Loved The Prisoner growing up, early '70s reruns. Took my daughter to ComicCon in Calgary back in '21 and a young lad was dressed as No. 6. He was just leaving as we entered and I said "Be seeing you." complete with hand gesture. He stopped, lit up and cried out "you're the first person to get it." He was despondent no one recognized his character, but I made his day.

I'm so happy that Patrick McGoohan lived long enough and had the sense of humor to participate in The Simpsons' parody.

I knew Patrick he lived in the street behind mine and when he was at home there we used to have a drink in The Bell In at Hythe Kent, when he started the Prisoner we helped with the weather ballons that were towed behind his speedboat at Dymchurch, the Bell Inn was also linked to the story that Patrick did about the Scarecrow and the smugglers, l think there is still a secret tunnel under the pub running toward the sea. He was a large character just over 6 feet tall, a deep thinker but a very honest speaking man.

“Who is Number One?” “You are, Number Six.” The power of the comma.

I watched 'The Prisoner' for the first time this year. I'm a millennial baby - born 1988, so the Cold War is just history to me. You're dead right about the show feeling both ahead of its time and wholly 1967. Watching it today, I found a lot of parallels with the digital age. Not just government surveillance and data mining operations but the way social media encourages its own kind of conformity, whether it's through Instagram beauty standards or mass harassment to punish perceived wrongthink on Twitter.

Hard to recapture, now, the strange spookiness of The Village with its hidden cameras and its self-opening doors. In 1967 those were truly futuristic. Now, CCTV is everywhere and last week I banged into a shop door because it *didn't* open for me. But still, it holds up.

Patrick was a genius. I love how in one of the Columbos Patrick says “be seeing you”. I absolutely love this show

I watched The Prisoner when it first aired in the U. S. around 1967-1968. I was only seven or eight then but it's stuck with me since as one of the most intriguing series ever.

'The Truman show' was the proper updating of the concept heralding celebrity/ reality TV culture of 21st century. I have to say tho , I am at the time of life were if someone stuck me in Portmerion to read books and play chess all day for the rest of my life....I don't think I would be troubling the big rubber ball.

I saw it as a kid and thought it was cooler than "Mission Impossible" that my parents were hooked on. I also watched The Avengers, and The Champions. And now the whole world is "The Village". Also a Blake's 7 fan.

Part of the beauty of The Prisoner's finale is that it not only refused to explain the rest of the series, but it instead made things even more weird and enigmatic than ever, a mike drop of surrealism.

...and Reason 7: It's the only time that a man was filmed having a fist fight with a balloon. _Comedy genius!_

One other aspect worth mentioning is that the series looks and sounds amazing. The art direction, the incidental music and the unique backdrop combine to create feast of stimulating TV.

My favourite all time series. Credit must go to the various No 2 actors who were all big stars in their own right. Fabulous stars who helped cement the brilliance of it all .

When we visited Wales we hired a car to go visit Portmerion. Got into a minor car accident thanks to a truck coming around a bend on a matchbook sized A road. So we are the only people who couldn’t break INTO the Village.

Still my all-time favourite show. Enigmatic, surreal, intelligent and utterly engrossing.

Portmeirion is not far from where I live and over the years have visited it a lot. I can confirm to any 'influencer'(whatever that means) that it has been there for a long time, therefore not a 'secret place' The Prisoner was a superb series because it was different. Great video and insight Mitch.

I first saw The Prisoner as a six-year-old in 1968 when it was imported to the United States. It captivated like no other show. As a young child, I could not comprehend everything that was unfolding before me, yet I was spellbound by it (and utterly terrified by Rover). Today, The Prisoner is, for me, the benchmark for all other dramas. It inspired me to become an actor and storyteller. Now, as the co-founder & co-owner of an entertainment production company, Adventurous Ideas, I hold our projects up to the standards of The Prisoner and ask myself, "Are our storylines as compelling? Are our characters as intriguing? Are we're taking our audience on a journey that is as unique?" I keep hoping that one day I will get a chance to visit Portmeirion. I'll be a guest at a comic con in Wales later this year. Perhaps I will be able to take a side trip and finally see the Village in person. Thank you so much for this spot-on analysis of my all-time favorite television drama. Great video. Blessings to you!

