old bbc series The Prisoner

[gnuuser]

I like the old shows but i think my all time favorite was The Prisoner (1967 to 1968) Patric McGoohan
My parents thought it made no sense at all.
but as I was always one to enjoy a good mind game
I recognized that the theme of the show was a big mind game.
if they could break his will and reveal why he resigned they could get any secret from him.

absurdity has its place in the scheme of mind games because the mind can only take so much of it before becoming unraveled.
and I enjoyed how he used their own mind games against them.

in my opinion still better than a lot of crap on the telly today

 

[ian.settle1]

I am not a number I'm a free man

 

[guest119]

Filmed somewhere in Wales?
Big plastic (giant) balls on the beach.
Mini mokes.
Last I saw him was in Braveheart, Longshanks.

Boydy

 

[telectrix]

a minature italian style village.was filmed at portmerion, near porthmadog. it's

 

[tazz]

The point was....we are just numbers....National insurance, inland revenue, council tax and your bank account

 

[7029 dave]

From your side of the pond,when I was a kid my favs were lost in space, voyage to the bottom of the sea,rushed home after school to watch em, ahh memories!!!

 

[guest119]

I rushed home from school to watch Batman. Pow, Zap, Zonk, Gawd awful but to a kid, great.

Boydy

 

[tazz]

The Tomorrow People was a good one to watch
but everything is politically correct now, so with play school, you can`t look throw next doors window.....Muffin the mule is now an offence...!!

 

[Dipzy]

Yes, enjoyed that series, think they are bring out a new series of the Tomorrow People?

 

[tidyboiler]

Portmeirion is a beautiful place to visit. You can go to Harlech to look around the castle, or Porthmadog to have a ride on the Ffestiniog Railway on the way. The pottery shop in Portmeirion is fantastic. Wales has some stunning places to visit, and when Geordie is better we are going to do a tour in his MR2. Hope Wales is prepared....................... :2guns:

 

[gnuuser]

another one was the time tunnel (around the same time as voyage to the bottom of the sea)
or land of the giants.

 

[tidyboiler]

I loved The Munsters...................:earmuffs:

 

[guest119]

Aye, and now you have your own one :biggrin5:

Boydy

 

[tidyboiler]

Ooooh, you'll keep!!!! :2guns::whatchutalkingabout

 

[ipf]

One of my favs as a kid

The Man From U.N.C.L.E. First season - YouTube

 

[longboat]

Who are you?
The new number two.
Who is number one?
You are number six
I am not a number, I'm a free man.
'evil laugh'.

 

[Rockingit]

A couple of years ago one of my bands did a film shoot at Port M to coincide with the annual gathering of the Prisoner fan club, the video was shot in that style and we had the big balloons, the Mokes(?) and so on...it was very very surreal, but great fun. If I can find a link to a vid I'll post it up!

 

[Rockingit]

Here you go! That beach was flippin freezing as well!

DC Fontana Six Against Eight - YouTube

 

[Silly Sausage]

I loved The Munsters...................:earmuffs:

I can see where you're coming from with the appeal of The Munsters...

 

[dingledong]

never understood adam adamant