Series companion guides are books published by mass market presses that provide readers with an overview of the Prisoner television series and include summaries of all episodes.
The Prisoner: The Essential Guide
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Who was Patrick McGoohan? Why Portmeirion? How was The Prisoner made? What car did Number Six drive? Why the giant balloon? And what was it all about?
All these questions, and more, are answered in The Prisoner – The Essential Guide, a handy guide to everything that made the series such a cult favourite which is still examined, discussed and loved half a century after it was made. Also included is an easy reference guide to each episode, plus a wealth of behind the scenes photographs, many of which are previously unpublished.
Who was Patrick McGoohan? Why Portmeirion? How was The Prisoner made? What car did Number Six drive? Why the giant balloon? And what was it all about?
All these questions, and more, are answered in The Prisoner – The Essential Guide, a handy guide to everything that made the series such a cult favourite which is still examined, discussed and loved half a century after it was made. Also included is an easy reference guide to each episode, plus a wealth of behind the scenes photographs, many of which are previously unpublished.
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The Prisoner: An Illustrated History
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Fifty years on from its first UK broadcast, THE PRISONER remains as fresh and dynamic as when it was first unleashed upon an unsuspecting world in 1967.
Noted television historian ANDREW PIXLEY examines the conception, creation and production of Patrick McGoohan’s ground-breaking series, drawing on original source materials and historic interviews with cast and crew.
This brand-new edition adds a wealth of illustrative material, including many rare photographs, some of which are published here for the first time. This, then, in words and pictures, is the story of The Prisoner . . .
Fifty years on from its first UK broadcast, THE PRISONER remains as fresh and dynamic as when it was first unleashed upon an unsuspecting world in 1967.
Noted television historian ANDREW PIXLEY examines the conception, creation and production of Patrick McGoohan’s ground-breaking series, drawing on original source materials and historic interviews with cast and crew.
This brand-new edition adds a wealth of illustrative material, including many rare photographs, some of which are published here for the first time. This, then, in words and pictures, is the story of The Prisoner . . .
The Prisoner:
A Complete Production Guide
Author: Andrew Pixley
Included w. the 40th Anniversary (UK) DVD box set
Publisher: Network Distributing, Ltd.
Published: 2007
Pages: 285
Included w. the 40th Anniversary (UK) DVD box set
Publisher: Network Distributing, Ltd.
Published: 2007
Pages: 285
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The Prisoner: The Official Companion
to the Classic TV Series
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It’s 35 years since Patrick McGoohan’s thriller series The Prisoner, a strange blend of espionage, psychodrama and fantasy, first entranced the British public. Every week, viewers watched as the eponymous prisoner, Number 6, imprisoned in a high-tech Shangri-La-style village, was subjected to bizarre interrogation techniques and sinister scientific experiments. In turn, The Prisoenr would try to escape his captors and, although always frustrated in his bids for freedom, he would sometimes be the moral victor by turning the tables on his anonymous persecutors.
With an episode-by-episode analysis, a wealth of previously unpublished photographs, production designs, props and memorabilia, production details, cast biographies and interviews with the cast and crew, The Prisoner: The Official Companion to the Classic TV Series is the ultimate guide to what is now viewed as one of the seminal television series of all time.
It’s 35 years since Patrick McGoohan’s thriller series The Prisoner, a strange blend of espionage, psychodrama and fantasy, first entranced the British public. Every week, viewers watched as the eponymous prisoner, Number 6, imprisoned in a high-tech Shangri-La-style village, was subjected to bizarre interrogation techniques and sinister scientific experiments. In turn, The Prisoenr would try to escape his captors and, although always frustrated in his bids for freedom, he would sometimes be the moral victor by turning the tables on his anonymous persecutors.
With an episode-by-episode analysis, a wealth of previously unpublished photographs, production designs, props and memorabilia, production details, cast biographies and interviews with the cast and crew, The Prisoner: The Official Companion to the Classic TV Series is the ultimate guide to what is now viewed as one of the seminal television series of all time.
Robert Fairclough
Interviewer: Helen Percicoe
The Prisoner Virtual Con 2.0
September 2020
The Prisoner Virtual Con 2.0
September 2020
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The Prisoner Handbook:
An Unauthorized Companion
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The Prisoner reaches its 35th anniversary in 2002. The series has puzzled and intrigued viewers since it was originally shown on ITV in the late 1960s. Only seventeen episodes were ever made; each one of them is riddled with symbolism and poses unanswered questions. The Prisoner captures the imagination as few programmes have done before or since and has become a true television phenomenon.
