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Patrick McGoohan, The Prisoner creator and star of the programme, had an overriding mantra, 'question everything, ' and that is exactly what David Barrie has done. Is this the definitive book on the subject? A bold claim to make for a topic that has had so much written about it since the first airing. If anyone is best placed to write the definitive book, it is David Barrie. Intrigued from the day he happened across the series being filmed in Portmeirion to the final scene of the last episode, he was hooked. What was it all about? Like the show's main protagonist, he wanted answers. This book represents a lifetime of investigating, questioning and searching out those involved in the series from writers to actors and directors; he has genuinely questioned everything. From the messages in the story through to the personality of the man behind it all, Patrick McGoohan. Take a journey through every episode with input from those involved with the programme and David's astute insight and deliberation taking the reader far beyond the series. If you have ever been intrigued by the programme, wondered who Number 6 is, or are fascinated by how much social commentary can be presented in a television drama, this book is the only one you need. Is it the definitive book on the Prisoner? Read it and make up your own mind. With a foreword by Catherine McGoohan and many photographs of behind the scenes and from private collections.

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If you believe everything that could have been said about The Prisoner has already been discussed, then think again. Many have written on the subject, but few have confronted the big questions, let alone attempted to provide answers. David Barrie has gone to previously unexplored lengths, combining decades of research and reflection in his quest to challenge everything and to answer the ultimate question: ""What's it all about?"" This book presents a thoroughly detailed and thought-provoking account that should be essential reading for all Prisoner scholars and serious fans alike. A work of more than fifty years in the making that is unlikely to be surpassed. It must surely stand as the definitive volume on The Prisoner. Gary Murfin, Six of One Organising Team Member and Website Administrator. A comprehensive, immersive, and thrilling book that takes on the challenge laid down by McGoohan and his team of writers, when they created the Prisoner, and throws it back to the reader. What's it all about? With this book, you become an active part of the process of finding out. This book is a primer in applying some critical thinking to an enigmatic and unique television series, and beyond. It's one to savour and re-read. What do you think? S.M. Jenkin. Author of Fire in the Head, co-author of Unspeakable. Managing editor of Inspired by Six Women Who Shook The World. Terence Feely. Writer of 'The Schizoid Man', and one other episode. 'I'm quite sure it will intrigue everyone who reads it and may even seduce some of them into using the surrealist half of their brains and scaring themselves to death until they get used to it and enjoy it.'

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