Episodes
1. Arrival
29 Sept 1967 · 50 min · 7.5/10
After resigning, a secret agent finds himself trapped in a bizarre prison known only as The Village.
2. The Chimes of Big Ben
6 Oct 1967 · 50 min · 8.1/10
A new Number 8 named Nadia arrives in The Village, and together Number 6 and she plot their escape.
3. A., B. and C.
13 Oct 1967 · 50 min · 7.0/10
Number 2 believes that Number 6 resigned because he was going to sell out. Using dream manipulation, Number 2 tries to determine which one of three possible candidates Number 6 was dealing with.
4. Free for All
20 Oct 1967 · 50 min · 7.5/10
Number 6 runs for the office of Number 2.
5. The Schizoid Man
27 Oct 1967 · 50 min · 7.8/10
Number Six wakes up with a new identity. Now he's Number Twelve. Worse, Number Two asks him to impersonate someone--Number Six. But the new Number Six is more like him than he is.
6. The General
3 Nov 1967 · 50 min · 6.7/10
An instant learning process becomes the Village's latest fad, but Number 6 is sure that Number 2 is using it as a brain washing tool.
7. Many Happy Returns
10 Nov 1967 · 50 min · 6.9/10
Number 6 wakes up to find the Village totally deserted.
8. Dance of the Dead
17 Nov 1967 · 50 min · 7.0/10
Number 6 comes across a body that has washed ashore with a radio. After sending the body back out to sea, he tries to use the radio to get rescued.
9. Checkmate
24 Nov 1967 · 50 min · 7.3/10
Inspired by a large chess game with people taking the place of the game pieces, Number 6 formulates a new escape plan with some compatriots.
10. Hammer into Anvil
1 Dec 1967 · 50 min · 7.5/10
Number 6 vows revenge and goes after a sadistic Number 2 after he drives a fellow village resident to her death.
11. It's Your Funeral
8 Dec 1967 · 50 min · 6.2/10
Number Six hears of an assassination plot against Number Two, but it's the new Number Two doing all the plotting against the retiring Number Two.
12. A Change of Mind
15 Dec 1967 · 50 min · 6.8/10
After a brawl Number 6 is declared "unmutual" and is made to think that he has undergone "instant social conversion."
13. Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darling
22 Dec 1967 · 50 min · 6.0/10
With his mind transferred to another body, Number 6 wakes up in his London flat and can't convince his colleagues who he is. He takes off to Austria to find the one man who can help him, the person Number 2 wants him to find.
14. Living in Harmony
29 Dec 1967 · 50 min · 5.3/10
Number 6 finds himself in the middle of a wild west version of his imprisonment.
15. The Girl Who Was Death
19 Jan 1968 · 50 min · 6.4/10
Back in London, Number 6 is trying to track down a crazed scientist who is protected by his homicidal daughter.
16. Once Upon a Time
26 Jan 1968 · 50 min · 7.0/10
Because all other attempts to break Number 6 have failed, Number 2 decides to engage him in a game where one of them will end up dead.
17. Fall Out
2 Feb 1968 · 51 min · 6.5/10
After witnessing the trials of Number 2 and Number 48 and meeting the President of the Assembly, Number 6 escapes during the chaos that follows.
The Prisoner Series 1: quick answers
How many episodes are in The Prisoner Series 1?
Series 1 of The Prisoner has 17 episodes, about 14 hours in total.
When did The Prisoner Series 1 come out?
Series 1 premiered on 29 Sept 1967.
What is the best episode of The Prisoner Series 1?
By viewer score, episode 2, “The Chimes of Big Ben”, at 8.1/10.