THE PRISONER, PATRICK MCGOOHAN INTERVIEWED.

[HigherSounds]

More lies. Screw U Patrick & your brethen!

[WilliamZeebub]

oops no sound.. wait a mo,

[WilliamZeebub]

oops no sound.. wait a mo,

[diggerodell100]

diggerodell100 love the fact that pmg took the time to do the interview, and enjoyed seeing him in person, but could not help but feel his pain in having to stomach the interviewer and the surrondings. run away if those crazy fans could only see how they come across, no wonder he never attended a sixofone convention.

[benthejrporter]

"I am not a number! I'm a free man!" This is a quote that defines my life. I love the finale. It's very apt that the source of all oppresion is symbolized as an embodiment of ourselves because we are our own worst enemy. I am Number One to mself. It is our own cowardice, denial and lack of imagination that is out biggest obstacle to being free. Thanks for uploading.

[sqd8r]

@benthejrporter you define your life by a tv series line... ouch.

[benthejrporter]

@sqd8r I do NOT define my life by TV series lines... I'm of to bed now. Good night, John-Boy ;-)

[sqd8r]

@benthejrporter Night Pa, :) glad you've got a good sense of humour. :)

[ryanbrownnew]

I bet he couldn't wait to escape this shit.

[helltopay1]

@ryanbrownnew Reckon your right .LOL

[englishguy2010]

It's the King!!!

[usergently]

One of the greatest show!

[bobheads07]

Super cool guy, be seeing you!

[Lonette]

No. 6, you are missed.

[doncseczakos]

My God! This great actor!

[cha5]

"Patrick, please tell us in your own words, how would you feel if someone at some point in the future tried to create a television or movie remake of The Prisoner?"

"........"

[boabyp]

This is the best clip I have ever see on youtube. Mike Smith, pish helicopter pilot but got the best out of Patrick. The Prisoner in a nutshell. "No 1 IS oneself"

The Prisoner was one of the most innovite television programmes ever made. Patrick McGoohan was a genius! I die happy. Be seeing you...

[erra404]

*answering the title at the end*

And you!

[kenfig]

Do you know ? One of the people i despise most that's ever been on t.v. is the completely talentless fuckin' arsehole Mike Smith who was only in anything he did for money.The cunt was given a chance on Radio 1 and he left thinking he was too good to go on breakfast time.He then went BACK to Radio 1 cos he wasnt going to go anywhere else and was lucky to get a second chance presenting the Breakfast show but the cunt left AGAIN after about a year and whatever happened to him after ? WANKER !!

[veejaythernrdj]

@kenfig I think he put in for the job as controller of Radio One. Fortunately he didn't get it. I always thought he was like Kid Jensen without the charm, looks or likeability factor

[kenfig]

@veejaythernrdj Well youre right ; i didnt mind Kid as he genuinely liked rock music and what he did not like Smith who is just a media whore probably not even liking music much

[duncaninchina]

A great actor, who appeared in more things than you'd imagine. I loved his appearances in 'Columbo'. He and William Shatner are the best villain actors in that whole series. The Prisoner was years ahead of itself, so good that the recent remake looked like a second rate hash. Thank goodness Patrick was not around to see it.

[randypanhandy]

Shame on anyone who is in that creepy society. Just looking at them you could tell. I bet mr mcgoohan couldn't wait to get out of there. I bet they have their own 'council' and members that are that long established they have a 'right' to be the best fans? Everything that the series stood for they obviously didn't get the message then? Be yourself.

[sudameriquen]

It's a real shame that Patrick McGoohan has passed away in 2009, he was a very clever, sharp man. 

[ThatArabGuy]

i love his voice

[snowgirl1052]

What I mean is that I wanted the series to end where he would, like Bret Farve, unresign and go back to being John Drake and make more Dangermans. And I guess I still do.

[Urko2005]

Watched 15 minutes of the new series and what an insult to the original.

Pat McGoohan, Portmeirion and the sixties WAS The Prisoner, it cant be redone.

