7.351 minSeason 1 • Episode 17
LatestAfter witnessing the trials of Number 2 and Number 48 and meeting the President of the Assembly, Number 6 escapes during the chaos that follows.
After resigning, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but is really a bizarre Kafkaesque prison. His warders demand information. He gives them nothing, but only tries to escape.
Direction
McGoohan's uncompromising vision—every frame a question
Production
Portmeirion village: the most beautiful prison ever filmed
Writing
Episodes that refuse to resolve, endings that dare you to interpret
Creators
Patrick McGoohan, George Markstein
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
McGoohan made this immediately after quitting Danger Man/Secret Agent—it's literally about rejecting his own fame.
The white balloon 'Rover' guard was originally supposed to be a mechanical device, but a weather balloon accident looked so uncanny they kept it.
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