The Prisoner Quick Episode Guide

Season 1 

1x01 Arrival 
1x02 The Chimes of Big Ben 
1x03 A. B. and C. 
1x04 Free for All 
1x05 The Schizoid Man 
1x06 The General 
1x07 Many Happy Returns 
1x08 Dance of the Dead 
1x09 Checkmate 
1x10 Hammer into Anvil 
1x11 It's Your Funeral 
1x12 A Change of Mind 
1x13 Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling 
1x14 Living in Harmony 
1x15 The Girl Who Was Death 
1x16 Once Upon A Time 
1x17 Fall Out 


 
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Season 1 
1. Arrival 
gs: Patrick McGoohan (Number Six) Virginia Maskell (The Woman) Guy Doleman (Number Two) Paul Eddington (Cobb) George Baker (The New Number Two) Angelo Muscat (The Butler) Barbara Yu Ling (Taxi Driver) Stephanie Randall (Maid) Jack Allen (Doctor) Fabia Drake (Welfare Worker) Denis Shaw (Shopkeeper) Oliver MacGreevy (Gardener/Electrician) Frederick Piper (Ex-Admiral) Patsy Smart (Waitress) Christopher Benjamin (Labour Exchange Manager) Peter Stanwick (Supervisor) David Garfield (Hospital Attendant) Peter Brace (1st Guardian) Keith Peacock (2nd Guardian) Fenella Fielding (Bright Morning Radio Announcer)  

After handing in his resignation, the Prisoner heads off to his London home to pack for a holiday. He begins to feel faint and ends up unconscious. He awakes not in his house but in a strange village. He starts to explore but soon realises that in "The Village" all things such as 'phone calls, maps and taxis are "only local". He is shown around the Village by Number Two who explains that the information in his head is priceless and that he wants to know why he resigned. Welcome to your new home, Number Six.
 

b: 01-Oct-1967 w: George Markstein and David Tomblin d: Don Chaffey  
 

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2. The Chimes of Big Ben 
gs: Leo Mckern (Number Two) Nadia Gray (Nadia) Finlay Currie (General) Richard Wattis (Fotheringay) Kevin Stoney (Colonel J) Christopher Benjamin (Number Two's Assistant) Hilda Barry (Number 38) Jack Le-White (First Judge) John Maxim (Second Judge) Lucy Griffiths (Third Judge)  

Number Six has a new next-door neighbour, Nadia. She befriends Number Six and tells him that the Village is situated on the Baltic. To cover their plans of escape Number Six enters the Village arts and crafts exhibition competition. His entry entitled "Escape" is the inspiration for their plan to get back to London.
 

b: 08-Oct-1967 w: Vincent Tilsley , Vincent Tilsley d: Don Chaffey  
 

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3. A. B. and C. 
gs: Katherine Kath (Engadine) Sheila Mathews (Number Fourteen) Colin Gordon (Number Two) Peter Bowles (A) Georgina Cookson (Blonde Lady) Annette Carrell (B) Lucille Soong (Flower Girl) Bettine Le Beau (Maid At Party) Terry Yorke (Thug) Peter Brayham (Thug) Bill Cummings (Henchman)  

The new Number Two uses a new wonder drug to tap into Number Six's subconscious to try to discover why he resigned. Over a period of three nights he encounters A, B and C in separate circumstances, at Madame Engadine's party. Unknown to Number Two, Number Six has realised what has happened and uses his dreams to prove that he was not selling out.
 

b: 15-Oct-1967 w: Anthony Skene d: Pat Jackson  
 

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4. Free for All 
gs: Eric Portman (Number Two) Rachel Herbert (Number Fifty Eight) George Benson (Labour Exchange Manager) Harold Berens (Reporter) John Cazabon (Man In Cave) Dene Cooper (Photographer) Kenneth Benda (Supervisor) Holly Doone (Waitress) Peter Brace (First Mechanic) Alf Joint (Second Mechanic)  

It's election time in the Village. A new Number Two needs to be elected and Number Six is persuaded to stand. While attending a meeting of the outgoing council meeting, Number Six angers Number Two who decides that Number Six must undergo "The Test". Number Six sets out on his election campaign with many promises to his voters but his aim is to discover who Number One is.
 

