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The Prisoner (1967-68)
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ITC-Incorporated Television Company, Ltd. (Lew Grade)
Executive Producer Patrick McGoohan
Produced by David Tomblin

UK Spy Adventure series 1967-68 17 episodes x 60 min color

Starring
Patrick McGoohan as Number 6

Filmed at Port Merion, Wales

'The Prisoner' theme music by Edwin Astley

A Secret Agent is held prisoner on a remote island - but why? A Cult Classic.

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ATV London UK Sundays (1Oct67-4Feb68)
Many ITV regional stations on the following Friday
CBS US (Jun68-Sep68) ("Living in Harmony" not shown on CBS)

1.1 [--] The Prisoner: ARRIVAL
1-Oct-1967 ATV London UK Sunday
Written by George Markstein and David Tomblin
Script Editor George Markestein
Directed by Don Chaffey
Starring: Patrick McGoohan as Number 6
Guest Stars:
Virginia Maskell .............. Woman
Guy Doleman ................... Number 2
Paul Eddington ................ Cobb
George Baker .................. New Number 2
with:
Barbara Yu Ling ............... Taxi driver
Stephanie Randall ............. Maid
Jack Allen .................... Doctor
Fabia Drake ................... Welfare worker
Denis Shaw .................... Shopkeeper
Oliver MacGreevy .............. Gardener/Electrician
Frederick Piper ............... Ex-Admiral
Patsy Smart ................... Waitress
Christopher Benjamin .......... Labour exchange mgr.
Peter Swanwick ................ Supervisor
David Garfield ................ Hospital attendant
Peter Brace ................... Croquet player
Keith Peacock ................. Croquet player

1.2 [--] The Prisoner: THE CHIMES OF BIG BEN
8-Oct-1967 ATV London UK Sunday
Written by Vincent Tilsley
Directed by Don Chaffey
Starring: Patrick McGoohan as Number 6
Guest Cast:
Leo McKern .................... Number 2
Nadia Gray .................... Nadia
Finlay Currie ................. General
Richard Wattis ................ Fotheringay
Kevin Stoney .................. Colonel J.
Christopher Benjamin .......... No. 2's asst.
David Arlen ................... Karel
Peter Swanwick ................ Supervisor
Hilda Barry ................... Number 38
Jack Le-White ................. Judge
John Maxim .................... Judge
Lucy Griffiths ................ Judge

1.3 [--] The Prisoner: A, B & C
15-Oct-1967 ATV London UK Sunday
Written by Anthony Skene
Directed by Pat Jackson
Starring: Patrick McGoohan as Number 6
Guest Cast:
Katherine Kath ................ Engadine
Sheila Allen .................. Number 14
Colin Gordon .................. Number 2
Peter Bowles .................. A
Georgina Cookson .............. Blonde
Annette Carol ................. B
Lucille Soong ................. Flower girl
Bettine Le Beau ............... Maid at party
Terry Yorke ................... Thug
Peter Brayham ................. Thug
Bill Cummings ................. Henchman

1.4 [--] The Prisoner: FREE FOR ALL
22-Oct-1967 ATV London UK Sunday
Written & Directed by Patrick McGoohan
Starring: Patrick McGoohan as Number 6
Guest Cast:
Eric Portman .................. Number 2
Rachel Herbert ................ Number 58
George Benson ................. Labour exchange mgr.
Harold Berens ................. Reporter
John Cazabon .................. Man in cave
Dene Cooper ................... Photographer
Kenneth Benda ................. Supervisor
Holly Doone ................... Waitress
Peter Brace ................... Mechanic
Alf Joint ..................... Mechanic

1.5 [--] The Prisoner: THE SCHIZOID MAN
29-Oct-1967 ATV London UK Sunday
Written by Terence Feely
Directed by Pat Jackson
Starring: Patrick McGoohan as Number 6
Guest Cast:
Jane Merrow ................... Alison
Anton Rodgers ................. Number 2
Earl Cameron .................. Supervisor
Gay Cameron ................... Number 36
David Nettheim ................ Doctor
Pat Keen ...................... Nurse
Gerry Crampton ................ Guardian
Dinney Powell ................. Guardian

1.6 [--] The Prisoner: THE GENERAL
5-Nov-1967 ATV London UK Sunday
Written by Lewis Greifer
Directed by Peter Graham Scott
Starring: Patrick McGoohan as Number 6
Guest Cast:
Colin Gordon .................. Number 2
John Castle ................... Number 12
Peter Howell .................. Professor
Al Mancini .................... Announcer
Betty McDowall ................ Professors' wife
Peter Swanwick ................ Supervisor
Conrad Phillips ............... Doctor
Michael Miller ................ Man in buggy
Keith Pyott ................... Waiter
Ian Fleming (actor) ........... Man in care (1st top hat)
Norman Mitchell ............... Mechanic
Peter Bourne .................. Projection operator
George Leech .................. Corridor guard
Jackie Cooper ................. Corridor guard

