The Prisoner TV Series

The prisoner 2009

 One of the most inspiring piece of television series "The Prisoner" will me broadcasting its Prisoner remake soon. The prisoner episodes addresses issues such as personal identity and various issues that  plague our modern society  while still being a cutting edge drama series.


The original Prisoner series is about a top secret agent in the British Government who resigns  and take the vacation he always wanted. While packing he was drugged and taken to a visually stunning but deadly compound known as "The Village". At the village the prisoners are Numbered while kept captive for  life if they don't tell No. 2 (the head deputy ) the information the village need from the prisoners. Escape is nearly impossible as "The Village" has the most high tech weapons to use if anybody tries to escape. The protagonist receives the code name of "No. 6" but he choose the name of "The Prisoner" for himself. The series unfolds the various attempts to resist the plots of each head deputy to get his information.

I have been a fan of THE PRISONER for a very long time. I must say,  I was beyond skeptical about this new prisoner mini-series.However, 20 mins have passed since i first sat down in front of the series I am not exaggerating when I say that I was immediately drawn into the series. Its true  that this isn't the exact series I watched in my family room. The key idea here is that this is not consider to be a re-make, it's a re-imagining of the series. The core issues that the original examined are still alive. I just had to let go of the original actors and scenes while watching this re-imagined series. Without a doubt,  I know I will  be eating popcorns to the rest of THE PRISONER Episodes.


The most significant difference between The prisoner now and then is the protagonist's profession, and the  world he is trapped in because of it. Originally "N0.6" was a spy, in a Cold War world. In the new mini series he is a  tracker of consumers. He tries to escape the corporation he works for and is trapped in a prison of global marketing. Sounds crazy but it is wonderfully and provactively put together.