I saw The Prisoner when it first aired in the USA. After the final episode I came to the conclusion that it was a psychological story and it was actually explained in the intro to every episode with this dialog: prisoner: “ Who are you?” Voice: “l am number 2.” p: “Who is number 1?” V: “You are, number 6.” Until the end, I thought the last line was “ You are number 6.” Amazing how much meaning can change simply by inserting a comma.

Patrick McGoohan was in 4 episodes of Colombo, in one of them (possibly Identity Crisis where he plays a rogue FBI agent) he says 'Be seeing you' to Colombo.

I reads somewhere that there have been several different running orders of the show, and some people argue violently about which is the "correct" or "official" one. All I know is, when I taped it off PBS in the early 80s, they'd run it a particular way, and it makes ABSOLUTELY PERFECT sense that way. It breaks down into 3 "acts" of 7, 5 and 5 episodes. Act 1 is "normal", act 2 ends in tragedy, act 3 combines COMEDY and the wrap-up. Also, the last 3 episodes produced were done without Portmerion, and the final episode produced without McGoohan! But, that one was run IN THE EXACT MIDDLE. "Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling" answers the question "Why did you resign", but not in words. Leo McKerns' Number Two said IF he could get Six to answer that one question, which he didn't even care about the answer to, all the other answers would then follow. Which is the only reason Six refused to ever answer it. EXCEPT when he did... near the end of "Once Upon A Time", at which point McKern's Two had a nervous breakdown and could not understand the answer! "For peace." "What?" "For peace of mind." "WHAT??" "Because TOO MANY people KNOW too much!" If you saw the mind-swap episode, you know what he's referring to. (You had to see both episodes to "get" it.) Something else that got me... McGoohan wanted to do 7 episodes. If you watch the PBS order... the 7th episode is the one where HE ESCAPES. "Many Happy Returns" opens with the Village deserted. Six sets about escaping, and for nearly a half-hour, there's not a single word of dialogue. He makes it back to England, his apartment, he finds a nice middle-aged lady is living there, she helps him get a clean change of clothes, and sends him on his way. He goes back to his office, tells his story, and they decide to investigate. Flying in an airplane, eventually, he FINDS The Village... and his pilot hits the EJECT button, and he winds up parachuting down onto the beach. Devastated, he goes back to his apartment... when the door opens, and that nice lady in London turns out to be NUMBER TWO. She's carrying a birthday cake, and wishes him "MANY HAPPY RETURNS!" Geez, what a horrible, painful, slap-in-the-face that must have been. Imagine if the show had ENDED there. I think it was supposed to. Now, if you watch the PBS order... "Act 2" begins with... "Dance Of The Dead". In that one, Six is REALLY PISSED OFF. Why? See "Many Happy Returns". When asked a question by someone, he angrily yells, "I'M NEW HERE!!!!" Sure. But this is the beginning of his SECOND time being there, not his first. There were 3 female Number Twos, and all 3 of them were FAR MORE DEVIOUS than any of the men. And there's something downright sinister about Mary Morris's Two. Despite this, every time I'd watch her, I had the distinct feeling that, when she was younger, she must have been one hot number. Turns out I was right. Also, when she goes to the costume party, she's dressed as Peter Pan. Morris starred as Peter Pan on stage once, decades before that episode. "Act 2" ends with "Living In Harmony", the darkest episode in the run. I understand CBS in America refused to run it. So I first saw it on a UHF station about 5 years later. Alexis Kanner is in it, and goes insane by the end. He comes back in "Fall Out". Funny thing. "Fall Out" was filmed BEFORE "Living In Harmony".

What a perfect sign-off: "Be seeing you"

Definitely one of those moments that melted its way into popular culture. Star Wars, Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy, Prisoner....... We owe so much to them yet they owe so much to us. I just feel blessed to have been and witnessed it at the time.

