Win one of two Special Blu-ray editions of Patrick McGoohan’s entire original The Prisoner TV series
Patrick McGoohan as Number Two in The Prisoner
Since its CBS debut in the summer of 1968, the masterful British TV series The Prisoner has captivated American audiences. Now A&E presents a definitive aficionado’s edition of the cult classic which is considered one of the most innovative TV series ever filmed, for the first time in breathtaking Blu-Ray. To celebrate this release, Film Fetish is giving away two copies of the entire five disc The Prisoner Blu-ray Set, which includes the entire The Prisoner series – more than 14 hours of entertainment – plus hours and hours of featurettes and other highly collectible digital bonus material, including original scripts, episode trailers, call sheets, press releases and more.
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In order to be entered into the random drawing for your free copy of the five disc The Prisoner Blu-ray Set, you must also:
- Reply to this post, and name three of the best “cult” British TV series ever released, and a brief synopsis of them. CLICK HERE for a list of classic British TV series, including synopses.
I’ll be running this contest through Halloween Day, October 31st, 2009.
More about this historic Blu-ray release of The Prisoner TV series
Fully restored from the original film elements with newly remixed 5.1 surround sound and featuring hours of bonus material never released in North America, The Prisoner: Blu-ray Edition is a fitting tribute to the creative vision of the late executive producer and star Patrick McGoohan.
After resigning from a top-secret position, a man (McGoohan) is abducted and spirited from his London home to a mysterious place known only as The Village. Village Residents, known only by numbers, are held captive because each possesses valuable knowledge. The Prisoner, now known as Number Six, battles to protect his mind – and his humanity – while struggling to discover the identity of Number One and escape captivity.
HOURS OF EXCITING NEW BONUS FEATURES
- Newly remixed 5.1 surround sound for all 17 episodes (in addition to the original mono tracks)
- Don’t Knock Yourself Out: A feature-length documentary chronicling the production of The Prisoner, told by those involved in its creation.
- Two Brand-New Featurettes, including The Pink Prisoner and You Make Sure it Fits!
- Promo for AMC’s The Prisoner Miniseries
- Newly restored original edit of Arrival with an optional music-only soundtrack featuring Wilfred Josephs’ complete and abandoned score
- Original edit of The Chimes of Big Ben
- Production crew audio commentaries on seven episodes
- Trailers for every TV episode
- Archive textless material, including the title sequence with clean themes by Ron Grainer, Wilfred Josephs and Robert Farnon
- Commercial break bumpers
- Image Archive with over 1200 stills
- Production Paperwork Archive, featuring scripts, call sheets and press releases
Directors: Various episodes were directed by Patrick McGoohan himself, Pat Jackson, David Tomblin and Don Chaffey
Cast: Patrick McGoohan as Number Six, John Maxim as Number Eighty Six, George Markstein, Angelo Muscat, Peter Swanwick, Christopher Benjamin, Michael Miller, Alexis Kanner, Fenella Fielding, Kenneth Griffith, Georgina Cookson, Harold Berens, John Cazabon, Bee Duffell, Larry Taylor, Grace Arnold, Denis Shaw, Max Faulkner, Gerry Crampton, Michael Danvers-Walker, Patsy Smart, Bill Cummings, Peter Brace, Lucy Griffiths, Jack Cooper, George Leech, Frederick Piper, Robert Rietty, Leo McKern, Patrick Cargill, Colin Gordon, who all played the infamous Number Two in various episodes.
Original Show Release Year: 1967
Blu-ray Release Date: October 27, 2009
Check out the preview of the upcoming The Prisoner AMC miniseries, that I watched at Comic-Con this year, just below.
The Prisoner Blu-ray disc set packaging
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October 11th, 2009 at 5:00 am
My favorite British sitcoms:
1. Doctor Who – the ultimate time and space traveler. Love those Daleks. This was and still is my favorite!
2. Red Dwarf – Lister must have been the dumbest person (prisoner) ever allowed in space. Gotta love that stasis. His antics with Cat and Holly were always a blast.
3. Monty Python’s Flying Circus – The best comedy series ever! The sketches and funny antics will have you laughing and scratching your head at the same time. “What was that I just saw? I don’t know, but it funny as hell!” Hysterical!
October 11th, 2009 at 6:22 am
Space, The Saint, and The Avengers.
October 11th, 2009 at 6:37 am
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October 11th, 2009 at 7:38 am
Thunderbirds – the Tracy family, in the guise of International Rescue, fight crime and save lives on planet Earth and beyond.
