The Prisoner RARE Patrick McGoohan Interview

[@TheOfficialMinistryOfTruth]

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[@jontaylor1652]

The legend himself! Best TV series ever.

[@ThreeToesofFury]

seconded.....i guess that makes me No. 2? bwahahahahahah

[@amarshmuseconcepta6197]

🎯

[@charles_preston]

Nothing else comes close! My only regret is that there are only 17 episodes.

[@ThreeToesofFury]

Outstanding...this is probably the only interview ive seen with Patrick where he calmly and concisely delves into the thoughts and intentions of the allegorical writing...he doesnt provide answers but he does provide intent....i adore it.

[@TheOfficialMinistryOfTruth]

Thank you pal for viewing. Good man.

[@dazzlingdavedainty]

excellent

[@trappedinroom1014]

The entire series was one huge esoteric allegory….in fact, for anyone who has been seeking ‘truth’ (whatever that is, lol!) surely the very last episode makes it absolutely clear, even though they veil it with absurdity and peculiarity. I’ve been scrolling through some commentary/discussion videos, but that aspect of it seems to have gone completely over their heads. Does anyone know of any channels discussing the occult/esoteric side of the prisoner series? 😁👍🏻

[@esforward69]

I’d love you to expand on that - what do you think it is that is made clear?

[@petejones879]

Best ever program ever and my all time favourite

[@williamneal9076]

Brilliant. I remember seeing the man stepping out of a department store in Westwood Village back in the late 1980's. It was all I could do to NOT wave and say; "Be Seeing You"

[@petejones879]

Excellent

[@charles_preston]

Lucky you!

[@melissastruxness512]

Patrick is one of the best actors directors etc EVER. He was ahead of his time

[@charles_preston]

Way ahead!

[@Terry.W]

The series is even more relevant today with CCTV.. mind control.. faceless bureaucracy ..the Prisoner never gets old ..each viewing you find more and more parallels' with modern society..

[@TheOfficialMinistryOfTruth]

Too true Terry. Great comment.

[@Glyn-r]

We are not free, just a unit of society.

[@charles_preston]

It really was amazing when you consider how primitive technology was... back in '67.

[@scouserOnTour]

Remember taping this in 84 after fall out on CH4 , i saw the prisoner on re runs in the mid 70s it resinated with me then as a 7 year old , watching again early 90s it clicked and inpires me to " be free " to this day thanks for uploading,,and of couse , be seeing you 😅

[@TheOfficialMinistryOfTruth]

Thank you for your comment and best wishes.

[@tomcartwright7134]

Once Upon A Time is one of the best episodes of the series, but one of the great episodes in tv history. Thank you for your insights into this great series.

[@brotherjohnhiggins8614]

That's the best interview I've ever seen with him on the subject of the prisoner. He went to school with my Dad and my uncle at St Vincent's in Sheffield ( I went there too). He was always referred to as "Paddy" in our house.

[@TheOfficialMinistryOfTruth]

Ah that's good to know. I was walking on that street a few weeks ago. Are your pa and uncle still with us? It would be nice to attain some more memories of the young Pat...or Paddy as you called him.

[@YugSihtTsuj]

Every single episode, they told us what the mystery was: "Who is Number One?" "You are Number Six." It was staring us in the face all along. "Who is Number One?" "YOU are, Number Six."

[@amarshmuseconcepta6197]

🎯

[@davidgreen6848]

There was an episode of Danger man filmed at Craven Cottage when Fulham were at home. Around 1964 from memory? A great actor! Patrick McGoohan R.I.P.🌷

[@Clodhopping]

A wonderful find - thank you for putting this interview online for posterity. Many actors and writers want to move away from their earlier work however, even though Patrick was always a reluctant interviewee (preferring his performances to speak for themselves), he was still interested in sharing his thoughts on The Prisoner.

[@leemichaelgeller4420]

How amazing it is to hear all of this ❤ So very glad to stumble across it! 😊

[@TheOfficialMinistryOfTruth]

Thank you kindly.

[@Steadyrock100]

Im so glad you posted this, I'm a big fan of the series! There so much of Number 6 in all of us!

[@charles_preston]

Don't you wish that they had made 34 episodes, instead of 17?

[@gerrybaker2541]

Mesmorised. Such a brilliant interview. I have seen a few but this is no doubt the best in terms of his responses. So, my mum and dad let me stay up to watch the original series (they thought It was nonsense and was not good for me). Visited Port M last year, now ticked off my bucket list. For those who have not been, you really must go to see it for yourselves. What a genius man.

