The Prisoner Blu-ray out now - 'Checkmate' scene (HD)

Network DVD's first ever Blu-ray title is a special-features laden THE PRISONER THE COMPLETE SERIES (PG) starring Patrick McGoohan. Available to buy as a 6-disc limited edition box set now, RRP £59.99, it is the first Blu-ray version of the series anywhere in the world.

The only home entertainment edition of the series to be officially endorsed by McGoohan himself and based on the version of the standard definition DVD which won Best TV DVD at the Home Entertainment Awards in 2008, THE PRISONER THE COMPLETE SERIES BLU-RAY is thought-provoking, revelatory and just plain cool. McGoohan's iconic series is as fresh and dynamic now as it was when first unleashed upon an unsuspecting world in 1967. Containing all seventeen episodes the wealth of special features include:

•Dont Knock Yourself Out a feature-length documentary which is the most comprehensive look at the production of The Prisoner, told by those involved in its creation
•Restored original edit of Arrival with an optional music-only soundtrack featuring Wilfred Josephs complete and abandoned score
•Production Crew audio commentaries on seven episodes
•Trailers for all episodes
•Archive textless material, including the title sequence with clean themes by Ron Grainer, Wilfred Josephs and Robert Farnon
•Commercial Break Bumpers
•Behind-the-Scenes footage including much previously unseen
•Script and Production Documentation PDFs
•Image Galleries with Music Suites
•Exclusive book on the making of the series by TV historian Andrew Pixley
•5.1 sound mixes on all episodes

PLUS MUCH MORE!

With its distinctive theme tune by Ron Grainer, special guest appearances from the cream of British stage and screen including Leo McKern, George Baker, Peter Bowles, Donald Sinden, and Anton Rodgers, THE PRISONER THE COMPLETE SERIES BLU-RAY is THE definitive release of the series and a must-have for all fans of high quality dramas.

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[Isolar]

Breathtaking clarity.

[lp115lp]

Absolutely brilliant! Wish all the vids were as clear.

[clemstevenson]

@IThinkMyNamesTooLong To demonstrate the confusion, one of the prisoner's unspoken messages was in a multi-episode reference to the village's location. And that came out in the Channel Four programme Six-Into-One...The Prisoner File, which I saw in 1984 (I also have that on DVD). The village was in different places, whenever Number Six tried to escape from it. The Village could be anywhere in the world, controlled by any, or by every, government.

[clemstevenson]

@IThinkMyNamesTooLong I can say that the series was confusing, because I didn't get it. I only got it decades later by repeated viewing, and by other informed, insider commentaries on it. That includes commentary by Patrick McGoohan himself. I was only 11-years-old when the series was first aired, so it helps to have the DVD set. To me, the series seemed quite haphazard at times, because so many concepts were incorporated into its short run.

[clemstevenson]

The prisoner was a multi-faceted concept; a fusion of otherwise disperate concepts. With such a broad cenceptual spectrum as its basis, it's little wonder that the prisoner TV series caused so much public confusion.

[fantastic958]

anyone got a link to the final ten minutes of the last episode?

cheers,

tom

[Glamagal20091]

The series is currently being re-run on ITV4 in the UK (for those who didn't know).

I wonder why, when Rachel Herbert took over from Eric Portman as the new No. 2 at the end of 'Free For All', she didn't appear as No. 2 in the following episode.

[why760nitro]

@11a2bdestruct this is gong to be a its a blizzard out side the prisoner marathon this winter ..

[11a2bdestruct]

@why760nitro Yes it does have a type of conclusion as "snafu" said. An eccentric one. The new 2009 Prisoner series was simply watchable - but not in the same genious and refined status as the original. No way at all. By now you have probably seen this for yourself. Enjoy.

[Egglesplork]

_____He's always got that look on his face like he knows that people are messin' with him. Whatever crackpot madness that Number 1 has planned, The Prisoner is all like, "Okay, I'll go along with this nonsense." No matter how hard they try at their mind-screw antics, he always comes out on top. Me, I'd probably end up takin' a chainsaw to everybody on the island.

[misconduckt]

@why760nitro yes it has a very satisfying conclusion