The Avengers – John Steed and his partner (Emma Peel is the best) fight crime for the British government, usually in towns seemingly devoid of people.
Space 1999 – from the same production team as Thunderbirds, Moonbase Alpha is sent hurtling into space after a nuclear explosion.
October 11th, 2009 at 7:49 am
I own this series on DVD and it is definitely one of the best British Series to ever be released, there are several other great ones.
Monty Python – The quintessential classic silly British comedies. Absolutely the funniest comedy troupe to ever live. They will have you spamming quotes to your friends.
Space 1999 – Britain’s answer to Star Trek. Wonderfully filmed Sci-Fi that entertains while providing thought provoking messages that apply to today’s world.
Doctor Who – The longest running sci-fi show in the world. Fantastic writing and one of the few sci-fi series that consistently expands rather then copies ideas of our future.
October 11th, 2009 at 8:29 am
thanks
October 11th, 2009 at 8:45 am
this looks great thanks
October 11th, 2009 at 9:05 am
Dr. Who.. Time traveler in a phone box.
Monty Python… Sketch comedy to the extreme.
The Young Ones… Sitcom to the extreme.
October 11th, 2009 at 9:43 am
I Watched This Show When It Was On TV The First Time, And Would Love To See It Again In Blu-ray.
October 11th, 2009 at 9:45 am
Wow.. Cool blu-ray..
October 11th, 2009 at 11:19 am
The Prisoner, The Avengers, Doctor Who
October 11th, 2009 at 12:24 pm
Doctor Who: The programme depicts the adventures of a mysterious alien time-traveller known as “the Doctor” who travels in his space and time-ship, the TARDIS, which normally appears from the exterior to be a blue 1950s police box. With his companions, he explores time and space, solving problems, facing a variety of foes and righting wrongs.
Monty Python’s Flying Circus: BBC sketch comedy programme from the Monty Python comedy team, and the group’s initial claim to fame. The show was noted for its surreality, risqué or innuendo-laden humour, sight gags, and sketches without punchlines. It also featured the iconic animations of Terry Gilliam, which were often sequenced or merged with live action.
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?: is a television reality/game show which offers a maximum cash prize of one million pounds for correctly answering successive multiple-choice questions of increasing difficulty.
October 11th, 2009 at 12:50 pm
Space 1999-the thinking mans’ Star Trel…martin landau rules!
Monty Python-Cult? No way, funniest show to come outta England.
Thunderbirds-Yea, the original creepy looking puppets
October 11th, 2009 at 1:47 pm
Doctor Who-the original please
Monty Pyhon
Red Dwarf nothing compares to British humor
October 11th, 2009 at 1:52 pm
1. Monty Python’s Flying Circus – The ground breaking comedy series whose ripples are still felt. A totally new take on challenging and “in-your-face” comedy where nothing was sacred. Has been imitated many times since.
2. The Avengers – The mixture the sexy and athletic Mrs Peel and the staid and bowler hatted John Steed. The witticism and dry remarks combined with actionin ordinary locales also set a new trend for spy and counter spy stories.
3. The Saint – I grew up on the Leslie Charteris books and found that James Bond later seemed almost an updated version of the same type of character.
Roger Moore was the perfect Saint and although the series never quite captured the spirit ofthe modern day Robin Hood.
October 11th, 2009 at 9:14 pm
1. Monty Python! – Thinking man’s comedy if you like not being seen, silly walk, arguments and dead parrots.
2. Doctor Who – Adventures of the space and time traveling time lord and his many companions across decades of adventures. Been watching since about Doctor 4, Tom Baker (who is also great in Little Britain, BTW).
3. Was going to put The Prisoner, but I must already like that, so let’s say Red Dwarf. Which would be the adventures through space of the last human, the descendant of his cat and his dead bunk mate. Hilarious! (Not my description, the show.)
October 11th, 2009 at 10:42 pm
My three favorites are Monty Python’s Flying Circus, The Young Ones and The Goodies. They’re all quirky comedy series that made fun of everything, everywhere. Please accept my entry. Thank you.
October 12th, 2009 at 3:03 am
Space 1999: Moonbase residents hurtle through space after a giant explosion ont he far side of the moon knocks them out of orbit
Avengers 65: The 1965 series with Patrick Macnee & Diana Rigg fighting strange bad guys while looking very sharp!
The Saint Megaset: Roger Moore pre-Bond portrayed Simon Templar, like Bond but without as many gadgets
October 12th, 2009 at 7:00 am
3 best cult British Shows:
#3) The Young Ones – Some poor college stereotypes (dirty Hippie, mean Punk, depressed New Wave trenchcoat kid, etc.) get into trouble due to their stupidity and lack of money. Don’t let any of that scare you. It was good at times. Also, most episodes had a band show up for no reason and do a song. I seem to remember the Jam doing a great job.
