The Prisoner | Ep.2 - "The Chimes of Big Ben" | REACTION 

He was also in "The Daleks Master Plan" and "Revenge Of The Cybermen"

@@martynhill3479 Yes, but you'd never know it in Revenge because he's got all that Vogan make up on. lol

I can think of one who is better. I don't recall the episode, but I'll make mention. But Leo is superb, that's for sure.

In fact, a number of the titles feel like they belong to different episodes.

Also Tyrum from Revenge of the Cybermen

It's incredibly and impeccably well-written and acted.

It was actually the most expensive UK TV series made, in terms of per episode cost - until `Space 1999` Eight/Nine years later.

It's not back projection, it's a fake door set up on the backlot at MGM Borehamwood.

Also, the prisoner doesn’t know which side runs the village. If it’s the Soviets, they could use the information as a bargaining chip or blackmail material against the West. But, yes, he is also very *very* stubborn.

[NODS] Also, bear in mind this is the Cold War era, when certain kinds of secrets became the most precious & dangerous things any government - or any of the people who work for it - can hold... or trade! Spies and counter-spies and double- and triple-agents, and all of that. If the reason he resigned is connected with something that a foreign government could exploit as a weakness - for example, some form of corruption within the particular department he was working for, or some fundamental flaw in the UK's defence strategy - it could be disastrous to reveal anything about it to the wrong people. Even if he doesn't want to work for his government any more, that doesn't mean he wants to bring them down, or let a foreign power take control of the country. And what he's finding in the Village is that it's damned hard to know who "the wrong people" are. People he thought he knew and could trust are showing up as part of this weird prison, and there's no way to tell if they're still the people he thought they were, but have lost trust in *him*, or if he can no longer trust them... But the longer he's in the Village, the less he wants anything to do with anyone who would willingly be a part of it, *even* if they're not technically "the enemy".

It's available on Tubi, as well as Danger Man (under the American title, Secret Agent).

Or do they...? 🤔

Myth

​@ghughesarch Confirmed by McGoohan in the documentary "In My Mind," available on Tubi.

@@seanryan3020 thirty years after the event. McGoohan is one of the leading sources of myths about the series. The paperwork from 1966 confirms otherwise

@@ghughesarch links?

​@@seanryan3020 search "The Unmutual McGoohan Seven" , RU-vid won't let me post direct links

I'm sure if she was, Andrew Pixley would've mentioned it.

It took me quite a while for me to get into the series. It was in the mid-80s, and I was 15 at the time. The only reason I watched it at all was because it immediately followed PBS' airing of The Tripods, and there was basically nothing else on TV at 11 pm Friday nights on basic cable. My initial reaction was, "WTF?" but each time I watched it, I would get a little further until I could finally sit through a whole episode. After that, it wasn't long before I absolutely fell in love with the show!

2001 was released in early/mid 1968 and this series was aired in late 1967. McGoohan was able to convince the network to use higher quality film. He might have had enough pull to get effects in development?

​@ShamrockParticle it was filmed prior to 1968. Mcgoohan did use his star field that's been officially stated by those involved, it was an opportunistic moment. Being released is not the same time as being made

But never seen in the broadcast version