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The Prisoner

No man is just a number.

7.7(212)
First Aired:September 29, 1967
Seasons:1 season
Episodes:17
Status:Ended

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.

Cast

Patrick McGoohan

Patrick McGoohan

Number Six

Seasons

Arrival

E1Arrival

50m7.6

Sep 29, 1967

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

The Chimes of Big Ben

E2The Chimes of Big Ben

50m8.2

Oct 6, 1967

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

A., B. and C.

E3A., B. and C.

50m7.5

Oct 13, 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

E4Free for All

50m7.7

Oct 20, 1967

Number 6 runs for the office of Number 2.

The Schizoid Man

E5The Schizoid Man

50m8.3

Oct 27, 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

E6The General

50m7.3

Nov 3, 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

E7Many Happy Returns

50m6.8

Nov 10, 1967

Number 6 wakes up to find the Village totally deserted.

Dance of the Dead

E8Dance of the Dead

50m7.4

Nov 17, 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

E9Checkmate

50m7.6

Nov 24, 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

E10Hammer into Anvil

50m8.5

Dec 1, 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

E11It's Your Funeral

50m7.3

Dec 8, 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

E12A Change of Mind

50m8.0

Dec 15, 1967

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

Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darling

E13Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darling

50m6.2

Dec 22, 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

E14Living in Harmony

50m6.2

Dec 29, 1967

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

The Girl Who Was Death

E15The Girl Who Was Death

50m6.8

Jan 19, 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

E16Once Upon a Time

50m8.0

Jan 26, 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

E17Fall Out

51m7.3

Feb 2, 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.

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Storyline

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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