[@amarshmuseconcepta6197]

🎯 & Ditto

[@markrymanowski719]

I was fortunate enough to be able to watch the prisoner once it came out. I was in my mid teens and old enough to understand it's importance. Most anyone who's anyone is a prisoner. Little help from our music stars, i'm afraid.

[@John-ol8hg]

I love the last line... Brilliant man.

[@AndrewHillis_2024]

THANKS TMOT FOR UPLOADING THIS ! ! !👌👌👌

[@Growler57]

Great man great series

[@brettlunden8268]

Amazing interview. Thanks!

[@SpiritintheSky.]

What a treat! Fascinating and illuminating decades on. Thank you so much.

[@georgegunn9387]

Fascinating...thanks for sharing

[@TheOfficialMinistryOfTruth]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@gavinkaufmanworld]

Such a wonderful interview 😀 Thank you for sharing! 👌🏼

[@stevecoinitin7521]

As a 10yr old in mid 70's, this was my 1st viewing and had a vague idea he was in some trouble, got kidnapped and chose to fight 'it'. What 'it' was, I didn't have a clue, but all the strangeness of the island and the people there was compelling viewing. Still didn't learn too much more on 2nd and 3rd viewings of the series and never thought No.1 would be revealed! Just a brilliant way to write and make a series. In some ways makes it better than anything of that time, although there were some truly great series and films made back then too!

[@blipio2000]

Thank you for posting this! Great interview

[@woofusdad]

Thank you for this, what a wonderful relaxed interview, beautiful setting as well. Delightful.

[@petejones879]

Patrick just oozes charisma and class... He was an outstanding actor... I may be biased with the prisoner being my all time favourite programme.. but I think The Prisoner was his greatest role.. Although I loved his portrayal of the King in the William Wallace film.. I forgot the name of the movie.. And he played an excellent part in one of the Columbo episodes... Brave heart I've just remembered 😅

[@TheOfficialMinistryOfTruth]

Thank you for your comments. Yes Braveheart. Did you see 'The Hard Way'? Great film where he plays an Irish hitman. Plus four Columbo appearances, as he and Peter were good friends. He also directed two episodes.

[@petejones879]

​@@TheOfficialMinistryOfTruthno I've not seen that.. I will look it up.. Also I had the feeling he had done more than one episode of Columbo.. I thought it was 2 but 4 wow.. Thank you for replying to my comment

[@TheOfficialMinistryOfTruth]

@@petejones879 Anytime Peter! Great to converse with lovely people.

[@frankjankovich3512]

Where’s the location of the interview

[@petercraig9197]

He directed several episodes of Columbo and was a good friend of Peter Falk's.

[@DerParsifal]

The best series in my life time of 77+ years... Of course there are other "bests" as well.

[@jedeyetown]

Still brilliant in 2024

[@amarshmuseconcepta6197]

🎯 And we're all now are living in the🏁🤺 *war-machiners* village 💥💉💥💉💥💉💥💉💥💉 *BE* *SEEING* *YOU!*

[@lolly9080]

Fab ❤️I just bought the biography on Pat after your channel popped up. I read he used to have coffee on Pacific Pallisades and his wife said he always had the village in him

[@TheOfficialMinistryOfTruth]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@lolly9080]

I wonder if he missed the bohemian feel of England ? I want to nip up to Mill Hill in a few months and have a coffee in memory of him

[@amarshmuseconcepta6197]

✊

[@happyclam1266]

If you've read any Carl Jung, the finale of the Prisoner makes so much sense. It's all about integration of the psyche.

[@Seekthetruth3000]

When was this recorded? Thanks.

[@neildmedia]

Visionary series. 'The General' episode predicted AI. Downloading an entire history course in seconds. But who wrote the history that goes straight into your mind? Brilliant.

[@TheOfficialMinistryOfTruth]

Yes very good comment.

[@jrbergsten]

I knew someone who had only seen the last episode. Imagine that.

[@happyclam1266]

I hope they were tripping on something.

[@englishbottlecap]

Shout TV hosts all episodes of The Prisoner for watching free online

[@matthewfisher-sp5fq]

In the words of the great Bernard gribbins the prisoner was a true Televisual feast 😊

[@scousesonata]

An excellent production of that 1984 interview. I remember the original broadcast of this interview in " Six of one- The Prisoner File" on channel 4. I didn't like the way it had put together, even though it had everyone connected to The Prisoner interviewed. I wish this video had been broadcast back then. Well done. Bcnu.

[@TheOfficialMinistryOfTruth]

Thank you very much. We hope to get down to Portmeirion later this year to take some footage.

