The Prisoner Renault Commercial

The Prisoner Renault Commercial

[@StefanTravis]

Just watched the 2009 Prisoner remake. This ad is better.

[@markmaki4460]

OMG you can't remake a classic - it's like disinterring a dead person and propping him up.

[@viscountalpha]

They keep trying to do it and I keep saying "IT STINKS!"

[@KRW628]

Stefan, you're right.

[@ewaf88]

Like Mr Dead from The Fast Show

[@pauld6967]

@Stefan Travis The 2009 "remake/reimagining" was a garbage. Those responsible for that travesty should've been incarcerated for vandalism of a classic show.

[@ThreeToesofFury]

Woah! as a huge prisoner fan i cant believe im seeing this for the first time now! Turns out No 6 just needed the right car! who knew!?

[@peterclapton625]

“Why did you think a big balloon would stop people?” “SHUT UP! That’s why”.

[@sprobablycancr4457]

US Govt: "Shit! It's a Chineese balloon, we are so screwed."

[@sprobablycancr4457]

@Gentle Wise wtf?

[@matthewutech5970]

For those who don't know; "A balloon? Lol!" Those who know; 😱

[@johnleeson6946]

I could really go for bottomless bag of peanuts.

[@teecee1567]

@peterclapton625 It used to engulf people....devouring them... suffocating them. Quite nasty.

[@smartalek180]

They got the music right. Well done. Be seeing you.

[@NonDramaZone]

So now Number 2 is telling us that we can be freed through commercialism? The plots get ever more intricate. Be seeing you.

[@ryanwalker819]

21 HAS ESCAPED! 😃

[@sprobablycancr4457]

@@ryanwalker819 He's not 21, he's a very naughty boy.

[@seanryan3020]

"Let us be thankful we have commerce. Buy more. Buy more now. Buy... And be happy." -OMM, _THX-1138_

[@fuzzyscarfandmittens4772]

I had heard of this commercial for years but never thought I'd see it. Thanks for posting this.

[@pauld6967]

Okay, watching this in January of 2021 makes it all the more amusing.

[@PaddyWV]

Loved this and recorded it on cassette, as I had my TV wired up to the HiFi in the eighties. The car was pretty fab too.

[@mkiswatoo]

Great idea- this car, however, doesn't look as good as the prisonner's Lotus!

[@teecee1567]

KAR 120C Lotus super Seven II. It was sold to an Australian guy and shipped over there...sadly being wrecked in an accident. AFAIK, the number plate KAR 120C is still owned by Caterham Cars.

[@alexfh357]

I liked the effect of Rover shooting out of the water, though I had to laugh that it was evident they tied one to the back of the car for a couple of shots. Still, well done.

[@Dr0dd]

Well, turns out the most effective way to escape the village is also the most anticlimatic.

[@anurasofea8559]

Excellent! Be seeing you.

[@vatorhunters]

number 21 enters the renault 21 when the commercial reaches 21 seconds long.. interesting..

[@JELmusic]

If you calculate the letters (Their position in the alphabet) and number on the license-plate (Add them all together like this: 7+4+21+8+13 = 53) If you calculate the date this video was posted (June 26 2009 = 7+26+(2-9) = 25) If you then subtract the date-result from the license-plate result (53 - 25 = 28) If you then subtract the number of letters in the name RENAULT (28 - 7 = 21) TWENTY-ONE! It seems all math leads to prison lol :D (If you look hard enough all prophecies and math comes true)

[@harrisfogel6992]

That's great. The Renaults I drove wouldn't start most of the time. The Fuego, what a rockstar car!

[@artistheart9844]

I named my dog "Rover" from this show. I have to ask.... If Number 6 was such a good agent, why didn't he notice he was being tailed by a Rolls-Royce hearse? Talk about being inconspicuous....

[@frglee]

Not a Rolls Royce. It was actually a Princess 4-Litre Hearse from around 1957.

[@ronzombie6541]

Now the surveillance carries on 24/7 with no chance for escape.

[@YM-rm7mh]

😂

[@altfactor]

It seems that the actor playing Number Two in this spot was trying to channel Leo McKern, the best-known of the "Numbers Two" in the original "Prisoner" series.

[@myleftthumb2294]

I remember his wooden sunglasses.

[@billr3053]

He looked more like “supervisor” Peter Swanwick

[@artistheart9844]

Wasn't this actor Patrick Stewart (Jean Luc Picard)?

[@johnleeson6946]

"Be seeing you."

[@JohnEvansChaoseed]

If only it were that easy!

[@smorris12]

Interesting how Number 21 escapes by pulling away in 5th gear. The fiendish Village mechanic must have installed the gearbox backwards to try and prevent this.

[@altfactor]

@Watcher3223 I don't think it was more than a coincidence, considering that in the series, these Rovers kept people from escaping from "The Village".

[@stevenbennett3805]

Crass commercialism is a burden to others. A still tongue makes for a happy life. Be seeing you.

[@KutWrite]

Dislike the car, but the ad is great! I'm watching the entire "Prisoner" series. This was among the occasional interviews YT sent my way.

[@myleftthumb2294]

The Chinese spy balloon brought me here.

[@sprobablycancr4457]

Yep.

[@Steadyrock100]

Great Commercial!

[@pedroramos4335]

Now try that with a Renault 6 !

[@marcparella]

It's a Renault -- it will be back.

[@ShiftSwitchisAwesome]

So rover's in a Renault ad. Huh

[@paulhunter123]

thaT RENAULT WOULD HAVE BROKEN DOWN BEFORE IT MADE FREE FROM a ballown

[@edgodsall3740]

Best show ever made… prob one of the worse cars Iv ever seen ha..

[@GenaF]

i don't recall this advertisement at all and being born in 1970, i don't recall the programme either.

[@jackofwits]

When was this commercial made?

[@billr3053]

1989

[@kewgardensstation]

Awesome.

[@geraintwilliams531]

Makes more sense than Fall Out !

[@estebanfrisch2536]

That's great! Who knew?

[@TheMarkie1966]

Be seeing you

[@user-ir8nf4tm2o]

Whose side are you on ?

[@smartalek180]

That would be telling.

[@theoriginalvideo-schmideoc905]

Bravo!!! 👏👏👏

[@iamgermane]

Euro econobox of the time.

[@jarrefan1990-tr7ki]

Why did Renault promoted the prisoner to sell a Renault 21 while they didn't promote Jurassic world Dominion to create sports car called pyroraptor that would have been a interesting sports car to sell that's a missed opportunity to promote Jurassic world Dominion

[@LOGICZOMBIE]

OBRA MAESTRA

[@billytoffingham9608]

Bring on the nevada

[@wpdunbar3]

All it took was a Renault?!!!

[@adam_meek]

hence the indiana jones boldar.

[@Dim4323]

Go to orange alert

[@atruemusicgodnamedphilip5026]

And so all it took is a Renault hmmm to bad it wasn't a Ford

[@markmaki4460]

SO WRONG but cute anyway lol

[@stevebishop4926]

Good advert, crap car

[@srujan00]

hmm, so all you need to escape is a crappy French car.

[@paulwright5064]

😂