The biggest cult TV show of the late 60s/early 70s may well have been The Prisoner. It was also probably the most enigmatic. What was that last episode about? And what was it with that ridiculous penny-farthing with the canopy?

It does say it all though about free will and freedom in the twentieth century. (And given the recent revelations about GCHQ and their US confréres it seems not much has changed.)

First broadcast in the UK in 1967/8, I never actually watched The Prisoner until the early 70s. I remember it was on at 11 pm on a Thursday night during my first year at University. Believe it or not I stayed up late to watch it. (I wasn’t a night bird in those days.)

All together now: “I am not a number. I am a free man.”

The Prisoner Opening and Closing Titles: