carnellp@usrcv1.DEC (02/14/86)
This was not a movie but a short lived TV series called "The Prisoner". It stared Patrick MacGougan as a British Secret Service agent that tries to resign only to be kidnapped and taken to the "Village". He is given the number 6 and told only that he may not leave. There was a different No. 1 each week, each trying some complex scheme to get No. 6 to tell them why he wanted to quit the service. The show never explained who was running the place or why No. 6 had been brought there. In the last show of the series, No. 6 was promoted to No. 1 and that was the end. The show ran for two seasons and was generally thought to be the sequel to "Secret Agent" (which also stared MacGougan and featured most of the same writers and directors). Since it ran for less than 3 years it is seldom seen in syndication, although I did hear of a resent run on PBS in the Boston area. I have also heard, but not yet seen, that some of the episodes have been released on video tape. BTW - the big Pink Bubble of which you speak had a name, but for the life of me I can not remember it. I do remember that it was always refered to as if it were a person and not a machine. Paul Carnell Digital Equipment Corp. Syracuse, NY "In the end, my opinions are the only thing I may truly call my own. Let's keep it that way!"
imd@ihlpl.UUCP (Ira M. Dworkin ) (02/15/86)
In article carnellp@usrcv1.DEC <1133@decwrl.DEC.COM> writes: > > This was not a movie but a short lived TV series called "The Prisoner". >It stared Patrick MacGougan as a British Secret Service agent that tries to >resign only to be kidnapped and taken to the "Village". He is given the number >6 and told only that he may not leave. There was a different No. 1 each week, >each trying some complex scheme to get No. 6 to tell them why he wanted to quit >the service. The show never explained who was running the place or why No. 6 >had been brought there. In the last show of the series, No. 6 was promoted to You weren't watching closely enough. The show *DOES* explain why No. 6 was brought there. In the beginning of each show, as a matter of fact, they replay the sequence of events that brought him there: 1) McGoohan, one of their top agents, resigns 2) They can't figure out why he resigned (naah, he couldn't have resigned, he must be working for the other side) 3) Since he is obviously (they think) working for the other side, they have to find out what he knows. 4) They take him to the island to force the real reason for resigning out of him. > > The show ran for two seasons and was generally thought to be the sequel >to "Secret Agent" (which also stared MacGougan and featured most of the same >writers and directors). Since it ran for less than 3 years it is seldom seen >in syndication, although I did hear of a resent run on PBS in the Boston area. Actually, it is shown relatively often on various PBS stations, and is available on video. By the way, if you get a chance *watch this show*! It really is good, once you get the jist of what's going on -- you gotta think a little. Ira Dworkin AT&T Bell Labs Naperville, IL ihnp4!ihlpl!imd
MW9@PSUVM.BITNET (02/18/86)
In article <1133@decwrl.DEC.COM>, carnellp@dec-usrcv1.UUCP says: > > This was not a movie but a short lived TV series called "The Prisoner". >It stared Patrick MacGougan as a British Secret Service agent that tries to >resign only to be kidnapped and taken to the "Village". He is given the number >6 and told only that he may not leave. There was a different No. 1 each week, >each trying some complex scheme to get No. 6 to tell them why he wanted to quit Sorry, but No. 1 was never known for the length of the series (19 episodes, not 14 as someone earlier said), but it was the no. 2's who kept changing. > . . . In the last show of the series, No. 6 was promoted to >No. 1 and that was the end. Oh, brother, not only do you spoil the entire series for anyone who hasn't seen it, but you get it wrong!!!! Get some courtesy. > The show ran for two seasons and was generally thought to be the sequel >to "Secret Agent" (which also stared MacGougan and featured most of the same >writers and directors). >in syndication, although I did hear of a resent run on PBS in the Boston area. Not thought to be, was. Definately. > BTW - the big Pink Bubble of which you speak had a name, but for the >life of me I can not remember it. I do remember that it was always refered to >as if it were a person and not a machine. It was a thing, really. I always thought of him as living. And his name was... Rover! (Yes, really.) This is one of my favorite series and hope it comes to Philly PBS again soon. Has anyone seen Secret Agent Man? Philly was supposed to air it, but it never got around to it. Be seeing you... ------- Michael S. Weiss The Pennsylvania State University MW9@PSUVM.BITNET <* The opinions expressed by me do not reflect those held *> <* by my school nor those of my employer. (If I had one.) *>