I'm just in the middle of re-watching this fantastic series. Its intelligent, bizarre, thought provoking, well written, odd, darkly funny and loads of other things. I seriously doubt a program like it would get made today or if it did it would be ridiculously over the top.

Anybody else into it?

I haven't seen it since 1967 but remember it well. Very watchable. I am not a number, I am a human being!

Watched it when I was young (my mum was a fan and made me watch it when Channel 4 re-ran it). Love it totally! A complete and utter mind-trip, with some bizarre stories mixed in amongst skewed spy-capers.

There were rumours last year that none other than Sky have optioned the rights for a 6 part spin-off / sequel / update to it, but nothing has been mentioned since. If they do go ahead with it, they have to be very careful not to ruin it.

There was also a comic of The Prisoner which came out a good 20 years ago. I thouroughly recommend any fans of the series to pick it up as it was a sort of sequel, set years later, and really worked.

Amazon have it at http://www.amazon.co.uk/Prisoner-Shattered-Visage-Dean-Motter/dp/0930289536/sr=8-1/qid=1169919212/ref=sr_1_1/202-6034034-3625408?ie=UTF8&s=books

Be seeing you!

Love it. :)

Very witty scripts.

Let's call the chap who resigns at the start and get's gassed and wakes up in the Village 'The Secret Agent'.

I have a pet theory that the whole thing is actually in 'the Secret Agent's head - he's having a breakdown.

There are also clues in the episode titles : 'The Schizoid Man', 'A Change of Mind', 'Living in Harmony'. Number 2 represents 'Authority', Number 6 is the individual emerging from 'The Secret Agent's mind during the breakdown.

Each episode represents part of the battle between Authority and the Individual - could the Butler be Duty?

I guess the obviousl clue is teh credits dialogue segment - it's amazing how different one phrase can be with a well positioned comma....

Number 6 : Who is Number One?
Number 2 : You are, Number 6.

:) Number 2 answers the question from the beginning - Number 6 is in fact Number 1.

The 'Young man' is the hedonist in the Secret Agent, and in 'Fall Out' we see the conflict of all the facets of the Agent's psyche until the new individual emerges and symbolically drives back to his life.

It's probably rubbish, but it's the best I can come up with right now. :)

Watched it when I was young (my mum was a fan and made me watch it when Channel 4 re-ran it). Love it totally! A complete and utter mind-trip, with some bizarre stories mixed in amongst skewed spy-capers.

There were rumours last year that none other than Sky have optioned the rights for a 6 part spin-off / sequel / update to it, but nothing has been mentioned since. If they do go ahead with it, they have to be very careful not to ruin it.

There was also a comic of The Prisoner which came out a good 20 years ago. I thouroughly recommend any fans of the series to pick it up as it was a sort of sequel, set years later, and really worked.

Amazon have it at http://www.amazon.co.uk/Prisoner-Shattered-Visage-Dean-Motter/dp/0930289536/sr=8-1/qid=1169919212/ref=sr_1_1/202-6034034-3625408?ie=UTF8&s=books

Be seeing you!i never knew there was a comic! i'll search it down

I'm just in the middle of re-watching this fantastic series. Its intelligent, bizarre, thought provoking, well written, odd, darkly funny and loads of other things. I seriously doubt a program like it would get made today or if it did it would be ridiculously over the top.

Anybody else into it?

Oh yes, very much so. Have got the series on DVD.

It's the sort of brilliant tv that Britain specialised in in the 60s and early 70s - with the "Avengers", "Randall and Hopkirk" and the like. That way of making tv seems to have vanished since - there's never been anything since to remotely compete with the sheer class, style, verve, originality and compelling quality these programmes had. Fantastic storylines that were totally bizarre but totally captivating, beautiful sets that fired the imagination, glorious over-the-top campness - what more could you ask for?

Regarding the "Prisoner" itself, I agree with Joe in that I think it is the story of a man, who may or may not be "Danger Man", who has suffered a complete mental breakdown, and the programme charts his gradual recovery. He is the prisoner of his own mind, until he manages to break free of his prison by finding himself again.

Utterly fascinating.

StarSparkle