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The Prisoner

After he has resigned, a British secret agent is abducted by a mysterious organisation and relocated to a town known simply as The Village. The aim is to get him to provide secret information but he refuses. What follows is a battle of wits and wills as the agent seeks to escape and his captors try all sorts of means to obtain the information they want.

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Patrick McGoohan
Number Six
Angelo Muscat
The Butler
Peter Swanwick
Supervisor

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Episode 1

Arrival

Sat, Jun 1, 196850 mins

After resigning from his organization, a secret agent is abducted and finds himself in a sunny, Continental-style village which has no name and where the taxi and phone services do not extend beyond its boundaries. After meeting an enigmatic woman, he ultimately gets to see Number Two, the apparent village head, who tells him that he is there for the information he can give. Then Number Two gives way to a new Number Two.

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Awards

  • 1969 - Hugo - Best Dramatic Presentation - nominated
  • 2009 - OFTA TV Hall of Fame - Television Programs - winner

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