PRISONER #2, THE:CHECKMATE/CHI

Details

• Release Year: 1968
• Genre: Action; Drama; Mystery; Science-Fiction
• Plot: No Man Is Just A Number.; ; Patrick McGoohan's The Prisoner has stood the test of time. A classic British TV series with elements of sci fi, mystery, comedy and high drama, this 'allegorical conundrum' had a riveting effect on viewers when it first aired in 1967. It was unlike anything that had ever before appeared on television.; ; During production, McGoohan said that the purpose of The Prisoner was 'to create a feeling of unrest about life today. It was an abstract impression of the world we are living in and a warning of what would happen to us when gadgetry and gimmickry take over from creative people.' The Prisoner remains an intriguing social commentary as it speaks to a new generation.; ; Four key episodes are presented here in the fan-preferred viewing order that follows events and dialogue within each story. From human chess games, to bold escape plans, The Prisoner, Set Two is television at its finest!; ; Volume 3:; Checkmate; A giant outdoor chessboard features unique pawns -- humans chess pieces. Number Six joins the game, and starts a game of his own.; ; The Chimes Of Big Ben; A mysterious new resident offers a tantalizing clue as to where they are imprisoned. As she confers with Number Six, a plan for escape develops.; ; Volume 4:; A, B, And C; Cruel, dream-invading drug experiments on Number Six in an attempt to reveal why he resigned.; ; The General; The Professor's powerful, subliminal 'educational' process is mandatory for all Villagers. But even The Professor questions how it will ultimately be used...
• Cast: Patrick McGoohan; Angelo Muscat; Peter Swanwick; Peter Brace; Leo McKern; Christopher Benjamin; Michael Miller; Alexis Kanner; Bill Cummings; Frank Maher; Patrick Cargill; Colin Gordon; Kenneth Griffith; Georgina Cookson; Harold Berens; John Cazabon; Bee Duffell; John Maxim; Larry Taylor; Max Faulkner; Denis Shaw; Grace Arnold; Gerry Crampton; Patsy Smart; Michael Danvers-Walker; Lucy Griffiths; Jack Cooper; George Leech; Terry Yorke; Alf Joint; Frederick Piper; Ann Barrass; Jane Merrow; Derren Nesbitt; Donald Sinden; Eric Portman; Mary Morris; Zena Walker; Angela Browne; Virginia Maskell; Ronald Radd; Katherine Kath; John Castle; Annette Andre; Anton Rodgers; Victor Maddern; Sheila Allen; Nadia Gray; John Sharp; David Bauer; Clifford Evans; Patricia Jessel; Guy Doleman; Duncan Macrae; Rachel Herbert; Justine Lord; Valerie French; Peter Wyngarde; Finlay Currie; Paul Eddington; Nigel Stock; Mark Eden; Norma West; Peter Howell; Basil Hoskins; George Benson; Peter Bowles; George Baker; Rosalie Crutchley; Richard Wattis; Brian Worth; Earl Cameron; George Pravda; Gordon Tanner; Andre Van Gyseghem; Norman Scace; Michael Brennan; Aubrey Morris; George Coulouris; Al Mancini; Martin Miller; Richard Caldicot; Derek Aylward; Gordon Sterne; Kathleen Breck; Hugo Schuster; Gay Cameron; Wanda Ventham; Michael Balfour; Kevin Stoney; Betty McDowall; John Wentworth; David Nettheim; Dennis Chinnery; Barbara Yu Ling; Sheena Marshe; Hilary Heath; Pat Keen; Annette Carell; Thomas Heathcote; Jon Laurimore; James Bree; Stephanie Randall; Camilla Hasse; Dene Cooper; Lucille Soong; Mark Burns; Nike Arrighi; Basil Dignam; Conrad Phillips; Lloyd Lamble; Arthur Gross; Jack Allen; Bartlett Mullins; Kenneth Benda; Alan White; Monti DeLyle; David Arlen; John Rees; Fabia Drake; Patrick Jordan; Bettine Le Beau; Dinny Powell; Michael Nightingale; Holly Doone; Douglas Jones; Joe Gladwin; Charles Lloyd Pack; Hilda Barry; Joseph Cuby; Lockwood West; Keith Pyott; Victor Woolf; Bill Nick; John Drake; Ian Fleming; Michael Chow; Victor Platt; Oliver MacGreevy; Fredric Abbott; Peter Brayham; Denise Buckley; Leslie Crawford; Michael Segal; Jack Le White; Gaynor Steward; Arthur White; Norman Mitchell; Gertan Klauber; June Ellis; George Merritt; Shivaun O'Casey; Margo Andrew; Graham Steward; Michael Bilton; John Hamblin; Bette Bourne; Henry B. Longhurst; John Frawley; Susan Sheers; Geoffrey Reed; Stephen Howe; Michael Billington; Terence Donovan; John Nolan; Fred Haggerty; Joe Dunne; Eddie Eddon; William Lyon Brown; Eddie Powell; David Garfield; Romo Gorrara; Keith Peacock; Peter Madden; George Markstein; Fenella Fielding; Pauline Chamberlain; Maxwell Craig; Vic Chapman; Ned Lynch; Guy Standeven; Hugh Elton; Alan Meacham; Roy Lansford; Jack Arrow; Norman Morris; Robert Rietty; Pearl Walters; John Bailey; Tony Snell; Roy Beck; Charles Gilliard; Aidan Harrington; John Clifford; Jack Armstrong; Peter Evans; Fred Machon; Bill Hibbert; Jack Carter; George Holdcroft; Cecil Paul; Fred Davis; Dave Griffiths; Jack Ross; Roger Lloyd Pack; Pat Gorman; Kynaston Reeves; Aileen Lewis; Jim Brady; Walter Henry; Victor Harrington; Lewis Alexander; Emile Stemmler; Seamus Byrne; Gerry Judge; Derek Chafer; Jeff Silk; Bunny Seaman; Mabel Etherington; John Timberlake; Norman Fisher; Colin McKenzie; Ernest Blyth; Richard Atherton; Lindsay Hooper; Tina Hart; Pat Judge; Jim Bolton; Anthony Benson; Oliver Tomlin; Paul Phillips; Alf Casha; Patrick Halpin; Mary Maxfield; Muriel Greenslade; Nigel Bernard; George Oliver; Paula Wright; Esme Smythe; John More; Martin Terry; Mary Fielder; Dan Darnelli; Charles Price; Harry Tierney; Bill Risley; John Doye; James Ure; Bill Strange; John Preston; Mike Reid; Paul Weston; John Tatham; Harold Sanderson; Ron Gregory; Peggy Scott Sanders; Pat Lewis; Jimmy Millar; Don Chaffey; Pat Jackson; David Tomblin; Robert Asher; Peter Graham Scott; Anthony Skene; Terence Feely; Vincent Tilsley; Michael Cramoy; Lewis Greifer; Gerald Kelsey; Roger Parkes; Ian Rakoff; Roger Woddis
• Director: Patrick McGoohan
• Runtime: 3:28
• Company: A&E
• Media Format: Series