The Village.
★ 7.5
E2. The Chimes of Big Ben
A new Number 8 named Nadia arrives in The Village, and together Number 6 and she plot their escape.
★ 8.1
E3. 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.
★ 7.0
E4. Free for All
Number 6 runs for the office of Number 2.
★ 7.5
E5. 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.
★ 7.8
E6. 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.
★ 7.0
Cast
Patrick McGoohan
Number Six
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