The Prisoner, Revisited

A look at Patrick McGoohan's masterpiece The Prisoner, with analysis of key episodes and essays on the meaning behind the program. 

 

From the introductions: In The Prisoner McGoohan created something that was bold: A thinking man's action adventure series, a program that pursued ideas just as the warders of the Village pursued him. What is freedom? What do we owe society, ourselves? Why? The fact that the show was able to underline the philosophy with fist fights made it all the more entertaining.