After resigning, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but is really a bizarre Kafkaesque prison. His warders demand information. He gives them nothing, but only tries to escape.
Cast: Patrick McGoohan
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Series 1
17 episodes
1. ArrivalAfter resigning, a secret agent finds himself trapped in a bizarre prison known only as The Village.TV-PGCC50minSep 29, 1967
2. The Chimes of Big BenA new Number 8 named Nadia arrives in The Village, and together Number 6 and she plot their escape.TV-PGCC50minOct 6, 1967
3. A., B. and C.Number 2 believes that Number 6 resigned because he was going to sell out. Using dream manipulation, Number 2 tries to determine which one of three possible candidates Number 6 was dealing with.TV-PGCC50minOct 13, 1967
4. Free for AllNumber 6 runs for the office of Number 2.TV-PGCC50minOct 20, 1967
5. The Schizoid ManNumber Six wakes up with a new identity. Now he's Number Twelve. Worse, Number Two asks him to impersonate someone--Number Six. But the new Number Six is more like him than he is.TV-PGCC50minOct 27, 1967
6. The GeneralAn instant learning process becomes the Village's latest fad, but Number 6 is sure that Number 2 is using it as a brain washing tool.TV-PGCC50minNov 3, 1967
7. Many Happy ReturnsNumber 6 wakes up to find the Village totally deserted.TV-PGCC50minNov 10, 1967
8. Dance of the DeadNumber 6 comes across a body that has washed ashore with a radio. After sending the body back out to sea, he tries to use the radio to get rescued.TV-PGCC50minNov 17, 1967
9. CheckmateInspired by a large chess game with people taking the place of the game pieces, Number 6 formulates a new escape plan with some compatriots.TV-PGCC50minNov 24, 1967
10. Hammer into AnvilNumber 6 vows revenge and goes after a sadistic Number 2 after he drives a fellow village resident to her death.TV-PGCC50minDec 1, 1967
11. It's Your FuneralNumber Six hears of an assassination plot against Number Two, but it's the new Number Two doing all the plotting against the retiring Number Two.TV-PGCC50minDec 8, 1967
12. A Change of MindAfter a brawl Number 6 is declared "unmutual" and is made to think that he has undergone "instant social conversion."TV-PGCC50minDec 15, 1967
13. Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My DarlingWith his mind transferred to another body, Number 6 wakes up in his London flat and can't convince his colleagues who he is. He takes off to Austria to find the one man who can help him, the person Number 2 wants him to find.TV-PGCC50minDec 22, 1967
14. Living in HarmonyNumber 6 finds himself in the middle of a wild west version of his imprisonment.TV-PGCC50minDec 29, 1967
15. The Girl Who Was DeathBack in London, Number 6 is trying to track down a crazed scientist who is protected by his homicidal daughter.TV-PGCC50minJan 19, 1968
16. Once Upon a TimeBecause all other attempts to break Number 6 have failed, Number 2 decides to engage him in a game where one of them will end up dead.TV-PGCC50minJan 26, 1968
17. Fall OutAfter witnessing the trials of Number 2 and Number 48 and meeting the President of the Assembly, Number 6 escapes during the chaos that follows.TV-PGCC51minFeb 2, 1968
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After resigning, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but is really a bizarre Kafkaesque prison. His warders demand information. He gives them nothing, but only tries to escape.
Creators and cast
- Created by
- Patrick McGoohan, George Markstein
- Cast
- Patrick McGoohan
- Studio
- Everyman Films, ITC Entertainment
