The Prisoner (1967) - E02 - The Chimes of Big Ben

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The Prisoner is a British television series created by Patrick McGoohan, who stars as Number Six, a nameless British intelligence agent who is abducted and imprisoned in a mysterious coastal village after resigning from his position. The allegorical plotlines of the series contain elements of science fiction, psychological drama, and spy fiction. It was produced by Everyman Films for distribution by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment.

A single series of 17 episodes was filmed between September 1966 and January 1968, with exterior location filming primarily taking place in the Welsh seaside village of Portmeirion. Interiors were filmed at MGM-British Studios in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire. The series was first broadcast in Canada beginning on 5 September 1967, in the UK on 29 September 1967, and in the United States on 1 June 1968.

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"The Chimes of Big Ben" is an episode of the allegorical British science fiction TV series, The Prisoner. It was written by Vincent Tilsley and directed by Don Chaffey and fifth to be produced. It was the second episode to be broadcast in the UK on ITV (ATV Midlands and Grampian) on Friday 6 October 1967 and first aired in the United States on CBS on Saturday 8 June 1968.

The episode starred Patrick McGoohan as Number Six and introduced Leo McKern as Number Two. McKern's Number Two would return for the last two episodes of the series.

Cast
Leo McKern as Number Two
Nadia Gray as Nadia
Finlay Currie as General
Richard Wattis as Fotheringay
Angelo Muscat as The Butler
Kevin Stoney as Colonel J.
Christopher Benjamin as Number Two's assistant
David Arlen as Karel
Peter Swanwick as Supervisor
Hilda Barry as Number 38
Jack Le White as First Judge
John Maxim as Second Judge
Lucy Griffiths as Third Judge
Fenella Fielding as The Announcer/Telephone Operator (voice only)