I discovered The Prisoner as a teen in the 80s (possibly around the 20 year anniversary) when PBS ran a marathon over a weekend. I wrote an essay about it in my high school English class. I wrote “I am not a number, I am a free man” on my locker over the number plate.

Very good...😊 Everyone will, undoubtedly, have their own stories and recollections of The Prisoner. This is mine. As a little kid, I used to watch it with my older brother and my dad. I was born in 1961, so that indicates how old I was. But, on a family holiday, my dad had obviously done his research and took us to The Village! I didn't have a clue where I was but enjoyed walking around this strangely familiar place. I kind of understood because dad explained it to us, but I remember feeling quite bewildered, knowing that that I was walking through a film set. I then, rediscovered years later, Channel 4 showing it again. I understood things a little more by then. Having seen the original broadcast Live, and visiting the Village, then understanding more about it, I was absolutely gobsmacked! I felt like this phenomenon was part of me, somehow? Over the years, I'm now 62, I've been back a few times. It never changes. It's exactly how I remember it all those years ago. Which is lovely. So many places change, over time. I'm connected to Village now and I have the utmost respect to what these magnificent people did there all those years ago. Patrick McGoohan, you were and are my hero ❤️ I heard that the producers of Coronation Street planned on making a second series of the show... It was shelved though. They had intended it be called The Rovers' Return 😅

Absolutely spot on with your comment on it being ahead of it's time yet so 1967. That, however, is it's magic. Patrick McGoohan was a genius for creating it. Iron Maiden did two songs inspired by the series. The Prisoner on their 1982 album The Number of the Beast, and Back in the Village on their 1984 album Powerslave.

I was just ending primary school when it was on. It scared the living daylights out of me, particularly the pervasive atmosphere of hopelessness and powerlessness of No 6. Trapped. No escape. And no reasons given.

I rewatch “The Prisoner” episodes quite often. Despite the Cold War setting, it feels just as fresh now as it did in 1967. The writing is so superior to 99% of everything now on television, that it’s a pleasure to watch, even if I know every word of dialogue and each scene by heart. The idea that they “didn’t explain” the ending isn’t really true. You just have to understand that you’re not going to get a standard explanation. But you can work it out. The Butler goes into Number Six’s house, and the door opens automatically, like the doors in the Village. That’s not exactly subtle…but I’ll leave you to work it out for yourselves, since “I will not be pushed, stamped, filed, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered.”

The Prisoner is a terrific, freewheeling, surreal self contained wonder. You, Mitch, are pretty much bang on in your analysis. It has been a good while since I have seen it, but it is a landmark show for the reasons you mentioned ( I absolutely love the fact it didn’t cop out at the end) and nothing has been anything like it before or since.. The last few episodes- the western one, and the trial in episode 16 and 17 are slightly incongruous and raise the surrealist bar by several notches. I understand why, now having heard this. You are still left, even at the end with doubts about his status, and about the whole things purpose and meaning. Which you are supposed to be. It really really is the lack of resolution that makes this so great. It’s a pretty perfect series, when concept , acting, scripting ( and even the “ new number 2) comes together. The location is just the star of the show, and the straw boater/ blazer/badge idea is like much of it, inspired. And a little mad. I love it. And your critique is absolutely correct, and brilliant.

In the late 1980s, as a young lad of about 17 (I think), me and a friend spent a week in North Wales walking about and camping. We'd watched some VHSs of The Prisoner and were fans by then, so we decided that we had to visit Portmeirion. But the entry price was costly and we didn't have much money with us. So we decided we would try to get ourselves INTO The Village. I remember we had to scramble up a small cliff, but we somehow did it. I do recall that it seemed like quite an 'ironic' thing to be doing.

That was when The Beeb was king, with every program having an economy of scripting, and equally a wide range of concept.

