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Series Analyses books are . . . tomes of criticism, conjecture and/or comparative alignment to contemporary society.

These books are generally produced in limited quantities by academic or bespoke publishers.

No soy un numero

Author: Santi Pages
Publisher: Applehead
First published: 2021

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Un presunto agente secreto dimite de su puesto dispuesto a cambiar de vida. De regreso a casa es narcotizado y despierta en un lugar irreal. Una comunidad en apariencia apacible llamada La Villa pero que esconde un fabuloso aparato represor y de la que no hay escapatoria posible. Una comunidad en la que es despojado de su identidad y en la que sus captores intentarán que confiese las razones de su renuncia.
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Interview w. Santi Pages

March 2021
The Eternal Village-cast

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The Prisoner Dusted Down

Author: David Stimpson
Publisher: Quoit Media
Pages: 496
Published: 2018

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For a fascinating and thoughtful array of essays on all things Prisoner,
visit David's fantastic blog.

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The Prisoner television series, filmed in 1966/67 and starring Patrick McGoohan as Number Six, has inspired much research since it was first broadcast more than 50 years ago. Its universal themes, allegorical content, and on-screen metaphors have stimulated debate, and confusion, amongst its viewers and ardent fans and much that was seen on screen has remained enigmatic. Until now.
 
The culmination of more than five years of research by series aficionado David Stimpson, The Prisoner Dusted Down re-examines the entire series, unearthing new information and offering fresh, personal perspectives on the finished episodes.
 
Answering questions you always wanted answered, and questioning answers you always believed, The Prisoner Dusted Down is a must-read for anyone with an interest in the most thought-provoking TV series of all time.
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Interview w. David Stimpson

January 2019
The Eternal Village-cast
Episode 8

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Je ne suis pas un numero!

Author: Patrick Ducher
Publisher: Book Ellis
Published: 2018

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Présentation du recueil de citations de l'acteur Patrick Goohan "Je ne suis pas un numéro", par Patrick Ducher, président du fan-club frnaçais du Prisonnier et co-auteur du livre de référence sur la série Le Prisonnier, une énigme télévisuelle.

Le Prisonnier - Une mythologie moderne

Author: Jean-Michel Philibert
Publisher: Unknown
First published: 2018

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I Am Not A Number:

Decoding The Prisoner

Author: Alex Cox
Publisher: Kamera Books
Pages: 206
Published: 2017
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The enormously puzzling TV series The Prisoner has developed a rapt cult following, and has often been described as “surreal” or “Kafkaesque.” In I Am (Not) a Number, Cox takes an opposing view. While the series has surreal elements, he believes it provides the answers to all the questions which have confounded viewers: who is Number 6? Who runs The Village? Who—or what—is Number 1?

According to Cox, the key is to view the series in the order in which the episodes were made, not in the order of the UK or US television screenings. In this book he does exactly that, and provides an entirely original and controversial “explanation” for what is perhaps the best, and certainly the most perplexing, TV series of all time.

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Interview w. Alex Cox

July 2018
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Episode 5

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The Prisoner Dialogue Decodes

Author: Roger Langley
Publisher: Escape Publications
Pages: 100
Published: 2014

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The dialogue from the 17 episodes is analysed to decipher the many clues in the series, revealing what was behind the Village - and Number Six. The book uniquely pieces together the key parts from the teleplays,  identifying the role of the Village, its methods and purpose, as well as establishing which their prisoner was of such vital importance. The series contained many secrets; Patrick McGoohan had the answers, but the actors and crew did not know what was going on.

Unique But Similar -

The Prisoner Compared

Author: Andrew K. Shenton
Publisher: Indepenpress Publishing
Pages: 184
Published: 2013

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Le prisonnier:

Sommes-nous tous des numeros

Author: Pierre Serisier
Publisher: Presses Universitaires de France
Pages: 152
Published: 2013

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Euvre unique, Le Prisonnier occupe une place à part dans le monde des séries télévisées. Cette histoire d’un agent secret britannique, enfermé dans un village en forme de prison à ciel ouvert, a suscité une littérature riche, abondante, voire érudite, depuis la première diffusion de l’œuvre en septembre 1967.

