The Prisoner

[goldear]

Originally Posted by ekmanning5

Let you know in two weeks after we watch all the episodes. Sorry, but just like the series my reply will drag on forever.

I'm a huge sci-fi fan in general, but I guess that I must have missed all of the good episodes of this show, because this show simply didn't quite do it for me.

I have tried to watch it, but the episodes were a recipe for falling asleep in front of the TV. I even tried to get my wife to watch it with me once. But she liked it less than I did, so that was the last attempt for me. Perhaps I'm just a little too young and impatient to appreciate this series.

But I am still genuinely curious to know how it ended.

[Mr Natural]

"Ahh, my dear chap!!"

My favorite British actor, Leo McKern played No. 2 in two episodes...'The Chimes of Big Ben' (epi #5) and 'Once Upon a Time" (epi #16).
Remember him in "Rumpole of the Bailey" and in the Beatles "Help". And I remember him as the voice of a lost robot in "Space 1999".

I was given the entire series on DVD as a b-day present several years ago and continue to enjoy it. 10 discs, 17 episodes and numerous extras make this an amazing collectors set.
Interesting note - throughout the series, there have only been 2 members of the regular cast. Patrick McGoohan and Angelo Muscat (the butler)!!

Next summer - 2008 - the wife and I plan on touring the British Isles and are eagerly awaiting a visit to Wales and a stay at Portmeirion.


"I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or numbered! My life is my own."

[Yamaha Nutz]

Have safe trip....."Be seeing you"

O the catch phrases! It's been a good 15 years since I've seen any episode, but some things just stick in your mind!

[juncers]

Mr Natural,
Leo McKern is actually Australian. He just acts in a lot of British productions, and, being a good actor, has the accent down perfectly!

Ray

[Arkay]

Waking up an older thread here, but just wanted to share this... I LOVED this show as a kid, when it was shown on television. So did my father - we would watch it together.

I haven't seen a single episode of it since... all I have are limited memories of some plots and scenes, and of course the music (which I HAVE heard since).

Tonight I got a few "new" LaserDisks, and among them is.... The Prisoner, Episode 3, "A, B & C"! I'll have to keep looking for the rest of the series (one down, sixteen to go), but now that I know they were out on LaserDisk, it gives me something else (alongside the Star Trek LDs and the "Combat" series LDs and a few others I've found some of) to work on collecting a complete set.

Tonight, shortly, after how long -- thirty-plus years? -- I'm finally going to re-watch an episode of The Prisoner! Wish it were Episode One, and I could watch them in sequence, but that's okay. I'm still going to enjoy the nostalgic "revival" of another old memory.

For anyone interested, I also picked up three of the original Star Wars LD releases tonight (one ORIGINAL "Star Wars" release and two early versions of "Return of the Jedi")... gradually assembling a complete set of the various LD releases of that series, too. Paid a buck-twenty apiece for them, and also for some cool oldies like Jules Verne's "From the Earth to the Moon". LDs are fun!

[radotvguy]

Great show , i watched it too !!!!!