The Prisoner

About The Prisoner

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.

Patrick McGoohan created The Prisoner, a mystery, science fiction, and fantasy series for ITV1. Patrick McGoohan plays Number Six.

Its one season of 17 episodes was broadcast from September 1967 to February 1968.

Shelv files it under kidnapping, trapped, small town, and orwellian. It streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and Criterion Channel in the United States. It scores 7.7 out of 10 from 220 TMDB voters and it carries a TV-PG rating.

FROM, Under the Dome, and Wayward Pines make useful companions to The Prisoner.