[@Chris-do6cm]

Ya Man McGoohan though was not happy with the "Six of One - The Prisoner File" too many people taking credit for the series McGoohan thought. I have it on video after all these years since the one and only broadcast on Channel 4. It was a let down really.. Would love to see the full version of "The LA tapes", McGoohan interviewed by his daughter

[@GriefTourist]

What year is this interview from ??

[@TheOfficialMinistryOfTruth]

1984

[@jb7727]

Leitrim's finest.....!

[@plpepper1488]

And then Sheffield's.

[@petejones879]

I'm still convinced he is playing the same character in the prisoner as he did in danger man.. Although it was never said.. He played John Drake in Danger Man and I think he was John Drake in the prisoner.. Actually I posted this comment before I had watched the clip.. Patrick himself says here.. If it hadn't been for Danger Man there wouldn't have been the prisoner.. big clue there

[@justindodsworth8893]

Apparently it was a matter of if they explicitly said it was Drake then they would have had to pay for the rights to the character,

[@carl2488]

He says at 15:40 that he was not John Drake

[@rd264]

obviously Drake the subversive scheming good guy secret agent was the subversive Prisoner. I see these entirely different men as the same soul in a different plot.

[@BillOdyssey]

...so was it about the class system I wonder? Or was it more literal...

[@jonathanbohman5069]

When was this filmed ?

[@lukepepper3949]

I believe 1983. Chris flew out to LA when Channel 4 in Britain were showing all the Prisoner series.

[@christopherashford6406]

Canadian tv with an interviewer called Troy, 'The Prisoner Puzzle'. Equally informative

[@Gary-Seven-and-Isis-in-1968]

After the Prisoner he didn't really do anything else of note. Can we presume he upset too many people in high places with The Prisoner?

[@TheOfficialMinistryOfTruth]

I think after 64 or so Danger Man's and then 17 episodes of The Prisoner, he'd have been happy for the break. He had the fortune of then being able to pick his work, rather than needing work and his Columbo appearances and direction were notable. Plus 'The Hard Way' was an excellent film. (Scanners or Escape from Alcatraz weren't bad either) It's that old story of, when you've been at the top and presented a work of genius, where do you go from there? His daughter said he really 'was' Number 6 and had felt disjointed from the world from being a youngster. You're right as well of course, in that pissing off the Freemasons and 'establishment' corporations wouldn't have gone down too well.

[@Gary-Seven-and-Isis-in-1968]

@@TheOfficialMinistryOfTruth I felt sad seeing him in Columbo, it was just so beneath him both as an actor and creative genius. Lou Grade wasn't someone known for giving money away, so I expect the money earned from DM and Prisoner was not going to last forever. One would expect Patrick to have written more allegorical works, but would have found it difficult to find financial backers. Sure, Hollywood acting jobs paid the bills, but hardly ground breaking.

[@ZODIACTHEFACEOFEVIL-wt5mi]

@@Gary-Seven-and-Isis-in-1968 Columbo is one of the greatest TV shows ever made (like The Prisoner) and McGoohan was great both infront of and behind the camera!!!!

[@Gary-Seven-and-Isis-in-1968]

@@ZODIACTHEFACEOFEVIL-wt5mi You're obviously easily pleased or simply Trolling. No matter what, you simply didn't read or comprehend my comment.

[@philipbonner6486]

Look up Patrick McGoohan's work he made a few more television series and films, He was hardly out of work.

[@petejones879]

Actually Patrick would have made a great James Bond

[@TheOfficialMinistryOfTruth]

Yes we agree. Mind you, over 64 episodes of Danger Man were mostly better scripts with far less explosions, scantily-clad women and fewer guns involved....more like the real world of intelligence.

[@Dragondave1000]

@@TheOfficialMinistryOfTruth I'm fairly sure he was asked but did not want to be typecast...... so he did Dangerman / The Prisoner instead :-)

[@TheOfficialMinistryOfTruth]

@@Dragondave1000 Pat was already well into Danger Man, before he was asked to play Bond. After watching 64 episodes, we think he definitely made the right choice. Bond's were good 'eye-candy' but quite amusing and showing little in the way of reality when it came to intelligence work....nice girls though.

[@ChubbyChecker182]

A Strict Catholic James Bond 😳

[@Growler57]

He turned it down

[@NoosaHeads]

Very sorry. I'm a huge "Prisoner" fan, but I didn't like this interview.

[@rondunn4336]

Did anyone find McGoohan's performance a bit "acty". Spoilt it for my wife and self.