MW9@PSUVM.BITNET (02/22/86)
This was posted a long time ago. I have found it to be pretty true...
In some cases, the original author did not summarize an episode.
If you can provide one, mail to me, and I will re-post if
I get all the missing episodes filled in.
Be seeing you...
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The Prisoner
Episode Guide 1967-68
An ITC production by Everyman Films Ltd.
Executive Producer: Patrick McGoohan
Script Editor: George Markstein
Made on location in the grounds of the Hotel Portmerion,
Penrhyndeudraeth, North Wales by courtesy of Sir Clough
Williams-Ellis and at MGM Studios, Borehamwood, England 1966/67
Director of Photography: Brenden J. Stafford BSC
Art Director: Jack Shampan
Theme: Ron Grainer
Casting Director: Rose Tobias
Produced: David Tomblin
1> Arrival
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Director: Don Chaffey
Writer: George Markstein/ David Tomblin
Summary: No.6 first arrives, meets an old friend who commits suicide, and
trys to escape in a helicopter with the help of a young woman.
2> The Chimes of Big Ben
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Director: Don Chaffey
Writer: Vincent Tilsley
Summary: No.6 gets a chance at escape to London, but finds that he has
never even left the Village.
3> A, B, and C
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Director: Pat Jackson
Writer: Anthony Skene
Summary: No.2 attempts to find out why No.6 resigned by using a machine to
delve into his subconscious while he is dreaming.
4> Free For All
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Director: Patrick McGoohan
Writer: Patrick McGoohan
Summary: No.6 runs for the "office" of No.2.
5> The Schizoid Man
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Director: Pat Jackson
Writer: Terence Feely
Summary: An exact duplicate of No.6 shows up in the Village(no.12). No.6
trys to escape by assuming the other's identity. He is caught just
as his helicopter is about to leave.
6> The General
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Director: Peter Graham Scott
Writer: Lewis Greifer
Summary: (None posted.)
7> Many Happy Returns
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Director: Joseph Serf
Writer: Anthony Skene
Summary: No.6 executes a successful escape back to London when he wakes up to
find the Village empty, but in his search by air for the place of his
incarceration, he finds himself catapulted back into its midst.
8> Dance of the Dead
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Director: Don Chaffey
Writer: Anthony Skene
Summary: (None posted.)
9> Checkmate
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Director: Don Chaffey
Writer: Gerald Kelsey
Summary: After participating in a game of "human" chess, an escape attempt
fails because of "the Rook"'s distrust of No.6.
10> Hammer Into Anvil
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Director: Pat Jackson
Writer: Roger Woddis
Summary: A No.2 who has it in for No.6 gets reduced to basket-case status
when No.6 sets out to prove that he is the stronger.
11> It's Your Funeral
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Director: Robert Asher
Writer: Michael Cramoy
Summary: A plot to kill a retiring No.2 is revealed when No.6 meets a
clockmaker's daughter.
12> A Change of Mind
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Director: Joseph Serf
Writer: Roger Parkes
Summary: The Villagers try to make No.6 conform by a "lobotomization"
technique. It turns out to be a hoax.
13> Do Not Forsake Me O My Darling
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Director: Pat Jackson
Writer: Vincent Tilsley
Summary: (None posted.)
14> Living in Harmony
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Director: David Tomblin
Writer: David Tomblin
Summary: The western. No.6 is drugged and made to fantasize that he is in the
old West to make him reveal why he resigned.
15> The Girl Who Was Death
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Director: David Tomblin
Writer: Terence Feely
Summary: No.6 is pitted against a woman who is more than his match, and whose
father wants to take over the world. It turns out to be a fairy tale
that No.6 is telling to some children.
16> Once Upon A Time
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Director: Patrick McGoohan
Writer: Patrick McGoohan
Summary: No.2 (Leo McKern) uses "degree absolute" in an attempt to reduce
No.6 to a psychologically malleable state.
17> Fall Out
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Director: Patrick McGoohan
Writer: Patrick McGoohan
Summary: I think we all remember this one. An amazing ending.
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Michael S. Weiss
The Pennsylvania State University
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