b: 22-Oct-1967 w: Patrick McGoohan d: Patrick McGoohan  
 

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5. The Schizoid Man 
gs: Jane Merrow (Alison) Anton Rodgers (Number Two) Earl Cameron (Supervisor) Gay Cameron (Number Thirty Six) David Nettheim (Doctor) Pat Keen (Nurse) Gerry Crampton (First Guardian) Dinney Powell (Second Guardian)  

Number Six awakes one morning in a different Village apartment and discovers things have changed. He has a new appearance, has become left-handed and has a different taste in foods. He is no longer Number Six but now Number Twelve. A double of Number Six has been brought to the Village in an attempt to crack him. A bruised fingernail is the only clue that can help the real Number Six.
 

b: 29-Oct-1967 w: Terence Feely d: Pat Jackson  
 

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6. The General 
gs: Colin Gordon (Number Two) John Castle (Number Twelve) Betty McDowall (Professor's Wife) Peter Swanwick (Supervisor) Conrad Phillips (Doctor) Michael Miller (Man In Buggy) Keith Pyott (Waiter) Norman Mitchell (Mechanic) Peter Bourne (Projection Operator) George Leech (First Corridor Guard) Jackie Cooper (Second Corridor Guard)  

'Speedlearn' is a subliminal process for educating the population of the Village, developed by a Professor with the aid of an unseen 'General'. However, the Professor realises that his creation has the ability to be abused by Number Two and with the help of Number Six intends to destroy the 'General'. After their attempt fails Number Two takes Number Six to meet the 'General'.
 

b: 05-Nov-1967 w: Joshua Adam d: Peter Graham Scott  
 

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7. Many Happy Returns 
gs: Donald Sinden (The Colonel) Patrick Cargill (Thorpe) Georgina Cookson (Mrs. Butterworth) Brian Worth (Group Captain) Richard Caldicot (Commander) Dennis Chinnery (Gunther) Jon Laurimore (Ernst) Nike Arrighi (Gypsy Girl) Grace Arnold (Maid) Larry Taylor (Gypsy Man)  

Number Six awakes to a deserted Village. He realises that he has the perfect opportunity to escape his captors. He builds a raft and sets sail away from the Village. During his voyage he comes across some gunrunners who steal his remaining supplies and leave him to drown. He is eventually washed up on the south coast of England. He manages to get back to London to find a 'Mrs Butterworth' living in his house. The next day is Number Six's birthday and Mrs Butterworth has a surprise planned for him.
 

b: 12-Nov-1967 w: Anthony Skene d: Joseph Serf  
 

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8. Dance of the Dead 
gs: Mary Morris (Number Two) Duncan Macrae (Doctor) Norma West (The Observer) Aubrey Morris (Town Crier) Bee Duffell (Psychiatrist) Camilla Hasse (Day Supervisor) Alan White (Dutton) Michael Nightingale (Night Supervisor) Patsy Smart (Night Maid) Denise Buckley (Maid) George Merritt (Postman) John Frawley (Flower Man) Lucy Griffiths (Lady In Corridor) William Lyon Brown (Second Doctor)  

Number Six discovers a dead man washed up on the Village beach. He finds a wallet and a radio set in the dead man's jacket. He hides the body in a cave and later tries the radio. Number Six later returns to the body with a life-belt and sets it afloat with a rescue note, although he is watched by a former colleague, Dutton. Number Two has been using Dutton to obtain information on Number Six but soon thinks Dutton is expendable. Number Six receives an invitation to the Village carnival where he meets Peter Pan and Little Bo-Peep.
 

b: 26-Nov-1967 w: Anthony Skene d: Don Chaffey  
 

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9. Checkmate 
gs: Ronald Radd (Rook) Patricia Jessel (First Psychiatrist) Peter Wyngarde (Number Two) Rosalie Crutchley (The Queen) George Coulouris (Man With The Stick) Bee Duffell (Second Psychiatrist) Basil Dignam (Supervisor) Danvers Walker (Painter) Denis Shaw (Shopkeeper) Victor Platt (Assistant Supervisor) Shivaun O'Casey (Nurse) Geoffrey Reed (Skipper) Terence Donovan (Sailor) Joe Dunne (First Tower Guard) Romo Gorrara (Second Tower Guard)  