#2) Monty Python’s Flying Circus – Sketch comedy at its most random and best with some cool animation by Terry Gilliam thrown in for good messure.
#3) The Prisoner – This show was one of the best of all time. A spy suddenly quits working for the British government, and the government gets scared, gases him, and transports him to “The Village.” He is stuck in this very sureal place while they try to figure why he quit. His knowledge is considered dangerous. Oh, and a giant bubble will capture him if you try to escape.
October 12th, 2009 at 8:01 am
I saw this one time,but it was so long ago..thanks
October 12th, 2009 at 9:51 am
Would love this.
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October 12th, 2009 at 1:50 pm
1) Monty Pythons Flying Circus: Wacky sketch comedy and absurd animations made this a cult favorite.
2) The Saint: Before he was Bond, he was the suave Simon Templar in this long running British mystery series.
3) Thunderbirds: 3…2…1…Thunderbirds are go!
October 12th, 2009 at 2:00 pm
The Avengers, loved that, Doctor Who, and The Saint
October 12th, 2009 at 2:48 pm
i want to win
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October 12th, 2009 at 3:09 pm
Thanks so much for the chance.
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October 12th, 2009 at 5:06 pm
sign me up
October 12th, 2009 at 5:41 pm
monty python – great comedy, the avengers – loved emma peel and those spy gizmos and the saint – another classy good looking spy
October 13th, 2009 at 9:35 am
Everybody’s already mentioned my faves Monty Python, The Avengers, and The Saint. So how about Absolutely Fabulous (hilariously wacky characters – Patsy and Edina are da bomb!), Secret Agent (above average spy series, outstanding theme song!
, and Are You Being Served? (outrageous sitcom with an outstanding ensemble cast, set in a London department store). Also let me mention the Horatio Hornblower series starring Ioan Gruffudd – spectacular historical tv series!
October 13th, 2009 at 2:23 pm
Benny Hill, Monty Python, and Our Hero.
October 13th, 2009 at 2:26 pm
Jeeves and Wooster is great-pre-pre House Hugh Laurie as rich boy Bertie Wooster, and Stephen Fry as butler Jeeves, who tries to keep Bertie out of trouble and on the straight and narrow. Thanks!
October 14th, 2009 at 3:25 pm
Little Britain – Basically a guide to non-British people on how British people act…just extremely exaggerated.
Peep Show – The lives of 2 guys in their 30’s trying to get with ladies.
The Office – The hilariousness of the inner workings of an office.
October 15th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
The Professionals
The Prisoner
Life on Mars (UK Version)
October 15th, 2009 at 1:45 pm
monty python, perhaps the funniest show ever made (i don’t know if it’s cult, but it’s on your list)
space 1999, a sci-fi show where the moon is blown out of earth orbit and goes travelling into space (seems less plausible now than it did when i was seven)
the avengers, a show about the coolest spies ever, and the sexiest spy ever mrs peel mmmm
October 15th, 2009 at 6:09 pm
I love to win this series: My favorite british shows are The Saint, Doctor Who, and Hex
October 16th, 2009 at 8:42 am
UFO- Earth based team of UFO watchers defending earth from invasion.
Space1999- Moon based team of people defending the moon and earth.
The Avengers-Two british secret service agents fighting evil.
Replacing My Other Post That Was Cut Short By My Cat.
October 18th, 2009 at 5:08 pm
Monty python’s flying circus, spaced, black books!
October 19th, 2009 at 2:26 am
1. Bottom
2. The Young Ones
3. Spaced
October 19th, 2009 at 5:58 pm
1. Space 1999 – With its progressive plotlines, an outstanding cast, and astonishing special effects from Oscar® winner Brian Johnson (Alien, The Empire Strikes Back), SPACE: 1999 has secured its place as one of the most thought-provoking series of the 21st century—and beyond.
2. UFO – The premise of UFO, which ran for a single season of 26 episodes in 1970, was like a more serious version of Anderson’s Captain Scarlet (1967): in the near future of 1980, a high-tech secret organization, SHADO, waged covert war against mysterious alien attackers.
