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	Prisoner, The
		The Prisoner was shot in the Welsh village of Portmeirion, whose remarkable architecture contributes to the rich, mysterious atmosphere of the series.
		"The Village," however, is actually a high-tech prison, and the spy is a prisoner, along with others, men and women who were, it is understood, spies.
		Prisoner: Where am I? Number Two: In The Village.
	www.museum.tv /archives/etv/P/htmlP/prisonerthe/prisonerthe.htm (831 words)

	TV ACRES: Cities & Towns > The Village (The Prisoner)
		Waking in the Village, Drake, now the "Prisoner" was stripped of his name and all individuality and given the name of Number Six.
		On the surface, "The Village" is a beautiful seaside peninsula resort enclosed by mountains and forests, but in reality it is a prison which held people who were considered a threat to the British government...people with information too valuable to let fall into the hands of the enemy.
		Everyone in the village wore a patch with the sketch of an antique bicycle with a large front wheel (penny farthing).
	www.tvacres.com /cities_village.htm (629 words)

	"The Prisoner TV series starring Patrick McGoohan - home page"
		The society was on hand with a "Village Taxi", Rover balloons, the human chess board and costumes to ensure the programme had an authentic background.
		The one on the left is designed around The Prisoner episode "The Girl Who Was Death", and is derived from artwork used on the rear cover of Six Of One's Autumn "Free For All" magazine.
		ITV, the major UK television channel transmitted a live feature on "The Prisoner" at Portmeirion on the 26th of August.
	www.the-prisoner-6.freeserve.co.uk /prisoner_updates.htm (1169 words)

	Barbelith: Film: The Prisoner in a nutshell
		The other prisoners all had one thing in common; at one time they had a secret that was required by those who ran the Village.
		The Village functioned as a virtual meat grinder of humanity, producing spineless, hopeless "rotting cabbages." Episode after episode showed Number Six fighting every attempt to win his secrets, gaining no ground in the battle with his warders, and interacting with others who meekly followed orders or wished not to be seen or heard at all.
		The Village was populated by characters in summer dress; colorful striped shirts, rainbow umbrellas, and straw hats.
	www.barbelith.com /cgi-bin/articles/00000010.shtml (955 words)

	The Prisoner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Scenes of the Village were filmed at Portmeirion, a resort village near Penrhyndeudraeth in Wales, and at MGM Borehamwood Studios in England.
		The Matrix is very thematically similar to The Prisoner, with the protagonists struggling to maintain identity (represented by the fact that they give themselves new names, which the agents refuse to refer to them by) in a false simulation of the real world.
		According to the documentary The Prisoner Video Companion (produced to promote the series when it was released to home video in the early 1980s), the salute was meant to represent the "sign of the fish", a symbol of Christianity.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Prisoner (7810 words)

	The Village - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Village, a nickname for Bensalem Village in Bensalem, Pennsylvania.
		The Village, a housing complex for undergraduate students at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia
		The Village, Oklahoma, a suburb of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Village (191 words)

	The Prisoner: Free For All
		The Prisoner continues, telling them they were all brought to the Village to have "knowledge protected or extracted," and he is greeted by cheers.
		The Prisoner opens by saying he is not a number, he is a person, which brings a stunned silence, broken by the popping of a balloon and a round of laughter.
		The Prisoner is given a chance to question the members of the council, which proves his undoing.
	www.bookmice.net /darkchilde/prisoner/free.html (1169 words)

	Mark Glinsky HP - The Prisoner / Portmerion
		During my October 1988 North England / Wales / Scotland trip, I stayed at and photographed Portmeirion, Wales ("The Village"), where the Prisoner TV series exterior locations were originally filmed.
		The eclectic nature of the Italianate 'village' is the legacy of Sir William Clough-Ellis.
		The Prisoner was conceived, partially written, produced and starred Patrick McGoohan.
	mglinsky.www5.50megs.com /msgvilg.html (819 words)

	"The Prisoner" TV Series. Information concerning Patrick McGoohan's Number 6 & Six of One Prisoner Appreciation Society
		The annual "Prisoner" convention is held in the village.
		A Prisoner TV Series site all in Italian I like the way he filled in the Penny Farthing wheel with the Italian flag colors.
		The local village cinema is rented in Portmadog and it is watched on a real big screen.
	www.taphilo.com /theprisoner/index.shtml (1525 words)

	Prisoner's Dilemma
		The title "prisoner's dilemma" and the version with prison sentences as payoffs are due to Albert Tucker, who wanted to make Flood and Dresher's ideas more accessible to an audience of Stanford psychologists.
		The "dilemma" faced by the prisoners here is that, whatever the other does, each is better off confessing than remaining silent.
		Farrell, Joseph, and Roger Ware, "Evolutionary Stability in the Repeated Prisoner's Dilemma," Theoretical Population Biology, 36 (1989): 161-167.
	plato.stanford.edu /entries/prisoner-dilemma (14078 words)

