The Prisoner (I am not a number)

[daveparry]

Anyone seen this yet in the USA, when does it start on UK screens, ITV I believe but when?

[Pat H]

Never, I hope.

Some things are sacred and should never be exhumed.

The Prisoner is one of them.

Petrocelli is another.

[aclivity]

Pat H said:

Petrocelli is another.

was he the one who was building a house (but never got any higher than 4 rows of bricks?)


I've seen the first episode of the US prisoner, but it failed on the following:

• It wasn't filmed in Portmeirion
• It didn't feature Patrick McGoohan
• No KAR120C
• No Rovers

I wonder if fans of the original were not the target audience for the new series. I'll give it a couple more episodes, but I do not have high hopes.

[Pat H]

aclivity said:

Pat H said:

Petrocelli is another.

was he the one who was building a house (but never got any higher than 4 rows of bricks?)

Yep, that's the chap.

Lived just round the corner from Quincy, IIRC.

[marshalla]

http://www.itv.com/drama/cult/theprisoner/default....

[ndtman]

Some things are best left alone, The Italian Job being another. Don't think much of the village.



Portmeirion from the original series looks more interesting.



ETA

Wonder what car appears in this new series.

Edited by ndtman on Tuesday 6th April 09:21

[Teppic]

aclivity said:

Pat H said:

Petrocelli is another.

was he the one who was building a house (but never got any higher than 4 rows of bricks?)


I've seen the first episode of the US prisoner, but it failed on the following:

• It wasn't filmed in Portmeirion
• It didn't feature Patrick McGoohan
• No KAR120C
• No Rovers

I wonder if fans of the original were not the target audience for the new series. I'll give it a couple more episodes, but I do not have high hopes.

Rover does make an appearance in the series at some point though.

[Pesty]

The prisoner is one of if the best TV programme ever made.

This remake may be ok as a stand alone show( they seem to be able to make TV remakes far better than films) but they will never ever ever be able to be as subtle as some of teh story lines and not a hope in hell as getting the show anywhere near as Barking mad as teh origianl without smoking a ton of crack laced with LSD.

dem bones dem bones dem dry bones.

[Blue Meanie]

I watched the initial 4 shows of this, (it was aired last year), and it was pants.. Really, truly pants.

[Hairspray]

Watched the first episode a few months ago online- was okay, nothing special though, couldn't be bothered to carry on. The car in the title sequence was a new shape Subaru Impreza STi, unlikely it will make another appearance though!

[Ralph Wiggum]

Part of me died when I heard about them remaking it a year or so ago. I wouldn't watch it even if I was forced to.

[becksW]

Can't see my Dad being impressed with an remake let alone American!

A few yrs ago parents went to see the original Prisoner set. Trouble was we were on honeymoon so Mum and Dad were taking care of our dog, when they got there no dogs allowed, Dad was a bit disappointed so much so he took a pic of the no dogs sign to show me . Which he than proceeded to do at about 2 other places they had the same prob with. (camping hol hand been planned a while, us having a dog and them offering to dogsit hadn't been so well planned!!)

[Pat H]

Pesty said:

The prisoner is one of if the best TV programme ever made.

I was a teenager back in the early 1980s when the series was repeated on Channel 4.

Absolutely fantastic stuff, and miles better than most of the crap that was being shown on the telly in those days.

It left a big impression on me. I've visited Portmeirion several times and spent a weekend in one of the cottages in The Village. It really is a surreal place and well worth a visit if you have never been.

I still have an old Seven in the garage...

Be seeing you.

[timbob]

I'm off to Portmeiricon - the Prisoner convention held every year in Portmeirion the weekend after next.

My band (mod/psychadelic/soul type music) are filming our new single video there insipred by the Prisoner/Danger Man/general 60s spy type programmes, and playing a gig in the village hall. The convention types are lending us a weather balloon and a couple of Mini Moke taxis for the shooting. They're even using us as pawns in a game of human chess.

Very excited!!

Edited by timbob on Thursday 8th April 12:50

[daveparry]

To come back on to my original ? when does it appear on TV here in the UK? can't find it!

[aclivity]

timbob said:

I'm off to Portmeiricon - the Prisoner convention held every year in Portmeirion the weekend after next.

My band (mod/psychadelic/soul type music) are filming our new single video there insipred by the Prisoner/Danger Man/general 60s spy type programmes, and playing a gig in the village hall. The convention types are lending us a weather balloon and a couple of Mini Moke taxis for the shooting. They're even using us as pawns in a game of human chess.

Very excited!!

Edited by timbob on Thursday 8th April 12:50

Portmeirion is one of my favourite places in the world. If you have time, take some of the walks into the woods surrounding the village - there are some lovely glades and also a good place to get away from the tubby crowds who congregate by the ice cream shop. There are miles of paths to walk, and some Clough Williams-Ellis's follies are hidden out there.

That's not to say the ice cream shop is to be avoided - Cadwalladers ice cream is always worth a taste. Just if you go for a walk first, you feel like you have earned it!

[Teppic]

daveparry said:

To come back on to my original ? when does it appear on TV here in the UK? can't find it!

9:30pm on Saturday 17 April, according to The One Show yesterday.

[RichB]

Just watching this but the first sign are poor...

[lord summerisle]

aclivity said:

There are miles of paths to walk, and some Clough Williams-Ellis's follies are hidden out there.

And some land marks that predate Clough's purchase of the land - like the Dog Grave yard, started by the previous tenant, when the place was known as Aber Iâ

[Pat H]

RichB said:

Just watching this but the first sign are poor...

Words cannot describe how bad it was.