Two shows I always enjoyed watching in the 70’s as a teenager in Toronto, The Prisoner, and The Avengers. And, of course, The New Avengers. After all, who wasn’t in love with Joanna Lumley back then? The prisoner (Number 6) was always trying to find out who was number 1, but never seemed to get beyond number 2. And, as I’m sure most guys know, it’s always a messy situation when you’re standing there waiting for number 1, and unexpectedly number 2 shows up!

A marvellous analysis thank you. I watched The Prisoner when living in Sheffield in 1967 and practically broke my neck each week to get home in time for the latest episode - it was freezing cold and speeding over icy roads could be as surreal as the series! An excellent digitally restored 35th Anniversary Special Edition dvd set was released, here in Australia, by Umbrella, around twenty years ago and it has heaps of extras like alternate endings, deleted scenes, rare footage and more. I plan to watch it all over again starting tomorrow and thank you again - for rekindling lots of wonderful memories! 👍🙏 from a new subscriber.

THIS was my dad's and my show. I was allowed to stay up late on the nights it aired to watch with him after he got home from his late shift. I have the DVD boxed set and this really cool book of the script. I bought the comics sequel, which was not all that memorable. And I totally for got about the re-boot. Yeah, this show lives in my mind and has influenced my own art even when I'm not even conscious of it. Are we the Prisoner? Or are we the Man dutifully serving the Prisoner? Or are we the Village? I've always thought we were Rover; the dogged and die-hard audience demanding of our Prisoners and making sure they never go too far. Be Seeing You 👌

I stayed in one of The Prisoner houses at PortMeirion a few years ago and loved getting the Prisoner vibe. Wonderful series and you are right ‘of it’s time and ahead of it’s time’

What a great summary of the show! Congratulatons! I hope people will share this video.

I fortunate enough to see "The Prisoner" when it first aired ins the United States when I was still in High School. Unlike most of my peers I already knew who Patrick McGoohan was because I had already seen him as "Danger Chap", a series which had been aired in the US but which was regarded as somewhat outside the mainstream and a bit of an acquired taste. Oddly enough, "Danger Chap" was originally an American agent working for NATO out of Washington, DC, but who , after the first season, morphed into a British agent working out of London for some sort of "Ministry of Sneaky Bastards". The reason for that was that "Dr. No". the first James Bond movie, was released partway trough the first series so that, suddenly, British secret agents became a more marketable commodity than American ones. In any event I can definitely attest that, although it was not a big hit upon its initial release in the US in 1968, being into "The Prisoner" was a definite indication that one was "hip". All one had to do was say "Be seeing you" or "That would be telling" and people who were "hip" would get it.

Facinating it taught me stff I did not know , my first Favourite tv show is the BBc `s 1977 Survivors then the very close second THE Prisoner.

Yes you can certainly relate to how big brother is in control and we as people are not treated as individuals just reduced to numbers a collective ---- trouble is I think the "village " gives more freedom and more protection and respect to it to its people than we get these days . Really great visionary show brilliant .

Thank you for this, Mitch! I'm a huge fan of The Prisoner (and Patrick, of course), and watched it when it first aired on American tv. I had seen some episodes of Secret Agent Man, so for me it was apparent that Number 6 was Secret Agent Man. I loved your 6 reasons and the explanation for each one. In my view, you're spot on with all of them. Indeed, The Prisoner was very much lightning in a bottle and I doubt we'll see anything like it ever again.

66 years old. Watched the whole series first run on CBC in Canada. Apparently it premiered in Canada a week or so before anywhere else, including the UK. I had been primed by the Avengers and this series fit right in to my nascent counterculture instincts. More recently, my work colleague from Wales went home for a holiday and visited Portmerrion. He brought me back a fridge magnet with Patrick McGoohan's image and the caption: "I am not a number" from the gift shop. Priceless.

I don't remember ever watching this show but that scene where he gets flattened by that weather balloon has been in my mind/nightmares since I was a kid (born in 69). Incredible that it had such a strong impact.

