The Prisoner

: For the Australian television soap opera (1979), see Prisoner.

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1979 - Prisoner

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The Prisoner was a controversial 1967 UK television series, starring Patrick McGoohan, created by McGoohan and George Markstein. McGoohan's leading character, Number 6, is a former secret agent of the British government. He is held prisoner in a small, isolated yet stylish resort town, The Village, in order to garner—"by hook or by crook"—his personal reasons for resigning the service. Throughout the series, Number 6 cunningly resists his captor's efforts to break his will, and meanwhile investigates the identity of Number 1 and executes various plans for escape. McGoohan also wrote and directed several episodes, often under a pseudonym.

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1967 - UK - Television series - Patrick McGoohan - George Markstein - Number 6 - Secret agent - Pseudonym

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With its 1960s counterculture message and themes, the programme has had a far-reaching effect upon science-fiction-fantasy-genre television, and popular culture in general.

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1960s - Counterculture - Science-fiction - Fantasy - Genre - Television - Popular culture

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In 2002, the series won the Prometheus Hall of Fame Award. In 2005, readers of SFX magazine awarded the series fifth place in a poll of fantasy television programmes.

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2002 - Prometheus Hall of Fame Award - 2005 - SFX magazine - Fantasy - Television programmes

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