Saturday Afternoon TV: In Search Of “The Prisoner”

Posted on January 15, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Patrick MacGoohan’s seminal masterpiece The Prisoner resonates more than ever. A British secret agent is trapped in a world shrunk to size small; the mysterious powers-that-be thwart every escape attempt. “The village” is global, hyperconnected, and riddled with surveillance. A meditation on the relationship between individual and authority, the landmark series only gets better with age.


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