The Prisoner - The Complete Series (6 DVD Set)

Part action series part psychedelic fantasy part allegory Patrick McGoohan's masterpiece The Prisoner was initially touted as a sequel to his earlier spy series Danger Man . But when it was first broadcast in 1967 TV audiences were puzzled when the show was cancelled 17 episodes later due to declining viewing figures no one was any the wiser. Shot in the picturesque surroundings of Portmeirion in North Wales whose architectural fantasies provided an ideal backdrop for the show's surrealism The Prisoner has subsequently been recognised as one of the most innovative and thought-provoking series ever to be broadcast. Despite the primary-coloured flower-power look the show's bold ideas haven't dated at all proving that The Prisoner was simply years ahead of its time. McGoohan is Number 6 a man whose resignation from the secret service (seen every week in a montage title sequence--itself an impressionistic TV landmark) triggers his abduction and imprisonment in 'The Village' a sort of open