The Prisoner provided a great education in so many ways, I've watched it so many times since 1967 and can always find something relevant to today's world in it, it was a good education / preparation for the psyche. The inner Number Six was most usefully channelled when it came to the recent use of behavioural psychology / gas lighting of the entire population. There was also another interesting and somewhat sinister British series (only 8 episodes) along the lines of The Prisoner from Channel 4 back in 2007... Cape Wrath (also known as Meadowlands) which is well worth a watch for those who like The prisoner.

Thank you so much for that video. This is probably the smartest commentary on one of the best TV shows ever. I was a young teen when it first aired and have been a fan ever since. I always assumed number six was John Drake he was certainly a spy. ITC with Lew Grade made some classic TV. The Emma Peel era of The Avengers was just fantastic and I’m rewatching them now. I just finished watching The Prisoner again in HD. And a fun true fact my Welsh auntie‘s dad designed Portmeirion, Sir Clough Williams-Ellis And a lovely opening comment about all these so-called smart influencers! Or maybe I’m just a grumpy old man!

Please do more on the Prisoner! I loved this show. It was mind blowing to my 14 year old brain when it first aired on PBS.

Loved this series, “I am not a number “!

OMG!!! That rover thing was terrifying... and sooo clever - I really appreciate your commentary, this program is definitely one of my all time favorites!

A show intro using the iconic Lotus 7 was always going to be a winner. Thoroughly enjoyed The Prisoner as a young lad, thought provoking and great for discussion at school the next day.

The "Wayward Pines" connection was great , as you said the 1st season was really good and owed so much to the Prisoner.

Thank you. Interesting …. And extremely well presented. Best wishes from New Zealand.

nice summary. when i saw the ending, my interpretation was that we imprison ourselves out of fear of the consequences of doing otherwise. i think McGoohan said "freedom is a myth"

Some of his early stuff is a bit dated now, but I can't think of Patrick Macgoohan in anything bad. He was great in lEscape from Alcatraz and Columbo, but The Prisoner is a timeless masterpiece. Brilliant.

United States here. "The Prisoner" was syndicated and shown in the 1980s on certain local TV stations. In my hometown, Minneapolis-St. Paul, I think it was KMSP-TV, which was then the ABC affiliate. It's a real testament to the salesmanship of ITV that they could get stations to buy "The Prisoner," despite it not having many episodes.

A truly great show - thanks for the commentary. good to keep the answer - the mystery of the show - i did not know it's on amazon - I am working my way through Danger Man. Thanks again

I remember watching The Prisoner when it first aired. I was about 5 years old, didn't understand a damned thing about what I was watching (other than that Patrick McGoohan had been "Secret Agent") but thinking that this had to be the coolest thing on TV and that I couldn't wait to be old enough to "get" what the show was really about. That, and every sign in The Village had its own little roof. I loved those little rooves.

Great analysis! I watched the Prisoner when it first aired. I was about 10 years old and it both terrified and fascinated me. (I had nightmares about the Rover.) Even decades later, images and phrases from the series had remained with me. Thanks to DVDs I was finally able to rewatch the series as an adult. I was old enough then to appreciate the dense subtext, as well as McGoohan's mischievous sense of humor. He's still one of the most fascinating actors to watch, one of the few where I can see what's going on in his mind. The final two episodes are just brilliant.

I came to The Prisoner through the indie-rock band Mansun. Their second album was called 'Six' and track 1 is called Six and track 6 is called Fall Out. Nice. Also the artwork is heavily inspired by the show.

Nice to see you talking about this - brings back memories of our times there! ;)

We had a ginormous beach ball when I was a kid. We would be out in the yard playing, and my dad would throw it up in the air toward us and... due to displacement, because it was go freakishly large... it would slowly sort of FLOAT upward in our direction and then down at us. *Because of Rover*, it TERRIFIED me! And to this day I feel The Prisoner has the best opening titles sequence of any TV show ever.

I'm not a number, I'm a free man.

It is a show that even someone like me in Australia will never forget.