1.7 [--] The Prisoner: MANY HAPPY RETURNS
12-Nov-1967 ATV London UK Sunday
Written by Anthony Skene
Directed by Patrick McGoohan
Starring: Patrick McGoohan as Number 6
Guest Cast:
Donald Sinden ................. Colonel
Patrick Cargill ............... Thorpe
Georgina Cookson .............. Mrs. Butterworth/Number 2
Brian Worth ................... Group Captain
Richard Caldicott ............. Commander
Dennis Chinnery ............... Gunther
Jon Laurimore ................. Ernest
Nike Arrighi .................. Gypsy girl
Grace Arnold .................. Maid
Larry Taylor .................. Gypsy man

[--] The Prisoner: 19-Nov-1967 Pre-empted for "The Royal Variety Performance" on ITV

1.8 [--] The Prisoner: DANCE OF THE DEAD
26-Nov-1967 ATV London UK Sunday
Written by Anthony Skene
Directed by Don Chaffey
Starring: Patrick McGoohan as Number 6
Guest Cast:
Mary Morris ................... Number 2
Donald MacRae ................. Doctor
Norma West .................... Girl Bo-Peep
Aubrey Morris ................. Town crier
Bee Duffell ................... Psychologist
Camilia Hasse ................. Day supervisor
Alan White .................... Dutton
Michael Nightingale ........... Night supervisor
Patsy Smart ................... Night maid
Denise Huckley ................ Maid
George Merritt ................ Postman
John Frawley .................. Flowerman
Lucy Griffiths ................ Lady in corridor
William Lyon Brown ............ Second doctor

1.9 [--] The Prisoner: CHECKMATE
3-Dec-1967 ATV London UK Sunday
Writte nby Gerald Kelsey
Directed by Don Chaffey
Starring: Patrick McGoohan as Number 6
Guest Cast:
Peter Wyngarde ................ Number 2
Ronald Radd ................... Rook
Rosalie Crutchley ............. Queen
George Coulouris .............. Man with stick
Patricia Jessel ............... First psychiatrist
Bee Duffell ................... Second psychiatrist
Basil Dignam .................. Supervisor
Danvers Walker ................ Painter
Denis Shaw .................... Shopkeeper
Victor Platt .................. Asst. supervisor
Shivaun O'Casey ............... Nurse
Geoffrey Reed ................. Skipper
Terence Donovan ............... Sailor
Joe Dunne ..................... Tower guard
Romo Gorrara .................. Tower guard

1.10 [--] The Prisoner: HAMMER INTO ANVIL
10-Dec-1967 ATV London UK Sunday
Written by Roger Woddis
Directed by Pat Jackson
Starring: Patrick McGoohan as Number 6
Guest Cast:
Patrick Cargill ............... Number 2
Victor Maddern ................ Bandmaster
Basil Hoskins ................. Number 14
Norman Scace .................. Psychiatric director
Derek Aylward ................. New supervisor
Hilary Dwyer .................. Number 73
Arthur Gross .................. Control room operator
Peter Swanwick ................ Supervisor
Victor Woolf .................. Shop asst.
Michael Segal ................. Technician
Margo Andrew .................. Shop girl
Susan Sheers .................. Female code expert
Jackie Cooper ................. Guardian
Fred Haggerty ................. Guardian
Eddie Powell .................. Guardian
George Leach .................. Guardian
Seeking to avenge the death of a persecuted girl, the Prisoner
plays a cat and mouse game with Number 2.

1.11 [--] The Prisoner: IT'S YOUR FUNERAL
17-Dec-1967 ATV London UK Sunday
Written by Michael Cramoy
Directed by Robert Asher
Starring: Patrick McGoohan as Number 6
Guest Cast:
Derren Nesbitt ................ New Number 2
Annette Andre ................. Watchmaker's daughter
Mark Eden ..................... Number 100
Andre Van Gyseghem ............ Retiring Number 2
Martin Miller ................. Watchmaker
Wanda Ventham ................. Computer attendant
Mark Burns .................... Number 2's asst.
Peter Swanwick ................ Supervisor
Charles Lloyd Pack ............ Artist
Grace Arnold .................. Number 36
Arthur White .................. Stallholder
Michael Bilton ................ MC councillor
Gerry Crampton ................ Koshu opponent
Cry 'Wolf!' often enough and no-one will believe you when the cry is genuine. One man and one man only among the
villagers is likely to prove a stumbling block in the way of a planned murder - the Prisoner. Somehow he has got to
be discredited so that no-one, not even the intended victim, will believe his warnings.