[bobbyBollyfan]

This is a marvellous interview of the late, great Patrick McGoohan; I always loved his refined speaking voice, but was amused & delighted to hear a hint of his native Irish. He was superb as "No 6"; I further think those perplexed slightly miss the point, as the show was brilliantly anarchic: the end was immaterial, it was unpretentious & made for sheer entertainment value. It is essential viewing for it perfectly captured the imagination in a manner that has not been seen since. Thank you :)

[StevenBSloss]

So damn cool, so damn cool.

[MrWoofington]

Patrick McGoohan, one of the truly great men ever to grace the screen. RIP, dear fellow.

[Ropponmatsu2]

oh god this is fucking excruciating.

[robost]

Looks like Elvis Costello.

[ceterafan123]

Missing you, Patrick!

[OrmEmber]

I think McGoohan was sincere when he said when you can figure out what the series was about (which he wrote), please tell him. I think it was the original Twin Peaks; cryptic dialogue, frustrating dead-ends and loose-ends, none of them ever to be tied up again. I don't think he knew or really cared if the series meant anything. The same thing that happened to him should have happened to David Lynch, times ten.

Don't lead your audience on with an expectation of a resolution, if there isn't one.

[mutexnet]

The new series on AMC was great except it lacked plot, witty banter, a battle of wits, insight, and outstanding actors. McGoohan was the man. 5 Stars. Be seeing you.

[brassbend]

@mutexnet  The new prisoner did have actors, and a set.. and...well, it had actors and..... I guess I have covered it all. It was vile.

[nhbright]

wish he had continued this level of depth later in his career.

[mistaslugsw0rth]

Thanks for sharing this one Pmg6portmeirion rated 5*****

[paddy9i99]

Quality.

Rare appearance by Patrick.

[scousesonata]

we have always been pawns me dears...

[thebassplayer69]

Sonofherne you have it right. Scientific research - genetic, archaeological, linguistic and cultural studies of more recent times are doing much to chase out previous views of history (history is 'bunk' we might remember). The Anglo-Saxon 'invasion' for example was like the Norman one that followed merely the introduction of powerful warrior elites. It was not the mass invasion by a huge displacing populace. Only a meagre 3% of English people have any genetic claim to being Anglo-Saxons today.

[karaloca]

Braveheart is utter bollocks - both historically and as a film.

McGoohan was its only good thing. Someone should cut a shorter version with only the 'king' parts left.

[BillDFC]

It was basically a movie that got the point across about my nation's greatest hero despite some inaccuracies.

It had a universal message about freedom,liberty and resisting oppression.

Pity there was no reference to the massacre of Berwick by Edward 1 of England which was the worst piece of genocide to occur in these islands.

[karaloca]

Pity there was no reference to the countless times the Scots came to England, where they raped and burned down defenceless villages too.

Its as bollocks as 'The Patriot'.

Where it shows all the Americans fighting with black people.

There is not one record of any black person fighting for his 'owner'. Almost all blacks fought on the side of the English king who promised them freedom for doing so. Not for sound moral reasons, but because they were desperate for manpower. Typical hollybollocks.

[BillDFC]

You've got that wrong. A few border raids hardly compares with having your country invaded by massive armies on many occassions from Edward 1 to Henry V111 and Oliver Cromwell.

Some 20,000 civilians were slaughtered at Berwick. Genocide on a massive scale.

March 30th.1296.

[karaloca]

Few border raids? That is laughable.

Also, what about the Scots slaughtering the Irish?

Braveheart likes to show the Irish and Scots working together like gaelic chums against the evil English. The Scots killed more Irish than the English ever did. Lets face it, the Scots couldn't work together anyway, they would kill each other if they weren't killing anyone else.

I'm not English by the way, but I just like the truth to be told and Mel Gibson is incapable of it. Lets not mention Apocalypto.

[BillDFC]

Wrong again. At Falkirk in 1298,Edward's army was made up of Welsh and Irish.(as well as English of course)The Welsh longbow won the day and the movie was factually incorrect because the Irish fought AGAINST the

Scots with great enthusiasm!

I have never said the English were evil,but Edward was a nasty individual by any standards.

[karaloca]

Not sure in what way I'm wrong - I said the Scots and Irish fought against one another and the movie was incorrect. Then you proceed to tell me what I stated.

[BillDFC]

Have a cup of coffe and a cake then so you can think about it.