	The Prisoner TV Series Links
		The Village is the setting for my home page and, coincidentally, the greatest science-fiction television show ever, "The Prisoner", which aired in the UK from 1967-68.
		In "The Prisoner", starring Patrick McGoohan, a secret agent resigns his job at the intelligence agency.
		The Prisoner - Reed, Kent, and Kirby Meyer
	www.oddball-mall.com /the-prisoner/links.html (215 words)

	Villager 404's CottageLibrary-The Prisoner
		This is a library of essays and dramatic presentations Villager 404 has collected concerning the television show, The Prisoner.
		The page with my "missing file" has Portmeirion links, which is the resort in Wales that was the location for exteriors of "the Village" in The Prisoner.
		either #6 is appealing against his treatment in the Village (in general), or he's still playing his part in the 'courtroom', and is appealing that he, a secret agent, is being treated like an ordinary citizen, rather than the special treatment he is 'due' as a secret agent.
	www.netreach.net /~myronda/villagecottage.html (3623 words)

	Portmeirion - The Prisoner
		But the village has a sinister purpose, its population are prisoners, identified only by a number, from whom information is required.
		Its cult status was confirmed with the establishment in the 1970s of the official Prisoner Appreciation Society,Six of One.
		The prisoners have had all desire to escape taken away, either by their purposeless existence, brainwashing or surgery.
	www.portmeirion-village.com /en/features.php?id=24&MID=38 (594 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: The Prisoner - Vol. 4 - Episodes 7 And 8 - Many Happy Returns / Dance Of The Dead: Video
		The Prisoner takes the opportunity to build himself a boat and escape from the village.
		The Village is run by the sinister and unknown number one, whose sidekick number two is responsible for supervising the Village....but who lives in constant fear of being replaced.
		The Village is populated by people known only by their number, and our hero finds himself designated number six.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004U0KD (458 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: The Prisoner - Vol. 2 - Episodes 3 And 4 - ABC / Free For All [1967]: Video
		The Village is populated by people known only by numbers who all behave exactly as they are told.
		The Village is run by the sinister number one, whom nobody has ever seen.
		The Prisoner is being subjected to secret night time experiments to determine why he resigned.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004TL8V (409 words)

	"The Prisoner" (1967)
		However, it should be noted the exact size of The Village is never specifically indicated, and there are numerous episodes that indicate it is significantly larger than the core townsite.
		Plot Outline: A resigned secret agent is abducted to a bizarre prison where the warders are almost as determined to break him as he is in trying to escape.
		Trivia: The final two episodes, "Once Upon a Time" and "Fall Out", were filmed a year apart due to the decision to extend the series and a shaving scene had to be written into the latter episode to explain actor Leo McKern's change of appearance.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0061287 (473 words)

	TwoMorrows Publishing - Once Upon A Time: Kirby's Prisoner - Kirby Collector Eleventh Issue
		For example, the two-page spread which establishes the Village locale, though devoid of the teeming life typical of Kirby's spreads, capitalizes on Kirby's monumental sense of scale: we see the Prisoner wandering the deserted Village streets in the early morning, walking stiffly, dwarfed by the architectural setting of the Village square.
		Finally, the Prisoner (now called No. 6) takes a helicopter ride with No. 2, and thus learns that the Village is in an isolated setting, cut off from the rest of the world.
		Here the sinister aspects of Village life are all too apparent at first glance, while the absurd aspects, underscored in the TV series by the colorful location, banal music, and other comic details (e.g., the marching band, the striped awnings), are less pronounced.
	www.twomorrows.com /kirby/articles/11prisoner.html (2968 words)

	Blather.net: Shitegeist: The Village: The Prisoner Comes To Galway.
		Nothing was mentioned in the article about whether ‘patients' would be assigned numbers, but as was often recited by the Villagers in ‘The Prisoner'; "a still tongue makes a happy life".
		‘The Village' is the strange setting of 1967 cult show ‘The Prisoner', which stars Patrick McGoohan.
		It is the brainchild of Dr. Hussein Bhatti who says," The Village addresses a different stage in someone's life that should be enjoyed to its fullest potential".
	www.blather.net /shitegeist/2005/03/the_village_the.htm (405 words)

	Six of One Info: The Prisoner Appreciation Society, Six of One Information
		The Prisoner struggles to keep this information from his captors and to find out which side runs the Village and where it is. He strives to discover the identity of Number One, and above all, he attempts to escape.
		Failure is not tolerated in the Village, and most episodes feature a new Number Two, though some are privileged to return for a second chance to break Number Six and discover why he resigned.
		The Prisoner was made by Everyman Films, a company formed by Patrick McGoohan and David Tomblin, and financed by ITC Entertainment.
	www.netreach.net /~sixofone (3136 words)

	The SadGeezers Guide to Cult TV Sci Fi :: The guide to cult sci fi shows, films, books etc. With reviews, news, forums, Purity Tests
		I imagine the Prisoner must be very relieved that he isn’t being forced to wear one of the ridiculously gaudy Popeye the Sailoresque uniforms that most Villagers wear.
		The Village authority (No. 2) takes THE PRISONER for a helicopter ride piloted by The Butler for a whirly-bird’s eye view of The Prisoner’s new home away from home.
		The Village really is a curious mix of the old and new which heightens the otherworldly feel of the place.
	www.sadgeezer.com /html/Reviews+index-req-showcontent-id-238.html (2617 words)

