The Prisoner

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Drama: Psychological

Drama: SciFi & Fantasy

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

The Prisoner: Series 3: Free For All

Free For All

Series 3

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Time for an election in the Village, and the regime wants Six to stand as a candidate.

Time for an election in the Village, and the regime wants Number 6 to stand as a candidate to be Number 2. Stars Mark Elstob.

Under constant surveillance, Number 6 can trust no-one. The regime seems to want him to stand in an election candidate to be Number 2. 

But when 2’s manifesto seems to be based on the notion of freedom, what platform will 6 decide to stand upon? And can there ever be freedom in the Village?

The original 17 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 was a heavily guarded coastal village.

Number 6 .… Mark Elstob
Number 43 .… Genevieve Gaunt
Number 2 .… Lorelei King
Journalist .… Alicia Bayley
Operations Controller/Village Voice .… Jennifer Healy
Instructor/Technician .… Glen McCready

Written and directed by Nicholas Briggs.

Script Editor:  Scott Handcock

Music composed and performed by Jamie Robertson

Producer: Emma Halgh

A Big Finish production.

The Prisoner: Series 3

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

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