[karaloca]

Had my coffee. Still I see that I wrote that the Irish and Scots were viewed in the movie as gaelic bum buddies - when in fact the Scots fought and killed many Irish. Just one reason why the film is historically crap.

They carried on killing the Irish too - even invading. Doing their Scottish thing - pillaging, raping & torching. I don't mind Longshanks too much, at least he led from the front, not like that Wallace pussy - who strangely enough isn't portrayed as a rich kid wimp in the movie.

[FrankClanton]

Braveheart was just a stupid, racist piece of CRAP.

I hope Mel Gibson gets LUNG CANCER.

[JuanMacready]

Braveheart was a made up, historically worthless, racist piece of crap. I hope Mel Gibson gets LUNG CANCER.

PS: Henry VIII's invasion of Scptland was far worse than anything Edward I ever did.

[kronoscorvinus]

Strange fellow. Loved his work. "Be Seeing You"

[SadClownMovies]

i love his work with falk on columbo.

[mongrelhead1]

Truely a genius

[king2102b]

Patrick at his very best as always!!!!! There is a whole US 3 parter interview on here with him that tells us nothing as was his way with The Prisoner. But constantly taking the mick out of the interviewer and the audience.

He refers to this series as an allegory, He was a Strict Catholic man and maybe like the Bible does he has left us to interpret the story as we identify with it personally?

A Fantastic Series that I think lives because of this very fact... There is No definitive answer!

[jdmars02]

I am Number 1@! BRILLIANT!

RIP Paddy.

[sophomorictrash]

"My children were molested coming from school, there were people beating on the door with mallets..."

Wow, that sure killed the mood, didn't it?

[jimjam69]

Very well done...ty Pat ...you will be soorily missed...RIP.

[joebloggsgogglebox]

I always knew I was number 1

[jardispa]

Hasn't his looks gone to hell, really showing his age

[Drulil]

loved this guy in Braveheart! R.I.P.

[BillDFC]

Hated the person he played,the evil bastard Edward of England.

[sonofherne]

Actually, it's a matter of interpretation, he was a good king by medieval standards. Strong leader, warrior, not unlike Richard I but balanced wars with finance. Don't take what BRAVEHEART claims as actual historical fact. The Scots didn't like him for sure. But they were on the losing side!

[BillDFC]

The massacre of Berwick,the theft of my nation's records and the sacred cross of St.Margaret and the Stone of Scone.

The destruction of our towns,subjection of our people,The Ragman's roll,humiliation of King John Balliol,murder of Wallace etc.,

He was a lovely man!

[sonofherne]

No medieval king was lovely, but he was no worse than many others including many SCOTS kings who were too busy butchering each other, to fend off Edward. There are winners and losers in all wars. A lot of nasty stuff happened on either stuff.

Let's not add to the division, which isn't aided by FALSE history like Braveheart. Wallace was a noble and no saint!

[BillDFC]

Stop refering to the Hollywood movie!

Scotland was a small country with no standing army which was invaded by one of the most powerful armies of it's time.

Only the common people led by Andrew de Moray and Wallace stood between survival and conquest by a larger country.

It was a resistance movement.

If only Harold had won in 1066. The Norman conquest was to blame for disharmony in our islands.

[sonofherne]

On that I agree. 1066 changed our island forever. Though divisions existed before, they really solidified. We probably would have been a lot more like Ireland is now.

Mind, the Roman invasion didn't do much for the country. You guys got a big wall to look at!

[BillDFC]

All of the wall is in England!

After all,what did the Romans ever do for us? :-)

[sonofherne]

One persons freedom fighter is anothers traitor. Braveheart was Robert the Bruce not Wallace. A lot of people don't know that. History is written by the victors.

The scoti were actually irish that usurped the native people in Scotland. Genetically, scots are pretty much the same as the english. England is more mixed, mostly in the East. Lowland Scots are more saxon than the english, and 90% of english are as celtic as the scots and welsh.

Scots vs English hatred should stop.

[englishplayer40]

he was equally good as the Warden in escape from Alcatraz  Another evil bastard as BillDFC puts it lol

[nomisairsoft]

who is number 1. no body needs to know . and people who needs to know have to depth in personality.