	Kipp Teague's RetroWeb - The Hotel Portmeirion (a.k.a. "The Village" in TV's "The Prisoner")
		In transforming Portmeirion to "The Village", McGoohan achieved one of the most original and fascinating utilizations ever of a natural location for a filmed work of fiction.
		In The Prisoner, the main hotel mansion was used as the "Old People's Home." Immediately in front of the hotel and afixed to the lawn wall and rocky shore is an old ship, known in The Prisoner as "The Stone Boat."
		By the late 1980's, the building had been restored to its original appearance and as much as possible internally, and it was re-opened for guests.
	www.retroweb.com /portmeirion.html (568 words)

	The Prisoner - Number Six - played by Patrick McGoohan
		Dedicated to Patrick McGoohan's cult TV series "The Prisoner", this site offers an extensive range of information, graphics, original artwork and music, plus information and graphics on Patrick McGoohan's other TV hit "Danger Man" ("Secret Agent" in the USA).
		There are no full-size, high resolution production stills to download - a selection of stills, merchandise and memorabilia can be obtained by joining Six Of One, The Prisoner Appreciation Society (details can be obtained via links within the website).
		This site uses cascading style sheets, Shockwave Flash and java plus a lot of graphics, so if you've got them disabled it's hardly worth you sticking around.
	www.the-prisoner-6.freeserve.co.uk (248 words)

	The Prisoner: Joe Brae's Ultimate Village Experience.
		After two plus decades, fans of The Prisoner, young and old, never tire of exploring the numerous questions posed by the series.
		I also ask for help from Prisoner fans to submit their own personal favorite Prisoner questions, so others can take a look at them.
		I welcome all visitors to take these multiple block gifs for themselves, for the purpose of my work is to share my appreciation of The Prisoner with others.
	members.aol.com /joebrae/prisoner.htm (612 words)

	Arvin W. Casas' "Village" - WARNING!
		While the layout and navigation of this web site evoke themes related to The Prisoner, the presentation is in no way intended to definitively portray or represent the series.
		The impatient or those looking for quick answers, accesses, and downloads, may wish to consult the many other Prisoner pages found easily via a good web search.
		It is, more importantly, a site of various interweaving links created as an "experience," rather than a reference.
	www.arvincasas.com /prisoner.html (171 words)

	Westray.org Prisoner Page
		It is believed (regardless of any denials) that the main character in the first two shows, John Drake, is the same character in "The Prisoner", as Number 6.
		The problem is, you just can't resign from some careers and you 'can't' leave the Village...
		The Prisoner - Number Six by Larry Hall.
	calwestray.tripod.com /prisoner.htm (282 words)

	The Prisoner series
		The Prisoner was a relatively short series that followed the story of one man who was captured in order to find out "information." That man became known as #6 and spent the series trying to escape and outwit those who ran The Village.
		The Edge of Within, a script for a Prisoner sequel series.
		Although the technology is dated now, the show is still of excellent quality, interesting and intense.
	www.bookmice.net /darkchilde/prisoner.html (116 words)

	The Unmutual - Prisoner / McGoohan / Portmeirion Home Page
		On 4th May 2006, "Prisoner" fans around the world awoke to news that, according to a SKY press release covered by Broadcast, the BBC, and several national newspapers, the Granada "Prisoner" remake will be going ahead - scheduled for completion in 2007.
		Voted the most popular "Prisoner" episode in a 2003 online poll, "Checkmate" was one of the earliest episodes to be filmed, and Kelsey's script, which script-editor George Markstein liked tremendously, was commissioned before the series began shooting.
		Following the recent announcement that "Prisoner" and "Danger Man" actress Jane Merrow and TV Historian Robert Fairclough will be attending PM2006 in Portmeirion on Sunday 13th August 2006, we are delighted to say that our third special guest will be none other than Camera Operator and Cinematographer Robert Monks.
	www.theunmutual.co.uk (4189 words)

	Amazon.com: The Complete Prisoner Megaset: DVD: Prisoner,Patrick McGoohan
		The Prisoner was filmed in the North Wales resort village of Portmeirion over the course of a year.
		The Village's "citizens" might dress colorfully and stroll around its manicured gardens while a band plays bouncy Strauss marches, but the place is actually a prison.
		Though "The Prisoner" is not meant to be a squeal to Danger Man it does offer tantalizing clues that suggest otherwise, but this is just part of the fun offered by this cult classic.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005NKCQ?v=glance (2953 words)

	GURPS Prisoner
		It describes The Village and its inhabitants, both wardens and prisoners.
		Experience the tension and thrills of No. 6, The Prisoner, fighting to maintain his freedom against No. 2 and the masters of The Village.
		A short adventure, ''Arrival,'' introduces a party of prisoners into The Village.
	www.sjgames.com /gurps/books/Prisoner (249 words)

	Build the Village
		LEGO + Portmeirion + The Prisoner = Build The Village!
		Classical building serves as the gateway to the main part of the village.
		"The Prisoner" and all stills used from the series are copyright Granada Ventures.
	www.priz.co.uk /build (77 words)

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