3. Joe 90 – In 2112, professor Ian McClaine has invented the BIG RAT (Brain Impulse Galvanoscope, Record and Transfer), a machine for copying knowledge and experiences from person to person. WIN (World Intelligence Organization) uses this to prime their top undercover agent before sending him into the field on missions that range from foiling international terrorists to recovering a nuclear weapon from beneath the polar ice. So far so good, but in perhaps the most mind-boggling concept ever to reach children’s TV, that agent is McClaine’s 9-year-old adopted son, Joe.
October 20th, 2009 at 12:23 pm
better than fish and chips,mates
October 24th, 2009 at 11:48 am
The Avengers, Monty Python, and of course, The Prisoner. But I really, really loved Benny Hill!!
October 28th, 2009 at 4:26 pm
monty python’s flying circus – spam!, knights, cleese, witty repartee
the avengers – diana rigg as emma peel in skintight clothes, wouldn’t want to see that in 2009
maigret – testosterone version of jessica fletcher, not so good, sorry ’bout that
dr. who – homoerotic sci-fi with a high school theater budget.
October 28th, 2009 at 5:19 pm
Jeeves & Wooster: an Odd Couple-esque show chronicling the antics of a rich dilettante and the logical butler who tries to keep him in line.
Monty Python: a comedy troupe’s sketch show that spawned a whole subculture of irreverent comedy
Blackadder: a historical sitcom taking the same group of characters throughout different eras in history
October 29th, 2009 at 1:48 am
THE PRISONER–the first great conspiracy show, with the wildest final episode of all time.
FAWLTY TOWERS–the funniest short series of all time.
THE AVENGERS–the sexiest, most charming of the spy shows.
October 29th, 2009 at 8:08 pm
The Avengers – They were the epitome of late 60s cool and they were spies, John Steed (Patrick McNee) and Mrs. Emma Peel (Diane Rigg), who replaced Honor Blackman, who left the series to play Pussy Galore in a Bond film, fight the bad guys and engage in smart quips and double entendres. This series was great fun!
Thunderbirds – Or as I remember the series, \\"Thunderbirds are go!\\". Mix one part James Bond, one part Mission Impossible and those cool machines and you have a show in which the characters are played by marionettes.
October 30th, 2009 at 5:44 am
Monty Python: a comedy troupe’s sketch show that spawned a whole subculture of irreverent comedy
THE PRISONER–the first great conspiracy show, with the wildest final episode of all time.
UFO- Earth based team of UFO watchers defending earth from invasion
October 30th, 2009 at 9:36 am
doctor who – time travel via a phone booth
monty python – silly comedy sketches
the avengers – a james bond type job played by an idiot
October 30th, 2009 at 2:12 pm
A pretty easy choice for me. I always watched these shows with my dad when I was younger.
Monty Python- Silly, ridiculous
Fawlty Towers- hysterical, real, and outlandish all at the same time.
The Avengers- I loved this spy show!
Thanks for the chance to win!
October 30th, 2009 at 6:37 pm
Doctor Who – time travel via a classic phone booth pre Cell phones
monty python – silly comedy sketches
The Avengers – British secret service done very proper
October 30th, 2009 at 7:10 pm
UFO Is the best
October 31st, 2009 at 12:41 pm
1. The Prisoner. This is and always has been my favorite British series. Number Six attempts to escape and reclaim his identity as a man.
2. The Avengers. Follows the adventures of John Steed and Mrs. Emma Peel as British agents of law.
3. Monty Python’s Flying Circus. How could anyone not include this series? These are zany skits the likes of which I had never seen before (or since).
October 31st, 2009 at 1:19 pm
Based solely on what I\’ve already decided to invest in:
1. Red Dwarf – silly and entertaining
2. Secret Agent AKA Danger Man – more Patrick McGoohan (the first season is British at least) I love the action without violence.
3. Jeeves and Wooster – great characters from great source material
but there are so many more I could list.
October 31st, 2009 at 3:45 pm
Thanks for the giveaway…
UFO: series about a secret organization protecting earth from Aliens.
Space 1999: series about a base on the moon.
The Young Ones: series about a group of roommates circa 1980.
October 31st, 2009 at 5:28 pm
Benny Hill: Comedy skits
Monty Python: Comedy skits
UFO: UFO watchers
October 31st, 2009 at 8:27 pm
Jeeves and Wooster, Britain’s original odd couple share comic adventures. Wooster the British mao of means with a touch too generous heart and a slight defect in the noggin depaerment Jeve, The Avengers a great British series about hre adventures of two spies, John Sted the umbrella-toting gentleman spy and the ravishing Mrs. Emma Peel The Saint, a British series about the adventures of Simon Templer aka The Saint a fearless, debonair and determined mystery man who travels the globe to aid those in distress.