Prisoner: The Complete Series (7pc) / (Box Aus)

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• Format: Blu-ray
• Language: English
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Imprint
• Number of Disks: 1
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.6" x 7.0" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

Dated, but needs watching for cultural literacy.

The Prisoner: The Complete Series (1967-1968), 17 episodes. You can buy a little at a time for the economy. I do not remember the series looking this good. I only saw reruns, as I was in Vietnam at the time of the first run. It makes you wonder what they did with the Blu-ray treatment. They do have a voice-over commentary, which was made before the Blu-ray treatment, and greatly adds to the viewing. Patrick McGoohan plays a government agent who decides to resign from his job. Someone is interested in the real reason why he decided to resign from his job. Therefore, he is shuffled off to a mysterious place called the village. Each episode is identical to the previous episode and to the next episode. They do have different writers, but the same formula. Sometimes you want to look at the last episode before finishing the binge. As with all TV programs, key actors get to be guests on individual episodes. In each episode, a situation is set up, new people are introduced with problems, and “Number Six” (Patrick McGoohan, the prisoner) must decide whether the new person is a friend or foe, and every episode he attempts to escape the village. I do not know if it has the same meaning in England as it does in the US; however, the primary visible bad guy is always “Number Two”. Even though each episode is repetitive, it is fun to wait and see which actors will appear in the individual episodes. I was really surprised to see that many of the actors are the same ones who appear in the Dorothy L. Sayers Lord Peter Wimsey series television program. Without giving too much away, the village was filmed at Portmeirion, Gwynedd (North West) Wales, UK. 300 miles away from London. A tourist spot, so some people may recognize it. In the end, well, do we ever know why the agent resigned?