[jameswolney]

long live John Drake!!!!!!!!!!!what a brilliant man.

[dfisk79]

The interviewer seems like a tool that is in way over his head sitting next to the likes of Mr. McGoohan

[SDSen]

*That was the conclusion what you saw - thats why its still confusing*

[bandcouver]

Unfortunately, a lot of people are taught to act and sound a certain way in these awful broadcast schools which make these interviewers look like complete idiots. Always having this thought racing through their heads that they must be entertaining and breezy, when they should be concentrating more on what the guest they have in is about.

[ahern112]

Wow! It's like a TV show that believes in original sin and total depravity! Wickeddddd.

[DeveGood]

One of TV's greatest mysteries. We are the prisoners.

[snowgirl1052]

As a kid, I wanted the ending to be him being dangerman, John Drake again. Now as an adult I get it.

[seansalvador1]

@snowgirl1052

It's like the often misquoted line 'if you think you understand quantum physics, you don't understand quantum physics...'

If you think you understand the prisoner, you don't understand the prisoner!'

[skeilak]

@snowgirl1052 : Well, if it makes you feel any better, that picture of the Prisoner, that we see being X'ed out, upon his resignation was a publicity still, of McGoohan as John Drake, from Danger Man. That was a pretty strong hint.

Of course, the child you might not have picked up on that. *L*

[taigakirdape]

God, I miss him. Such a great artist.

[rijstevlaai]

He looks like  and sounds like a mad professor. I love it.

PMGH Absolute legend. RIP

[SDSen]

He looks handsome

[chgochgo]

Love this clip. He was as confused as the rest of us--or was he?

[44032]

The 1977 interview is the one to see. It's in four parts and goes about 25 minutes. Far more depth and McGoohan actually seems glad to be there. It's interesting that his brogue is much less evident than in this tape. Was he less interested in being understood.

[twerd44]

Poor Patrick. i was so sad when i heard! Number 6 lives on.

[SHITPEAS]

Cool. Patrick will be missed. He was a much under used actor - what a fantastic voice.

[Razimus]

Rest in peace MrMcGoohan

bcnu

[sidensvans54]

What a useless interviewer.

Prize prick

[iwasknownasthewild1]

I'm the fresh faced young geezer in the blue cap,sitting behind McGoohan's left shoulder.I got to shake hands with him after the interview.We'd waited all day at Central studios,not knowing whether he would turn up.Patrick eventually arrived really late,due to the fact he was filming 'Jamaica Inn',hence the bedraggled hair & beard! And yes,he WAS quite grumpy,signing one autograph,then storming off.The man was pure talent,and his legacy will last forever!

[SDSen]

the hair and beard look good on him

[6of6]

Agreed, SDSen, the frames are killer too.

[McCainTheTurdburglar]

Yeah, those glasses are off the hook. He looked very cool as a old guy- still really good looking.

[SDSen]

What a man !!!!Gonan really miss him now that he's no longer with us tragic!

[nijckevans]

He does NOT want to be there!!

[GriefTourist]

legend, be seeing you!

[brabon1]

this interviewer is a retard

of course number 6 was number 1

we all create our own private prisons

stupid twit

[dennis789111]

One of the best Christmas presents I ever received was the complete box set of "Secret Agent Man." That was one very cool show. May God rest your soul Patrick McGoohan.

[us71]

He doesn't look real happy to be there.

Good-bye, Number 6 :(

[simonspiers]

Yes RIP Patrick another great actor lost.........

[kristianjl]

Rest in Peace, Patrick. Thank you.

[fascistamericadotnet]

oh dear what went wrong wasnt melvyn bragg available?

[HomoLibero]

0:07 lolz :)

[HomoLibero]

i agree canadians r so stupid that they need a fucking course to watch tv series :)

[Revbone450]

Whoh that's Longshanks from Braveheart

[nickbadseed]

Thanks for posting this, poor  PATRICK MCGOOHAN having to answer that same old question again! still he does a good job of it.

[wowcrap]

Great clip. What year was this broadcast?

[Pmg6portmeirion]

I think '84

[Pmg6portmeirion]

No sorry 25.10.82.

[terryjohn]

oct 82

TJ