The Prisoner

1h

Drama

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Mystery

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.

Production Companies

Everyman Films

ITC Entertainment

Episodes

Cast

Arrival

1. Arrival

50min

29th Sep 1967

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

The Chimes of Big Ben

2. The Chimes of Big Ben

50min

6th Oct 1967

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

A., B. and C.

3. A., B. and C.

50min

13th Oct 1967

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.

Free for All

4. Free for All

50min

20th Oct 1967

Number 6 runs for the office of Number 2.

The Schizoid Man

5. The Schizoid Man

50min

27th Oct 1967

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.

The General

6. The General

50min

3rd Nov 1967

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.

Many Happy Returns

7. Many Happy Returns

50min

10th Nov 1967

Number 6 wakes up to find the Village totally deserted.

Dance of the Dead

8. Dance of the Dead

50min

17th Nov 1967

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.

Checkmate

9. Checkmate

50min

24th Nov 1967

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.

Hammer into Anvil

10. Hammer into Anvil

50min

1st Dec 1967

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

It's Your Funeral

11. It's Your Funeral

50min

8th Dec 1967

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.

A Change of Mind

12. A Change of Mind

50min

15th Dec 1967

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

Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darling

13. Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darling

50min

22nd Dec 1967

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.

Living in Harmony

14. Living in Harmony

50min

29th Dec 1967

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

The Girl Who Was Death

15. The Girl Who Was Death

50min

19th Jan 1968

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

Once Upon a Time

16. Once Upon a Time

50min

26th Jan 1968

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.

Fall Out

17. Fall Out

51min

2nd Feb 1968

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.

First air date

29th Sep 1967

Last air date

2nd Feb 1968

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks