New Posts For Thread: The Prisoner - your favourite episode and your favourite No. 2https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30722449/the-prisoner---your-favourite-episode-and-your-favourite-no-2Good afternoon.Having watched all seventeen episodes during the past fortnight my personal favourite was 'Once Upon A Time' where Leo Mckern tries to bring McGoohan back to his childhood in order to break him, a process which ends up breaking Mckern.mokegibbonigave a link to McGoohan's explanation.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30722449/the-prisoner---your-favourite-episode-and-your-favourite-no-2?post_id=549594897#549594897mokegibbonigave a link to McGoohan's explanation.Tue, 09 Aug 2016 09:43:30 -0500shame they couldn't come up with a convincing ending,perhaps even the writers didn't know what it was all about,the true meaning, nonetheless years ahead of its time,btw boxing day evening 1967 on the bbc "the magical mystery tour2 was aired for thehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30722449/the-prisoner---your-favourite-episode-and-your-favourite-no-2?post_id=549592585#549592585shame they couldn't come up with a convincing ending,perhaps even the writers didn't know what it was all about,the true meaning, nonetheless years ahead of its time,btw boxing day evening 1967 on the bbc "the magical mystery tour2 was aired for theTue, 09 Aug 2016 02:12:12 -0500in one episode he opens the cupboard door in his kitchen andall the tins have generic labels - white with large yellow dotswith one word on the tin saying beans or soup. morrisons introduced the saver range and it looked exactly the same?totally predhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30722449/the-prisoner---your-favourite-episode-and-your-favourite-no-2?post_id=549592217#549592217in one episode he opens the cupboard door in his kitchen andall the tins have generic labels - white with large yellow dotswith one word on the tin saying beans or soup. morrisons introduced the saver range and it looked exactly the same?totally predMon, 08 Aug 2016 21:02:13 -0500Was Patrick McGoohan the greatest troll of all time?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30722449/the-prisoner---your-favourite-episode-and-your-favourite-no-2?post_id=549591847#549591847Was Patrick McGoohan the greatest troll of all time?Mon, 08 Aug 2016 19:49:31 -0500Just found this - PM offering some sort of explanation on the series.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=426j_LcHqmwhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30722449/the-prisoner---your-favourite-episode-and-your-favourite-no-2?post_id=549591237#549591237Just found this - PM offering some sort of explanation on the series.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=426j_LcHqmwMon, 08 Aug 2016 18:13:31 -0500The Americans banned one of the episodes from airing and that was the one called 'Living in Harmony'. The reason the American TV station gave was that they considered the drug reference in the episode as inappropriate and may send out the wrong signahttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30722449/the-prisoner---your-favourite-episode-and-your-favourite-no-2?post_id=549590819#549590819The Americans banned one of the episodes from airing and that was the one called 'Living in Harmony'. The reason the American TV station gave was that they considered the drug reference in the episode as inappropriate and may send out the wrong signaMon, 08 Aug 2016 17:32:24 -0500Interesting and thought provoking, zorro, but I'm even more confused.com nowhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30722449/the-prisoner---your-favourite-episode-and-your-favourite-no-2?post_id=549590627#549590627Interesting and thought provoking, zorro, but I'm even more confused.com nowMon, 08 Aug 2016 17:18:05 -0500I am a huge prisoner fan - had all the episodes from ch4 screening in betamax. except one? the cowboy episode with Alexis Kanner (do not forsake me). wrote to charlotte street to ask where i could get a tape of it - they said not available. I liked thttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30722449/the-prisoner---your-favourite-episode-and-your-favourite-no-2?post_id=549590555#549590555I am a huge prisoner fan - had all the episodes from ch4 screening in betamax. except one? the cowboy episode with Alexis Kanner (do not forsake me). wrote to charlotte street to ask where i could get a tape of it - they said not available. I liked tMon, 08 Aug 2016 17:13:34 -0500Used to love this, but not sure I ever really understood what it was all abouthttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30722449/the-prisoner---your-favourite-episode-and-your-favourite-no-2?post_id=549590263#549590263Used to love this, but not sure I ever really understood what it was all aboutMon, 08 Aug 2016 16:53:21 -0500When the series stopped employing seasoned writers it went downhill. Some of the episodes I think PM wrote under a pseudonym. The last episode is a big let down, written in a desperate hurry to finish it up. But for individual stories some are reallyhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30722449/the-prisoner---your-favourite-episode-and-your-favourite-no-2?post_id=549590157#549590157When the series stopped employing seasoned writers it went downhill. Some of the episodes I think PM wrote under a pseudonym. The last episode is a big let down, written in a desperate hurry to finish it up. But for individual stories some are reallyMon, 08 Aug 2016 16:48:40 -0500