When the plot is never explained….we too are The Prisoner…

Excellent video Mitch 👍🏻 I adore The Prisoner, was in Poretmeirion the other day and the amount of people there make me think it’s definitely NOT a secret 😀😀😀

Always wanted to go to Portmeirion. Maybe I'll do it yet. Never knew the story about the real Rover. And yes, The Prisoner is the greatest TV show ever.

Excellent review - can't add anything to it. My memories of this show are slightly unusual, because I read it before I watched it, and I was fascinated to see the written words come to life. My mother was going out with the owner of a small printing firm, and was also a very good shorthand/copy typist. She had the task of typing up the scripts for many TV shows so that they could be printed, and I was given the task of proof-reading them. I couldn't make much sense of The Prisoner scripts until I saw them on TV...I had a lot of kudos at school, because I knew what was going to happen in all the Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons episodes, though!

Portmeirion also makes some of the finest porcelain in the world. Our teapot was made there, and it's beautiful.

I was brought up in Porthmadog (2 miles from Portmerion). We often went visit. There was a back entrance in to the village over the hill so we didn’t need to pay. Wonderful place and still the same as in the TV series…..

Watched the whole lot at the time and still recall the detail and still relate the story to what's pertinent TODAY

thank you for not making fun of our inability to grasp object permanence.

I was around 13 years old when this aired in the States, and I've never been quite the same since. You point out, quite correctly, that it is the epitome of the Summer of Love vibe that was goiing on at the time, and yet it is still timeless. Still, to this day many years later, it keeps a hold on me. It blew my mind then and it still does. Your points here are spot-on and have inspired me to once again view the whole shebang to reaffirm my love of this work of art. I consider it on the level of Beckett.

I'm a fan of modern amateur sci-fi short stories and Prisoner references turn up way more than you would expect. People usually miss them completely, but they are there.

First saw the Prisoner on my local PBS station in 1977. I was 20 and it blew the top of my head off. I agree with McGoohan's "interpretation" of the series. And my blood froze when the door of Number Six's townhouse opened automatically at the end of "Fall Out." It still holds up incredibly well.

I'm from N Wales and I love the show. I feel we are actually living in it right now with Google being Rover, our mobiles are watching our moves.

Also in 1976 there was a Doctor Who Story Called the Masque of Mandragora was filmed there

In the 80's, I stayed at Port Marion, just because of the TV show! As I recall, it was shown as a "summer replacement series" in about 1968(?) on the CBS TV network here in the states. Years later I found a paperback novel of the show's story (at Port Marion) which gave more background information than the show actually did. Sadly I lost that book as one usually does by loaning it to a friend, who never returned it... Most fun episodes: "The girl who was death" and "The Chimes of Big Ben"... I watched "The Champions" too! I found all episodes of both shows (and "Danger Man") available for free on KZfaq.

I was 13 at the time. I liked the show. My dad loved it. He said it was all about psychology. "You are ... number 6" fits with that exactly. The person on the couch, under investigation, being intimately dissected, is ultimately number 1. It is up to the patient to decide if the diagnosis is correct, if the therapy has reached its conclusion.

The Prisoner and the Avengers was so cool. Thank you.

Thanks for keeping me captive or should I say captivated for 16 minutes. And thank you for explaining the non ending of Lost. My story on Lost is that after getting sucked in and waiting until the bitter end my power went out about half way during the last episode so I never saw the climax which wasn't that climactic apparently.

I like your take on The Prisoner. And Loving the guitars too.

The fact that they never explained it all was one of the coolest things, it left the mystique intact.

A great show that should be more acknowledged. In the "Girl who Was Death" episode, he is very quickly referred to as "Mr. Drake". In the last episode, he explains why he resigned, saying it was "because too many people know too much", which was way ahead of its time and brilliant.

