BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 24th May to 14th June 2020
Based on the 1960s TV series of The Prisoner which 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 was a heavily guarded coastal village.
Script Writer: Nicholas Briggs
Script Editor: Scott Handcock
Music composed and performed by Jamie Robertson
Director: Nicholas Briggs
Producer: Emma Halgh
A Big Finish production.
THE PRISONER SERIES 3 - 1. FREE FOR ALL (320kbs-m4a/122mb/53mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 24th May 2020
Under constant surveillance, Number 6 can trust no-one. The regime seems to want 6 to stand as an election candidate to be Number 2.
But when 2’s manifesto seems to be based on the notion of freedom, what platform will 6 decide to stand upon? And can there ever be freedom in the Village?
Number 6 ... Mark Elstob
Number 43 ... Genevieve Gaunt
Number 2 ... Lorelei King
Journalist ... Alicia Bayley
Operations Controller / Village Voice ... Jennifer Healy
Instructor / Technician ... Glen McCready
THE PRISONER SERIES 3 - 2. THE GIRL WHO WAS DEATH (320kbs-m4a/124mb/54mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 31st May 2020
Number 6 rides a temporal and topological rollercoaster as the authorities try to break him.
Number 6 ... Mark Elstob
Kate Butterworth ... Lucy Briggs-Owen
Number 43/Anita ... Genevieve Gaunt
Control ... Jim Barclay
Danvers ... Barnaby Edwards
Operations Controller/Village Voice ... Jennifer Healy
Potter/Number 398/Sir Clifford Earl ... Glen McCready
Other parts played by the cast
THE PRISONER SERIES 3 - 3. THE SELTZMAN CONNECTION (320kbs-m4a/132mb/58mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 7th June 2020
Number 6 meets a sinister scientist, and is obliged to relive events with his fiancé, Janet.
Number 6 ... Mark Elstob
Potter/Number 398 ... Glen McCready
Control ... Jim Barclay
Danvers/Marcus Gray ... Barnaby Edwards
Professor Jacob Seltzman ... Richard Dixon
Sarah Mowat ... Janet
Kate Butterworth/Number 2 ... Lucy Briggs-Owen
Other parts played by members of the cast.
THE PRISONER SERIES 3 - 4. NO ONE WILL KNOW (320kbs-m4a/136mb/59mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 14th June 2020
From London, to Kandersfeld, to The Village... Will an end to it all ever be possible?
Number 6 ... Mark Elstob
Potter/Number 398 ... Glen McCready
Control ... Jim Barclay
Danvers/Marcus Gray ... Barnaby Edwards
Professor Jacob Seltzman ... Richard Dixon
Sarah Mowat ... Janet
Kate Butterworth/Number 2 ... Lucy Briggs-Owen
Other parts played by members of the cast.
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