Become A Prisoner

November 14th, 2009 BBC, TV Tom Nix

AMC’s reboot of the classic BBC televison series from the 1960′s begins its 6 episode run tomorrow night (11/15). In anticipation, The Red Circle is taking a look back at what we consider to be the pinnacle of televised entertainment

The Prisoner is responsible for all of your favorite shows. Without it, TV producers would be afraid to bend the rules and tell you something deeper than the plot. It’s virtually criminal that almost no one outside of TV and Film Geek circles is even aware of Patrick McGoohan’s masterpiece.

There will be an introduction to the series posted later tonight. An in-depth look at the series will follow tomorrow. For now, we’d like to welcome the uninitiated into the world of The Prisoner with the classic opening credit sequence.

A sequence, a statement, and a lesson for us all that begins with “NO”.

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Tom Nix

Tom Nix is a media enthusiast currently living in Memphis, TN. He is the primary content provider and editor-at-large for The Red Circle dot Com. When not contributing to the site, he enjoys an unfortunately expensive DVD and Blu-Ray collection, arguing film and music as often as possible, and tearing through Rock Band drumsets like butter. One day he will amount to something. Wait for it.

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Nick
November 14, 2009

I am ashamed to admit that I love the show, but can bring myself to finish watching all the episodes. Patrick McGoohan is a freakin’ genius for even coming up with a show as insane as this, let alone following through enough to get episodes on film. I mean, the BBC canceled it without even finishing the series/season(depending which side of the pond your on). They keep anything on the air for like 2-3 years atleast. I mean BBC will produce anything, and they cancelled The Prisoner.