The Prisoner
No man is just a number.
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.
Seasons
1. Arrival
Air Date: 1967-09-29
After resigning, a secret agent finds himself trapped in a bizarre prison known only as The Village.
2. The Chimes of Big Ben
Air Date: 1967-10-06
A new Number 8 named Nadia arrives in The Village, and together Number 6 and she plot their escape.
3. A., B. and C.
Air Date: 1967-10-13
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.
4. Free for All
Air Date: 1967-10-20
Number 6 runs for the office of Number 2.
5. The Schizoid Man
Air Date: 1967-10-27
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.
6. The General
Air Date: 1967-11-03
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.
7. Many Happy Returns
Air Date: 1967-11-10
Number 6 wakes up to find the Village totally deserted.
8. Dance of the Dead
Air Date: 1967-11-17
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.
9. Checkmate
Air Date: 1967-11-24
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.
10. Hammer into Anvil
Air Date: 1967-12-01
Number 6 vows revenge and goes after a sadistic Number 2 after he drives a fellow village resident to her death.
11. It's Your Funeral
Air Date: 1967-12-08
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.
12. A Change of Mind
Air Date: 1967-12-15
After a brawl Number 6 is declared "unmutual" and is made to think that he has undergone "instant social treatment."
13. Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darling
Air Date: 1967-12-22
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.
14. Living in Harmony
Air Date: 1967-12-29
Number 6 finds himself in the middle of a wild west version of his imprisonment.
15. The Girl Who Was Death
Air Date: 1968-01-19
Back in London, Number 6 is trying to track down a crazed scientist who is protected by his homicidal daughter.
16. Once Upon a Time
Air Date: 1968-01-26
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.
17. Fall Out
Air Date: 1968-02-02
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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Rating
7.7/10
Release Date
1967-09-29
Episodes
17 (1 seasons)
Status
Ended
Cast
Videos
Production Companies
Everyman Films
ITC Entertainment