Prisoner, The

Synopsis: All 17 episodes of the enigmatic, surrealist, paranoiac television series from the 1960s, produced, co-written and co-produced by Patrick McGoohan. Restored and remastered from original film elements. McGoohan himself plays No 6, held in a mysterious seaside town (Portmeirion in actuality) for reasons unclear, though certainly to do with him resigning from the secret service. But who is holding him, his own side or another? Who is Number 2 and what do they want? Who is Number 1? Number 6 just wants to get out. He sometimes does, ingeniously, but usually not for long.

DVD extras: 7 discs. Audio Commentaries; Don’t Knock Yourself Out - exclusive, feature-length documentary; Audio Commentaries; Restored version of the original edits of Arrival and The Chimes of Big Ben; A specially-commissioned book on the making of the series by TV historian Andrew Pixley; Trailers; Behind the scenes footage; Production Paperwork Archive; Image archive containing over 1200 stills; Dolby 5.1 Audio Mix; Commercial Break Bumpers; initial 5,000 copies will be limited edition packaging
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2007
Year of production: 1967-1969
Subjects: Media studies
Keywords: archive television; science fiction; television drama

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