Series companion guides provide readers with an overview of The Prisoner television series and include actor profiles, production timelines, trivia and episdoe summaries.
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an easy reference guide to each episode, plus a wealth of behind the scenes photographs, many of which are previously unpublished.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an easy reference guide to each episode, plus a wealth of behind the scenes photographs, many of which are previously unpublished.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 . . .
50 Years of The Prisoner
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210 pages, abundantly illustrated, with unpublished photos - including a special tribute to the actor and a full chronicle of his once in a lifetime production The complete history of “The Prisoner”, covering each year’s events throughout five decades, up to the present time. New information, giving an in-depth look for the first time at the series’ story, from its inception, through the production years, plus its journey around the world spanning half a century. Comments, interviews, accounts and an extensive overview of TV’s greatest and enduring creation.
210 pages, abundantly illustrated, with unpublished photos - including a special tribute to the actor and a full chronicle of his once in a lifetime production The complete history of “The Prisoner”, covering each year’s events throughout five decades, up to the present time. New information, giving an in-depth look for the first time at the series’ story, from its inception, through the production years, plus its journey around the world spanning half a century. Comments, interviews, accounts and an extensive overview of TV’s greatest and enduring creation.
The Pris6ner from the inside
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"THE PRIS 6NER from the inside" - paperback 216 pages; illustrations; plots, scripts, analysis, background in full. A5 size, trivia, music, cast, masses of information.
"THE PRIS 6NER from the inside" - paperback 216 pages; illustrations; plots, scripts, analysis, background in full. A5 size, trivia, music, cast, masses of information.
Fall Out: The Unofficial and
Unauthorized Guide to The Prisoner
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'The whole Earth ... as the Village.'
'That is my hope. What's yours?'
'I'd like to be the first man on the moon.'
The Prisoner's impact upon society was explosive, transforming art, storytelling and popular culture like no other television programme before or since. Patrick McGoohan spearheaded the project in his role as an unnamed man, held against his will in a strange isolated Italianate village, tormented by a succession of individuals, each calling themselves 'Number 2', whose true motivations and intentions towards him remain a constant mystery. The man, known only as 'Number 6', attempts escape, is befriended and betrayed, undergoes hallucinogenic journeys, and experiences strange revelations, before the series achieved its cathartic climax.
The Prisoner was ahead of its time, and in this book, Alan Stevens and Fiona Moore, authors of Liberation: the Unofficial and Unauthorized Guide to Blake's 7, take on the task of debriefing the programme and attempting to make sense of the many interpretations and readings which have been placed on it. This is not the book with all the answers.... but it may help you ask the right questions.
'The whole Earth ... as the Village.'
'That is my hope. What's yours?'
'I'd like to be the first man on the moon.'
The Prisoner's impact upon society was explosive, transforming art, storytelling and popular culture like no other television programme before or since. Patrick McGoohan spearheaded the project in his role as an unnamed man, held against his will in a strange isolated Italianate village, tormented by a succession of individuals, each calling themselves 'Number 2', whose true motivations and intentions towards him remain a constant mystery. The man, known only as 'Number 6', attempts escape, is befriended and betrayed, undergoes hallucinogenic journeys, and experiences strange revelations, before the series achieved its cathartic climax.
The Prisoner was ahead of its time, and in this book, Alan Stevens and Fiona Moore, authors of Liberation: the Unofficial and Unauthorized Guide to Blake's 7, take on the task of debriefing the programme and attempting to make sense of the many interpretations and readings which have been placed on it. This is not the book with all the answers.... but it may help you ask the right questions.
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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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Thought-provoking, revelatory and just plain cool -- McGoohan's iconic series is as fresh and dynamic now as it was when first unleashed upon an unsuspectiong world in 1967. This exclusive new book is an exhaustive, in-depth look at the production of these seventeen shows, which uncovers a wealth of information set into the context of the production run of the series.
Thought-provoking, revelatory and just plain cool -- McGoohan's iconic series is as fresh and dynamic now as it was when first unleashed upon an unsuspectiong world in 1967. This exclusive new book is an exhaustive, in-depth look at the production of these seventeen shows, which uncovers a wealth of information set into the context of the production run of the series.
The Prisoner Series Guide
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32 page glossy color booklet A5 size, over 100 unseen images, maps, key facts, 17 episodes & related topics
32 page glossy color booklet A5 size, over 100 unseen images, maps, key facts, 17 episodes & related topics
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.
The Prisoner: I Am Not A Number!
Author: Steven Ricks
Publisher: TR7 Publications
Published: 2000
Pages: 32
Publisher: TR7 Publications
Published: 2000
Pages: 32
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Le prisonnier retour au village
Author: Francis Valery
Publisher: DLM Car Rien n'a d'importance
Published: 1994
Pages: 92
Publisher: DLM Car Rien n'a d'importance
Published: 1994
Pages: 92
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Série-culte s'il en est, LE PRISONNIER a profondément marqué l'imaginaire collectif des vingt-cinq dernières années. Saga télévisuelle exemplaire, novatrice et dissidente, elle participe pleinement à la grande aventure de la modernité.
Passionné par les processus de la création littéraire et artistique, FRANCIS VALÉRY est parti à la recherche des sources du Prisonnier, avec la volonté d'esquisser une cartographie de la mémoire de Patrick McGoohan. Ses découvertes sont étonnantes : le Rôdeur ? Un simple motif Fortéen... Le fameux jeu d'échec en grandeur nature ? Edgar Rice Burroughs, le père de Tarzan, l'avait déjà mis en scène... Le Village ? Un univers carcéral parmi d'autres, une étape dans l'histoire de la littérature dystopique...
LE PRISONNIER : RETOUR AU VILLAGE est une approche surprenante et non-conformiste d'une série qui ne l'est pas moins.
Série-culte s'il en est, LE PRISONNIER a profondément marqué l'imaginaire collectif des vingt-cinq dernières années. Saga télévisuelle exemplaire, novatrice et dissidente, elle participe pleinement à la grande aventure de la modernité.
Passionné par les processus de la création littéraire et artistique, FRANCIS VALÉRY est parti à la recherche des sources du Prisonnier, avec la volonté d'esquisser une cartographie de la mémoire de Patrick McGoohan. Ses découvertes sont étonnantes : le Rôdeur ? Un simple motif Fortéen... Le fameux jeu d'échec en grandeur nature ? Edgar Rice Burroughs, le père de Tarzan, l'avait déjà mis en scène... Le Village ? Un univers carcéral parmi d'autres, une étape dans l'histoire de la littérature dystopique...
LE PRISONNIER : RETOUR AU VILLAGE est une approche surprenante et non-conformiste d'une série qui ne l'est pas moins.
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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