Number Six takes the position of Queen's Pawn in a human game of chess. An illegal move by the Rook leads to his withdrawal and he is taken to the Village hospital. Number Two brainwashes the Queen to fall in love with Number Six who discovers the locket the Queen wears around her neck is in fact a radio transmitter to track him. The transmitter is useful to Number Six and he manages to borrow the locket which he intends to use with the Rook in his latest escape bid.
 

b: 03-Dec-1967 w: Gerald Kelsey d: Don Chaffey  

NOTE: Australian actor Terence Donovan, who plays the sailor in this episode, is the father of Jason Donovan, well known actor and singer.  

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10. Hammer into Anvil 
gs: Patrick Cargill (Number Two) Victor Maddern (Band Master) Basil Hoskins (Number Fourteen) Norman Scace (Psychiatric Director) Derek Aylward (New Supervisor) Hilary Dwyer (Number Seventy Three) Arthur Gross (Control Room Operator) Peter Swanwick (Supervisor) Victor Woolf (Shop Assistant) Michael Segal (Laboratory Technician) Margo Andrew (Shop Kiosk Girl) Susan Sheers (Female Code Expert) Jackie Cooper (First Guardian) Fred Haggerty (Second Guardian) Eddie Powell (Third Guardian) George Leach (Fourth Guardian)  

When a young woman is driven to her death by Number Two, Number Six swears his revenge. Number Two tells Number Six that he is going to hammer him (using a quote from Goethe about hammers and anvils) so Number Six decides to turn the tables. He plans to make Number Two think that he is an agent called D6 and that he reports to a superior X.O.4. Number Six sets out on a campaign to break Number Two.
 

b: 10-Dec-1967 w: Roger Woddis d: Pat Jackson  
 

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11. It's Your Funeral 
gs: Annette Andre (Watchmaker's daughter) Derren Nesbitt (New Number Two) Mark Eden (Number One Hundred) Andre Van Gyseghem (Retiring Number Two) Martin Miller (Watchmaker) Wanda Ventham (Computer Attendant) Mark Burns (Number Two's Assistant) Peter Swanwick (Supervisor) Charles Lloyd Pack (Artist) Grace Arnold (Number Thirty Six) Arthur White (Stall Holder) Michael Bilton (M.C. / Councillor) Gerry Crampton (Kosho Opponent)  

The Prisoner is tricked into discovering an assassination plot - but who is going to be killed? Number Two knows that Number Six is the only man in the Village capable of stopping a murder so he attempts to discredit him. After Number Six finds out about the plot he goes to warn Number Two who records the warning and doctors the tape. After a new Number Two arrives in the Village, Number Six realises that the intended target is not who he first thought.
 

b: 17-Dec-1967 w: Michael Cramoy d: Robert Asher  
 

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12. A Change of Mind 
gs: Angela Browne (Number Eighty Six) John Sharp (Number Two) George Pravda (Doctor) Kathleen Breck (Number Forty Two) Peter Swanwick (Supervisor) Thomas Heathcote (Lobo Man) Bartlett Mullins (Committee Chairman) Michael Miller (Number Ninety Three) Joseph Cuby (First Member Of Social Group) Michael Chow (Second Member of Social Group) June Ellis (Number Forty Eight) John Hamblin (First Woodland Man) Michael Billington (Second Woodland Man)  

After becoming involved in a fight with two thugs, Number Six is declared 'unmutual' by the Village committee who recommend that he undergo 'instant social treatment'. However, due to Number Six's importance he is not administered the treatment, only tricked into thinking he has had it. Number Six later realises this and manages to get the Village doctor on his side. With her help he has plans for Number Two.
 

