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The Prisoner

Drama: Psychological

Drama: SciFi & Fantasy

Dramatisation for radio of the iconic 1960s television mystery series.

The Prisoner: Series 1: Your Beautiful Village

Your Beautiful Village

Series 1

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The new Number 2 plunges Number 6 into a dark and terrifying world.

Intent in knowing why Number 6, resigned, the new Number 2 plunges him into a dark and terrifying world. Stars Mark Elstob.

Something is very wrong, as Number 6 experiences the most disturbing sense deprivation. 

Almost complete darkness, filled with haunting sounds, fragments of conversations, and a desperate call from Number 9 start to test Number 6’s reason.

The original seventeen episode TV series of The Prisoner created intrigue and controversy in equal measure when it first aired in the UK in 1967. In a taut psychological spy thriller the main character, dehumanised as ‘Number 6’, has committed no crime, save for having resigned from some unspecified branch of the British Secret Service. His prison is a heavily guarded coastal village.

Under constant surveillance, Number 6 can trust no-one and relentlessly works to establish who his captors are, a seemingly impossible task when the most senior figure he encounters – Number 2 – changes frequently... 

CAST:

Number 6 …. Mark Elstob
Number 2 …. Ramon Tikaram
Number 9 …. Sara Powell
The Village Voice …. Helen Goldwyn

Music: Jamie Robertson 

Script Editor: Jamie Anderson

Written and directed by Nicholas Briggs.

A Big Finish Production - based on the classic ITV series.

The Prisoner: Series 1

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Mark Elstob stars in a radio dramatisation of the 1960s television mystery series.

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