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16 unusual facts about The Prisoner


Alejandro Bello Silva

His figure is used in the science fiction show "The Prisoner" and the anthology Alucinaciones.TXT: Nueva antología de cuentos de literatura fantástica chilena (ISBN 9789568648).

And the Sky Full of Stars

The role of Knight Two was then offered to The Prisoner star Patrick McGoohan, who likewise wished to accept, but was out of the country at the time of filming, and had to decline as well.

Be Seeing You

The album's title was a catchphrase, used by the band, taken from the cult TV series, The Prisoner, which was enjoying a revival at the time.

Doug Rao

He played DS Stuart Turner in The Bill, and has starred in theatre with The Royal Shakespeare Company, in three world premieres including David Edgar's The Prisoner's Dilemma and Peter Whelan's A Russian in the Woods.

Folkjokeopus

The album is notable for the lengthy track "McGoohan's Blues", which Harper states was "inspired by actor Patrick McGoohan's depiction of the establishment rebel in his TV series, The Prisoner".

Intersections in Real Time

Although it has been claimed that this episode was inspired by the series The Prisoner, and many other sources, J. Michael Straczynski has explicitly denied drawing inspiration from any other source.

Jason Morningstar

Durance is a is a GM-less game for 3-5 players and designed to be played in the spirit of The Prisoner.

Letters of Transit

The episode also contains references to The Prisoner, where Walter exclaims "I am not a number! I am a free man!"

Stranger in a Strange World

This is a reference to a signature line from the television show The Prisoner, "I am not a number — I am a free man!"

The All-Night Show

The All-Night Show generally showed reruns of classic series such as The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, and The Prisoner, and filled the space in between with music videos (including old Scopitones), old movie shorts, and comedic banter.

The Girl Who Was... Death

At 38:46 into the song, the music ceases and silence continues until the very end, where the album features the band's cover of the main theme from the television series that it is based on, The Prisoner.

The album was entirely written by Mr. Doctor and is based on a television series by Patrick McGoohan called The Prisoner.

The Masque of Mandragora

better known as the setting for the cult series The Prisoner.

The Prisoner's Song

The events leading to the song’s immense popularity began with a decision by Victor in 1924 to issue a recording of another song The Wreck of the Old 97, also titled The Wreck of the Southern Old 97, which had been a money-maker for other record companies.

TVOntario

Episodes of The Prisoner were hosted by journalist Warner Troyer whose segments included interviews with the actors and a discussion of various psychological, philosophical or sociological themes regarding the series.

Witch Wood

In the The Prisoner episode The Girl Who Was Death, Number Six is lured to a strange town which is apparently called "Witch Wood".


A. B. and C.

The episode stars Patrick McGoohan in the character of Number 6 and features as Number 2 Colin Gordon - the only actor other than Leo McKern who would play Number 2 in more than one episode.

Alf Joint

On television he appeared in Doctor Who, Dick Turpin, Return to Treasure Island, Danger Man, The Prisoner, The Avengers, Space: 1999, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, (for which he plunged 430ft into the Reichenbach Falls doubling for Eric Porter) and London's Burning.

Brian Mitchell and Joseph Nixon

Mitchell and Nixon’s next play, Spy, was inspired by 1960s British spy films and TV series, including The Ipcress File, James Bond, The Saint, The Prisoner and The Avengers, with one scene echoing Alain Resnais’s Last Year in Marienbad.

Carlton Television

The ITC archive is financially lucrative since it includes such popular shows as Thunderbirds, The Prisoner, and The Saint, as well as feature films such as The Return of the Pink Panther, On Golden Pond, and Capricorn One.

Eton Boating Song

The Eton Boating Song features in the 1960s television series The Prisoner, in the episodes "The Girl Who Was Death" and "Once Upon a Time".

Jean Marie Stine

(the third paperback following the British TV series The Prisoner cf. The Prisoner in other media).

Skylarking

The Channel 4 music program The Tube also produced videos for "The Meeting Place" and "The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul" filmed in Portmeirion with the band wearing costumes from The Prisoner.

Wilfred Josephs

In particular, Josephs is remembered for composing the music for the television series Enemy at the Door (drama) (1978), The Great War (1964), Talking to a Stranger (1966), I, Claudius (1976) and incidental music for The Prisoner (1967).