b: 31-Dec-1967 w: Roger Parkes d: Joseph Serf  
 

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13. Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling 
gs: Zena Walker (Janet) Clifford Evans (Number Two) Nigel Stock (The Colonel) Hugo Schuster (Seltzman) John Wentworth (Sir Charles) James Bree (Villiers) Lloyd Lamble (Stapleton) Patrick Jordan (Danvers) Patrick Jordan (Danvers) Lockwood West (Camera Shop Manager) Frederic Abbott (Potter) Gertan Klauber (Cafe Waiter) Henry Longhurst (Old Guest) Danvers Walker (First New Man) John Nolan (Young Guest)  

Number Six is not himself. The Prisoner's mind is transformed in another man's body by the Village authorities in an attempt to track down a scientist, Professor Seltzman. When he awakes in his London home he has a tough task convincing people of his true identity, so he sets off for Austria to find Professor Seltzman - the only man who can help him.
 

b: 07-Jan-1968 w: Vincent Tilsley d: Pat Jackson  
 

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14. Living in Harmony 
gs: Alexis Kanner (The Kid) David Bauer (The Judge) Valerie French (Cathy) Gordon Tanner (Town Elder) Gordon Sterne (Bystander) David Bauer (The Judge/Number Two) Michael Balfour (Will) Larry Taylor (Mexican Sam) Monti de Lyle (Town Dignitary) Douglas Jones (Horse Dealer) Bill Nick (First Gunman) Les Crawford (Second Gunman) Frank Maher (Third Gunman) Max Faulkner (First Horseman) Bill Cummings (Second Horseman) Eddie Eddon (Third Horseman)  

The Prisoner finds himself a stranger in a Western town called 'Harmony'. He reluctantly takes on the job of the Sheriff in order to release a young saloon woman. As Sheriff he refuses to carry a gun until a killing spree forces him to take one up. After a gun fight with the Kid, The Prisoner wants to resign from his post but The Judge refuses to let him.
 

b: 14-Jan-1968 w: David Tomblin s: David Tomblin and Ian L. Rakoff d: David Tomblin  
 

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15. The Girl Who Was Death 
gs: Kenneth Griffith (Schnipps) Justine Lord (Sonia) Christopher Benjamin (Potter) Michael Brennan (Killer Karminski) Harold Berens (Boxing M.C.) Sheena Marsh (Barmaid) Max Faulkner (Scots Napoleon) John Rees (Welsh Napoleon) Joe Gladwin (Yorkshire Napoleon) John Drake (Bowler) Gaynor Steward (Little Girl) Graham Steward (First Little Boy) Stephen How (Second Little Boy)  

The Prisoner is back in his old job as he tries to track down the murderer of Colonel Hawke-Englishe, who was looking for a crazy scientist called Schnipps. The scientist's daughter Sonia, who calls herself Death, protects her father and sets many deadly traps for Number Six. Sonia eventually leads him to her father who has plans to destroy London with his super-rocket.
 

b: 21-Jan-1968 w: Terence Feely s: David Tomblin d: David Tomblin  
 

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16. Once Upon A Time 
gs: Patrick McGoohan (Number Six) Leo Mckern (Number Two) Angelo Muscat (The Butler) Peter Swanwick (Supervisor) John Cazabon (Umbrella Man)  

After all previous attempts to break Number Six have failed, Number Two decides the only way to obtain the information wanted is by using a system known as 'Degree Absolute'. A battle that will leave one of them dead. If Number Six wins, he will have survived the ultimate test and meet Number One.
 

b: 28-Jan-1968 w: Patrick McGoohan d: Patrick McGoohan  
 

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17. Fall Out 
gs: Patrick McGoohan (Number Six) Leo Mckern (Number Two) Alexis Kanner (Number Forty Eight) Kenneth Griffith (The President) Angelo Muscat (The Butler) Peter Swanwick (The Supervisor) Michael Miller (The Delegate)  

The Prisoner is presented to the President of the Assembly. He watches the trials of Number Forty Eight and the resuscitated Number Two. It is now his chance to finally meet Number One. As chaos breaks out, The Prisoner leaves the Village and heads for London.
 

b: 04-Feb-1968 w: Patrick McGoohan d: Patrick McGoohan