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Somewhere in south-central England.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-37232329

Still one of the most influential SpyFi series ever on TV, The Prisoner celebrates the start of production filming today on 5th Sep in 1966.





If you haven't watched The Prisoner, you really should.

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Somewhere in south-central England.

Since no-one has commented I will precis The Prisoner for those who have not yet watched it.

In the opening episode, an unidentified British secret agent played by Patrick McGoohan resigns his position in a rage and goes home to take a long holiday in an exotic location.

While he is packing, undertaker arrive at his flat and pump gas in. He falls unconscious, to awaken some unknown time later in... The Village, an Italianate style coastal small town, located... somewhere... inhabited by people who don't have names, only numbers. They seem all to be retired secret agents. The Prisoner himself is assigned Number 6, and given a cosy apartment.

The Village is run by... some unknown government, and ruled over by Number 1, who never appears and is represented by his deputy Number 2. Number 2's main job is to discover why Number 6 resigned. Each episode, Number 2 tries and fails to discover Number 6's secret, and is replaced by a new Number 2 for the next episode. Meanwhile, as well as resisting Number 2's plots, Number 6 works on his own escape plans.

It really is difficult to explain the charm and interest of the whole series, since the themes range across adventure, horror, psychological warfare, politics, espionage, love, and comedy. The production design features characteristic symbols like the stripy umbrellas and capes of the Villagers, and the weird retro-futuristic technology that probably didn't seem "realistic" when the show was shot in the late 1960s.


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Upstate, New York

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I am not a number!

Classic series, if a tad surreal.

   
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My secret fortress at the base of the volcano!

One of my favorite TV shows ever. The opening and closing theme music alone is worth the price of admission.

Heck, I've dressed as Number 6 for more than one Halloween.

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For a minute there I had this dread fear that the BBC were going to do a remake...

Thank God that's not the case...

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Somewhere in south-central England.

It was an ITV series originally.

There was actually a remake a few years ago, which didn't get very good reviews.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prisoner_(2009_miniseries)

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Norristown, PA

I never saw the original show, but loved the Iron Maiden song

There was a remake mini series a few years ago that I did see though.. it had Ian McKellen, Jim Caviezel and the gal that was Agent Carter. It was pretty good, but I dunno how close it was to the original.

 
   
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 Kilkrazy wrote:
It was an ITV series originally.

There was actually a remake a few years ago, which didn't get very good reviews.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prisoner_(2009_miniseries)


Damn those pesky facts!

(I'll have to check out that '09 remake too!)
   
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Dundee, Scotland/Dharahn, Saudi Arabia

I love that programme, I've even been to Portmerion, where it was filmed.
It's in Wales, amazing place.

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Sheppey, England

Aye, it's a beautiful place. dragged an Aussie buddy of mine along on a biking trip. He'd never heard of the show, but loved the village.

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Final part's up HERE

 
   
 
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