1.12 [--] The Prisoner: A CHANGE OF MIND
31-Dec-1967 ATV London UK Sunday
Writen by Roger Parkes
Directed by Patrick McGoohan
Starring: Patrick McGoohan as Number 6
Guest Cast:
Angela Browne ................. Number 86
John Sharpe ................... Number 2
George Pravda ................. Doctor
Kathleen Breck ................ Number 42
Peter Swanwick ................ Supervisor
Thomas Heathcote .............. Lobo Man
Bartlett Mullins .............. Committee chairman
Michael Miller ................ Number 93
Joseph Cuby ................... Social group member
Michael Chow .................. Social group member
June Ellis .................... Number 48
John Hamblin .................. Woodland Man
Michael Billington ............ Woodland Man

1.13 [--] The Prisoner: DO NOT FORSAKE ME OH MY DARLING
7-Jan-1968 ATV London UK Sunday
Written by Vincent Tilsley
Directed by Pat Jackson
Starring: Patrick McGoohan as Number 6
Guest Cast:
Zena Walker ................... Janet
Clifford Evans ................ Number 2
Nigel Stock ................... The Colonel
Hugo Schuster ................. Seltzman
John Wentworth ................ Sir Charles
James Bree .................... Villers
Kynaston Reeves ............... Minister
Lloyd Lamble .................. Stapelton
Patrick Jorgan ................ Danvers
Lockwood West ................. Camera Shop manager
Fredric Abbott ................ Potter
Gertan Klauber ................ Cafe waiter
Henry Longhurst ............... Old guest
Danvers Walker ................ First new man
John Nolan .................... Young guest

1.14 [--] The Prisoner: LIVING IN HARMONY
14-Jan-1968 ATV London UK Sunday (NOT shown by CBS in the USA)
Teleplay by Dabid Tomblin; Story by Ian Rakoff & David Tomblin
Directed by David Tomblin
Starring: Patrick McGoohan as Number 6
Guest Cast:
Alexis Kanner ................. Kid (Number 48)
David Bauer ................... Judge (Number 2)
Valerie French ................ Kathy
Gordon Tanner ................. Town eider
Gordon Sterne ................. Bystander
Michael Balfour ............... Will
Larry Taylor .................. Mexican Sam
Monti De lyle ................. Town dignitary
Douglas Jones ................. Horse dealer
Bill Nick ..................... Gunman
Les Crawford .................. Gunman
Frank Maher ................... Gunman
Max Faulkner .................. Horseman
Bill Cummings ................. Horseman
Eddie Eddon ................... Horseman

1.15 [--] The Prisoner: THE GIRL WHO WAS DEATH
21-Jan-1968 ATV London UK Sunday
Written by Terence Feely
Directed by David Tomblin
Starring: Patrick McGoohan as Number 6
Guest Cast:
Kenneth Griffith .............. Schnipps (Number 2)
Justine Lord .................. Sonja
Christopher Benjamin .......... Potter
Michael Brennan ............... Killer Kaminski
Harold Berens ................. Boxing M.C.
Sheena Marsh .................. Barmaid
Max Faulkner .................. Scots Napoleon
John Rees ..................... Welsh Napoleon
Joe Gladwin ................... Yorkshire Napoleon
John Drake .................... Bowler
Gaynor Steward ................ Little girl
Graham Steward ................ Little boy
Stephen Howe .................. Little boy

1.16 [--] The Prisoner: ONCE UPON A TIME
28-Jan-1968 ATV London UK Sunday
Written & Directed by Patrick McGoohan
Starring: Patrick McGoohan as Number 6
Guest Cast:
Leo McKern .................... Number 2
Peter Swanwick ................ Supervisor
John Cazabon .................. Umbrella Man
John Maxim .................... Number 86

1.17 [--] The Prisoner: FALL OUT (final episode)
4-Feb-1968 ATV London UK Sunday
Written & Directed by Patrick McGoohan
Starring: Patrick McGoohan as Number 6
Guest Cast:
Leo McKern .................... Former Number 2
Kenneth Griffith .............. The President
Alexis Kanner ................. Number 48
Peter Swanwick ................ Supervisor
Michael Miller ................ Delegate

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