BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 2nd December 2018 to 6th January 2019
The original 17-episode TV series of The Prisoner created intrigue and controversy in equal measure when it first aired in the UK in 1967. In a taut psychological spy thriller the main character, dehumanised as ‘Number 6’, has committed no crime, save for having resigned from some unspecified branch of the British Secret Service. His prison is a heavily guarded coastal village.
Under constant surveillance, Number 6 can trust no-one and relentlessly works to establish who his captors are, a seemingly impossible task when the most senior figure he encounters – Number 2 – changes frequently...
Music - Jamie Robertson.
Script Editor - Jamie Anderson.
Written and directed by Nicholas Briggs.
A Big Finish Production - based on the classic ITV series.
THE PRISONER - 1. DEPARTURE AND ARRIVAL - PART 1 (320kbs-m4a/99mb/43mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 2nd December 2018
After quitting his post, secret agent ZM73 wakes up imprisoned in a bizarre village with a new identity.
Mark Elstob stars as Agent ZM73 aka Number 6, with John Standing as Number Two, Sara Powell as Number 9, Helen Goldwyn as the Village Voice, Sarah Mowat as Zero Six Two, Jim Barclay as Control and Barnaby Edwards as Number 34.
THE PRISONER - 2. DEPARTURE AND ARRIVAL - PART 2 (320kbs-m4a/84mb/36mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 9th December 2018
Number 6 continues to explore The Village, trying to establish who runs it and hoping to find some way out.
Mark Elstob stars as Agent ZM73 aka Number 6, with John Standing as Number Two, Sara Powell as Number 9, Helen Goldwyn as the Village Voice, Sarah Mowat as Zero Six Two, Jim Barclay as Control and Barnaby Edwards as Number 34.
THE PRISONER - 3. THE SCHIZOID MAN (320kbs-m4a/131mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 16th December 2018
6 finds himself fascinated by a strange bond which has suddenly developed between himself and Number 9. But the next morning, 6 wakes to find himself changed. A moustache, different hair, and... a new name. Number 12.
Mark Elstob stars as Agent ZM73 aka Number 6, with Celia Imrie as Number Two, Sara Powell as Number 9, Helen Goldwyn as the Village Voice, Jim Barclay as Cobb, Jez Fielder as Number 17 and Barnaby Edwards as the Butler.
THE PRISONER - 4. YOUR BEAUTIFUL VILLAGE (320kbs-m4a/131mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 23rd December 2018
Something is very wrong, as Number 6 experiences the most disturbing sense deprivation.
Almost complete darkness, filled with haunting sounds, fragments of conversations, and a desperate call from 9 start to test his reason.
Mark Elstob stars as Agent ZM73 aka Number 6, with Ramon Tikaram as Number Two, Sara Powell as Number 9 and Helen Goldwyn as the Village Voice.
THE PRISONER - 5. THE CHIMES OF BIG BEN - PART 1 (320kbs-m4a/91mb/40mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 30th December 2018
A new prisoner arrives in The Village. The woman is strong-minded, independent, and refuses to accept her new number - 8.
She is not a number, she is Nadia. And 6 is convinced that she’s his ticket out of The Village...
Mark Elstob stars as Agent ZM73 aka Number 6, with Michael Cochrane as Number Two, Kristina Buikaite as Number 8, Helen Goldwyn as the Village Voice, Barnaby Edwards as Danvers and Nicholas Briggs as the Conductor.
Other parts played by members of the cast.
THE PRISONER - 6. THE CHIMES OF BIG BEN - PART 2 (320kbs-m4a/93mb/40mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 6th January 2019
Number 6 takes Number 8 to be a kindred spirit and, together, they plan an audacious escape from The Village...
Mark Elstob stars as Agent ZM73 aka Number 6, with Michael Cochrane as Number Two, Kristina Buikaite as Number 8, Helen Goldwyn as the Village Voice, Barnaby Edwards as Danvers and Nicholas Briggs as the Conductor.
Other parts played by members of the cast.
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