The Prisoner

Name: The Prisoner
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery
Released: 1967-09-29
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Patrick McGoohan

ENDED1 Season17 Episodes★ 7.7

The Prisoner is a drama series on ITV1 that ran from 1967 to 1968, ending after 1 season and 17 episodes.

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NetworkITV1

First AiredSep 29, 1967

Last AiredFeb 2, 1968

GenreDrama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery

Runtime60 min

Created ByPatrick McGoohan, George Markstein

LanguageEnglish

CountryUnited Kingdom

ProductionEveryman Films, ITC Entertainment

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.

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Cast

Patrick McGoohan

Number Six

Seasons & Episodes1 season · 17 episodes

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E1Arrival

Sep 29, 196750m★ 7.5

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

E2The Chimes of Big Ben

Oct 6, 196750m★ 8.1

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

E3A., B. and C.

Oct 13, 196750m★ 7.0

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.

E4Free for All

Oct 20, 196750m★ 7.5

Number 6 runs for the office of Number 2.

E5The Schizoid Man

Oct 27, 196750m★ 7.8

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.

E6The General

Nov 3, 196750m★ 6.7

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.

E7Many Happy Returns

Nov 10, 196750m★ 6.9

Number 6 wakes up to find the Village totally deserted.

E8Dance of the Dead

Nov 17, 196750m★ 7.0

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.

E9Checkmate

Nov 24, 196750m★ 7.3

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.

E10Hammer into Anvil

Dec 1, 196750m★ 7.5

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

E11It's Your Funeral

Dec 8, 196750m★ 6.2

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.

E12A Change of Mind

Dec 15, 196750m★ 6.8

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

E13Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darling

Dec 22, 196750m★ 6.0

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.

E14Living in Harmony

Dec 29, 196750m★ 5.3

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

E15The Girl Who Was Death

Jan 19, 196850m★ 6.4

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

E16Once Upon a Time

Jan 26, 196850m★ 7.0

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.

E17Fall Out

Feb 2, 196851m★ 6.5

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.

About The Prisoner

The Prisoner is a drama, sci-fi & fantasy, mystery series on ITV1. The show first aired on Sep 29, 1967 and currently has 1 season and 17 episodes. The Prisoner has ended. It has a rating of 7.7/10 based on 223 votes. The cast includes Patrick McGoohan. Created by Patrick McGoohan and George Markstein.