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Executive Producer: Patrick
McGoohan Produced by: David Tomblin Script Editor: George Markstein Art Director: Jack Shampan Stunt Co-ordinator: Frank Maher Theme by: Ron Grainer Musical Director: Albert Elms Dir Photography: Brendan J. Stafford, BSc Production Managers: Bernard Williams, Ronald Liles Assistant Directors: Gino Marotta, Ernie Lewis Editors: Lee Doig, Spencer Reeve, Geoffrey Foot, John S. Smith, Eric Boyd-Perkins, Noreen Ackland Sound Editors: Ken Rolls, Wilfred Thompson, Peter Elliott, Stanley Smith, Clive Smith Sound Recordists: John Bramhall, Cyril Swern Music Editors: Eric Mival, Bob Dearberg Casting Director: Rose Tobias-Shaw Set Dressers: John Lageu, Kenneth Bridgeman, Colin Southcott Makeup: Eddie Knight, Frank Turner Hairdressing: Pat McDermot, Olive Mills Wardrobe: Dora Lloyd, Masada Wilmot |
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Made on location in the grounds of the Hotel Portmeirion, Penrhyndeudraeth, North Wales, UK and at Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, Borehamwood, UK.
with recurring characters: Angelo Muscat as The Butler Peter Swanwick as The Supervisor and Frank Maher stunt double for Patrick McGoohan
Two episodes of "Danger Man" were screened over December 1967 and January 1968, these being "Koroshi" and "Shinda Shima". Some regions inserted these into the Prisoner slot, suspending the series for two weeks. These were the only Danger Man episodes to be shot in colour and with a similar star, cast, crew and "look" to The Prisoner, the unwary viewer would have been more than a little confused. However, it's possible it might have been done to buy time, because the Prisoner series was still filming and well behind schedule.The Prisoner continued it's run in the UK but despite a promising start it gradually alienated the viewing population and the ratings plummeted, resulting in it's cancellation and termination at episode seventeen. All the TV regions showed the entire series but some shifted it into a late-night slot. Granada was the last company to air "Fallout" on Friday the 1st March 1968 at 7:55pm. |
Most of the British TV companies never took up the option of a repeat run but some did and it was one of these in 1974 which prompted the formation of Six Of One, The Prisoner Appreciation Society and which, arguably, began the transition from confusing failure to acclaimed cult. Despite it's emerging respectability, TV companies still found the series too off-beat for their mainstream audiences and repeats continued to be spasmodic and incomplete.
It was not until late 1983/early 1984 that The Prisoner was shown again on national television on the relatively new Channel Four. Even then they managed to show episodes in the wrong order, some prints had missing sequences and one episode went out minus sound for several minutes. The series has never had another national British screening although it has been variously available on video for the last fifteen years or so. With the advent of satellite broadcasting in the UK, the series had a re-run in the mid-nineties, albeit to a limited audience at the time. By 2001, satellite had gone digital and the audiences were much larger. The UK Sci-Fi channel showed the entire series twice weekly from March 15th onwards with an enthusiastic response. The quality of the prints were excellent.
Many people are interested in the background and career of the actors, writers, directors and production personel involved in the making of the series. Where available, a link to the Internet Movie Database is provided to enable this sort of research to be carried out. SPOILER ALERT If you really are seeing this programme for the first time and don't want to know what happens, don't proceed any further into this section. Watch the episodes and then come back. |
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