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From: msc@saber.UUCP (Mark Callow)
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Subject: Re: The Prisoner -> net.tv.pbs?
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Date: Fri, 22-Feb-85 18:27:39 EST
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> There's been some discussion on both net.tv.drwho and net.news.group suggesting
> a new net.tv.bbc for such esoterica as "The Prisoner."
> 
> However, I must insist that 
> net.tv.bbc is completely inappropriate for "The Prisoner."  "The Prisoner" 
> was an AMERICAN series.  The only thing it has in common with England 
> (never mind the BBC) is that Patrick McGoohan was the creator/star, and
> he's got an accent.  (British?  Welsh?  Scottish?)

You're right that net.tv.bbc is inappropriate for "Prisoner" discussions.
It was originally broadcast on commercial tv in England, i.e. by the ITV
network.  It has never been broadcast by the BBC.

However it is most definitely not an American series.  It was made in Britain
by an independent British producer of TV series and films (ITC, I think,
but my reference material is at home) and sold to ITV and also to one of the US
networks.  There were some differences between the versions shown in the
UK and US.  The first episode especially was different.

Patrick McGoohan is Irish.

The Prisoner followed on directly from the series Dangerman, known here as
"Secret Agent".
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