Au fil du temps, la série, qui ne comporte pourtant que 17 épisodes et que l’on doit au talent et à la détermination de Patrick McGoohan, s’est transformée en un objet culte, avec ses passionnés et ses exégètes : influencée par son temps – la fin des années 1960 –, elle porte en elle une dimension prophétique qui, quarante-cinq ans après son apparition, conserve toute sa pertinence et son actualité. Elle continue de nous interroger sur la place de l’individu dans le monde : appel à la résistance contre le conformisme grandissant, Le Prisonnier constitue un plaidoyer en faveur de la liberté individuelle et une interrogation sur notre identité.

The Prisoner:

The Original Scripts - Volume 1 and 2

Author: Robert Fairclough
Publisher: Reynolds & Hearn
Volume 1 pages: 487
Volume 2 pages: 528
Published: 2005 & 2006

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The complete 17 scripts for the seminal 1960s fantasy series, exhaustively cross-referenced with the changes made during filming and editing. The books also included storylines pitched by members of the production team, scripts for two episodes that weren’t made and the pilot script for another Patrick McGoohan-starring series, The Outsider.
 
The first volume featured a biography of The Prisoner ’s co-creator and script editor George Markstein, for which I interviewed his friends and colleagues Geoff and Gill Hewlett-Case, Roger Goodman and Roger Marshall.

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Interview w. Robert Fairclogh

October 2017
The Tally Ho podcast

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Le prisonnier

une enigme televisuelle

Authors: Patrick Ducher & Jean-Michel Philibert
Publisher: YRIS
First published: 2005

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Critique virulente de la politique, de la science et même de l'éducation, Le Prisonnier possède une véritable dimension symbolique que bien peu de téléspectateurs soupçonnaient à l'époque de sa première diffusion.
 
Bien au-delà d'un souvenir entretenu par une poignée de nostalgiques, c'est peut-être la vision allégorique d'une société en devenir que proposait alors Patrick McGoohan, à la fois acteur principal, producteur exécutif, scénariste et réalisateur, dans ce conte télévisuel en avance sur son temps.
 
Et si, après tout, le Village du Numéro 6 n'était autre que celui, global, qu'on nous propose aujourd'hui ?
 
Retrouvez en détails tous les aspects de cette série mythique au concept hors normes à travers un compte-rendu de sa production et les coulisses de son tournage. Vous trouverez également dans cet ouvrage, abondamment illustré de photos et documents très rares, un guide complet et commenté de ses 17 épisodes, une étude complète de tous ses éléments constitutifs, un portrait détaillé de Patrick McGoohan ainsi qu'un tour d'horizon complet des produits dérivés de la série et des meilleurs sites internet qui lui sont consacrés.

Be Seeing You:

Decoding The Prisoner

Author: Chris Gregory
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Pages: 228
Published: 1997

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Drawing together aspects of media studies, cultural studies, film studies, structuralism, mythology, literary criticism, feminism, and social commentary, this book examines the position of ""The Prisoner as a television classic. Gregory argues that its allegorical depiction of a totalitarian world where technology enables the powers-that-be to control every aspect of its citizens, lives becomes more and more relevant as the years go by. Decodings of all of the series' episodes are detailed, explaining how the series broke with the usual conventions of a TV series.

The Prisoner Puzzle

Authors: Susan Nobel & Diana Goldsborough
Publisher: Ontario Educational Communications Authority
Published: 1976
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This publication [written in advance of the program] is meant to be used in conjunction with the TVOntario television series, The Prisoner Puzzle.  TVOntario is the television service of The Ontario Educational Communications Authority.

The Prisoner Puzzle

Interviewer: Warren Troyer
Producer: The Ontario Educational Communications Authority
Date: March 1977
Reference: IMDB

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