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Patrick McGoohan explains “The Prisoner”

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YouTube – Patrick McGoohan "The Prisoner Puzzle".

I am grateful to reader Peter Gardner for drawing my attention (in a comment to my recent post) to these YouTube videos of McGoohan being interviewed about The Prisoner. The past really is another country. Two grown men having an intelligent conversation (over cigarettes!) in front of a polite audience asking intelligent questions! And no shrieking harpy of the left denouncing their thought crimes. When I enter a modern office building, fretting and fussing at the airport style security (or indeed as I regularly experience the security theatre at airports), I shall smile at the memory of McGoohan complaining about merely having to sign in to the studio before the interview. Enjoy.

5 responses to “Patrick McGoohan explains “The Prisoner””

  1. Trooper Thompson Avatar
    Trooper Thompson

    Very interesting and enjoyable.

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  2. anonymous Avatar
    anonymous

    agree with trooper thompson, enjoyable to watch, thanks . it was also good to see people smoke in public and sadly ironic too considering the subject matter.

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  3. jameshigham Avatar
    jameshigham

    And no shrieking harpy of the left denouncing their thought crimes.
    I got into trouble with the women today at my blog for saying that type of thing. 🙂

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  4. Martin Avatar
    Martin

    Here’s a link to the first episode of the new version of the Prisoner
    http://re1ease.net/http://re1ease.net/tv-shows/the-prisoner/01×01.html
    I’m about to settle down and watch- let’s see how it turns out…

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  5. Martin Avatar
    Martin

    Let’s try that again, shall we?
    http://re1ease.net/tv-shows/the-prisoner/01×01.html

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Tom is a retired international lawyer. He was a partner in a City of London law firm and spent almost twenty years abroad serving clients from all over the world.

Returning to London on retirement in 2011, he was dismayed to discover how much liberty had been lost in the UK while he was away.

He’s a classical liberal (libertarian, if you must) who, like his illustrious namesake, considers that

“…government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.”

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