"The Prisoner" Renault 21 advert

[AlistairAI]

be seeing you, wait actually dont you drive a Renault 21

[davepukem]

Fantastic -- I just started watching The Prisoner, but I remember this advert from back in the day. Did they actually film this (or the opening exterior shot, anyway) in Portmeirion?

[ghughesarch]

@davepukem Yup. And the rest was shot nearby

[miliamince]

Surely the only car manufacturer they should be doing adverts for is Lotus??

[calebpike]

That's Patrick McGoohan saying "Escape for the totally new Renault 21" at the end isn't it?

[ghughesarch]

@calebpike No, it's a soundalike

[AustinSomerset]

For the time the 21 was a great design. Had more space than many of the others on offer and was new, clean style. Liked the cars very much, knew several people with them - never had any trouble and the fast ones could go.

[LUNATIC75]

If No. 6 couldn't escape from Leo McKern and super size white balloon, then what chance would a ponce driving a crappy ol' Renault really have?

[walter0bz]

hypocritical advert?-

Escape being a number by... purchasing product number 21 ?!!

[SoloPilot6]

Who are they trying to kid? A Mini Moke would make a better escape car than a Renault!

[smithdream]

20 years ago i went down to THE PRISONER convention in Portmeirion.

We ended up camping in a field.

The next day we were woken up by explosions lol!

The "field" turned out to be this quarry which they were blasting.

I broke the world record for taking down a tent that day.

[bbctimecommanders]

you were all acting camp?

[clap67]

Great video!But the car...The one in the spot is a strange version,styled like a fastback version of the Turbo which,by the way,was the only model worth something.The others was ugly crap.

[Keith2855]

A great British show advertising a lousy french car, what kind of world do we live in.

[olimr2nv]

My dad was the art director for the advert and came up with the idea!!!

[smithdream]

No Patrick McGoohan came up with the IDEA 40 years ago.

Did they pay him for it?

[olimr2nv]

Not sure if they paid him. The advert he came up with not the prisoner film idea!!

[0vilo0]

This is best car from older cars, i have one, and i'am very happy :o)

[soyyolocoo]

shit car? you dont know shit about cars

[satonakis]

great ad shit car

[IliotibialBand]

Shame the 21 wasn't in the same class!

[MrDirector]

This is very cool. There is also a Renault (or maybe Peugeot) commercial as an homage to The Persuaders.