Including interviews with Patrick McGoohan, Kenneth Grittin, Alexis Kanner and Anton Rogers, The Prisoner Handbook reveals more information than ever previously known about the characters portrayed, the cast themselves and what is was really like during production. Complete with a forward by Alex Cox and a full episode-by-episode guide, as well as an examination of the significance of the series today, this is a complete handbook to television’s most enigmatic series.
The Prisoner reaches its 35th anniversary in 2002. The series has puzzled and intrigued viewers since it was originally shown on ITV in the late 1960s. Only seventeen episodes were ever made; each one of them is riddled with symbolism and poses unanswered questions. The Prisoner captures the imagination as few programmes have done before or since and has become a true television phenomenon.
Including interviews with Patrick McGoohan, Kenneth Grittin, Alexis Kanner and Anton Rogers, The Prisoner Handbook reveals more information than ever previously known about the characters portrayed, the cast themselves and what is was really like during production. Complete with a forward by Alex Cox and a full episode-by-episode guide, as well as an examination of the significance of the series today, this is a complete handbook to television’s most enigmatic series.
Le prisonnier,
chef-d'ouevre televisionnaire
Authors: Alain Carraze & Helene Oseald
French publisher: Huitieme Art Edition
Published: 1989
Pages: 243
The Prisoner: A Television Masterpiece
US publisher: Barnes & Noble
Published: 1995
Pages: 241
French publisher: Huitieme Art Edition
Published: 1989
Pages: 243
The Prisoner: A Television Masterpiece
US publisher: Barnes & Noble
Published: 1995
Pages: 241
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A spy story? A science fiction thriller? A critique on modern society? Or all these things, and more?
Patrick McGoohan’s startling television series broke new ground in the 1960s, and time has only emphasized the magnitude of McGoohan’s achievement—and increased the program’s popularity.
This book, the most comprehensive study of the program yet published contains over 250 photographs as well as an episode-by-episode breakdown of the entire series, complete with script extracts.
A spy story? A science fiction thriller? A critique on modern society? Or all these things, and more?
Patrick McGoohan’s startling television series broke new ground in the 1960s, and time has only emphasized the magnitude of McGoohan’s achievement—and increased the program’s popularity.
This book, the most comprehensive study of the program yet published contains over 250 photographs as well as an episode-by-episode breakdown of the entire series, complete with script extracts.
The Prisoner
Author: Dave Rogers
UK publisher: Box Tree, Ltd
Published: 1989
Pages: 123
US publisher: Barnes & Noble
Published: 1990
Pages: 123
UK publisher: Box Tree, Ltd
Published: 1989
Pages: 123
US publisher: Barnes & Noble
Published: 1990
Pages: 123
The Official Prisoner Companion
Authors: Matthe White & Jaffer Ali
US publisher: Warner Books
Published: 1988
Pages: 244
UK publisher: TBD
Published: TBD
Pages: TBD
US publisher: Warner Books
Published: 1988
Pages: 244
UK publisher: TBD
Published: TBD
Pages: TBD
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It is called, with deceptive simplicity, The Village. It is the world of tomorrow, or today. A man known only as Number 6 enters its storybook-like confines. He will learn, over and over again, that inside it there is no freedom, and from there is no escape. He is without defenses, except for one invisible weapon: his uncrushable spirit.
The Prisoner, starring Patrick McGohan, created a sensation when it permiered on television twenty years ago. Since then it has mushroomed in popularity. Now, for the first time, The Offical Prisoner Companion presents rare photographs, behind-the-scenes stories, original scripts, and answers to the questions that have long perplexed Prisoner fans everywhere.
It is called, with deceptive simplicity, The Village. It is the world of tomorrow, or today. A man known only as Number 6 enters its storybook-like confines. He will learn, over and over again, that inside it there is no freedom, and from there is no escape. He is without defenses, except for one invisible weapon: his uncrushable spirit.
The Prisoner, starring Patrick McGohan, created a sensation when it permiered on television twenty years ago. Since then it has mushroomed in popularity. Now, for the first time, The Offical Prisoner Companion presents rare photographs, behind-the-scenes stories, original scripts, and answers to the questions that have long perplexed Prisoner fans everywhere.
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