I believe the difference in the endings of the Prisoner and Lost is that every episode of Lost implied that that the world in which it operated had logical, truthful rules that needed only to be discovered. Lost, therefore, led us to believe that it could have a logical, truthful explanation. The reality is that the writers were relying on the "just write" principle and believed story would resolve itself. They were wrong. The Prisoner gave away no such intention. Indeed it went out of its way to show the audience that all involved were unreliable narrators and there was no ending that could ever be trusted. Number 6 was never on a truth quest, nor was it ever implied that he had any life to return to outside his identity as a spy. He didn't want to go "home" or solve a mystery; He just wanted out. That leaves three questions. What does "out" look like? Is "out" really any different than "in"? Could we ever trust any ending we see? I think the psychedelic ending is nearly flawless.

I watched it in the US when I was a teenager and considered it the best thing ever on tv. Still do.

I saw The Prisoner on a 70s or 80s re-run (I was a year old on its initial run) and fell in love with it. I have it on VHS & DVD. Your comparison to Wayward Pines is absolutely spot on - it tried SO hard to be weird but accessible, had a terrific central conceit, but the 2nd season just threw it all away. There's a graphic novel continuation of the original series which reunites McGoohan, McKern & Angelo Muscat's characters in a now deserted and decrepit Village with a couple of new faces for modern "relevance". I recommend it.

I watched it what for me was real time in Summer of 1968 - I watched every show religiously. It remains embedded in my mind as part of that summer’s experience. I recently saw a Patrick McGoohan interview from the 90’s where he said that he came up with the concept and using Portmerion as the Village - Nice overview - the surreal ending totally matched the surreal nature of 1968. Assassinations, the Democratic Convention riot, all took place before or during the Prisoner’s showing. As I had also been a fan of Secret Agent Man (as it was called in US) the Prisoner seemed like essential viewing / thanks

Patrick McGoohan wrote, directed, and stared in the prisoner and it's a master piece.

I got to see it in the US when it was first broadcast here in 67 or 68. It was so completely bizarre and surreal that it stayed in my 8 year old mind permanently emblazed. Brilliantly done and futuristic enough to be one of the best scifi shows ever made.

Good summary, very good, factual and, which is important, didn’t attempt any interpretation.

I can only say Thank You very much for the explanation because for a long time I didn’t really know the what the meaning was. You gave me more insight about the show and I am happy for this opportunity to view this post.

Watched it in the late 60's. Lived in the Twin cities and the local 'educational tv', pre PBS, had a package of British programming. It exposed me to a bunch of British movies, TV shows, and The Prisoner. They also brought Monty Python to the area.

I've heard a rumor over the years, that the way the series was made, you can watch 'Arrival', then any episodes you like, in any order, just so long as 'Fallout' is the last episode, and it will make just as much sense as you would watching them as listed. 😂

When we went to Portmeirion we followed a Morgan most of the way there. After lunch it was parked up outside No 6's front door. My partner who hails from Malaysia usually calls home on Sunday evenings by Skype and as we had had lunch, we had the Wi-Fi code, so he did it from a now mostly deserted village as the other guests had all gone. It was a beautiful sunny evening, and his father recognised the place immediately. I am not a number!

Enjoyed your video a lot! Well done!

Very amusing Mitch, thank you. On my last visit to Portmeirion I bought a 'Rover' from the shop, got home and started to inflate with my wife's hairdryer - followed by a loud bang and lots of smoke.

I had forgotten about “The Champions”! Thanks

According to Patrick McG when he pitched the idea of "The Prisoner" to Lew Grade, Grade replied "I haven't the slightest idea what you are talking about. When can you start?"

"There is no boring explanation at the end." Nope - merely an incomprehensible pair of episodes.

I was 16 when I watched this series when it first came out in the 60’s. I was fascinated by it because I always felt it was about individualism of the person not conforming to the establishment, something that I could relate with and still do. I remain an individual not conforming to any established political ideology. I was always interested to finding out who number 1 was, and in the end, it was him.having overcome all obstacles. My kind of person who stood his ground against all odds. Great show ahead of its time.

That weather balloon scared the hell out of me.

Worth getting a Britbox subscription to watch the whole thing again. Thanks for the inspiration.