The Prisoner remake

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The Prisoner - The show remains the same

As a remake of The Prisoner begins on ITV1, James Rampton examines other reinventions and distinguishes the durable from the dated
Friday, 16 April 2010

Quality never fades: Ian McKellen plays the authoritarian leader Number Two in ITV1's reinvention of The Prisoner

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In the opening scene of ITV's reworking of the cult classic The Prisoner, a man known only as Number Six wakes up in a strange desert. The first thing he see s is a bearded old man being chased by a posse armed with guns and dogs. Number Six carries the elderly man, who, it emerges, is named Number 93, to the safety of a nearby cave.

As the old man fades towards death, he whispers in Number Six's ear: "Tell all I got out. Go to 554."

"554? What?" asks the clearly bemused Number Six.

"You're not from here, are you?"

"I don't even know how I got to this place," responds the increasingly perplexed Number Six.

"You're a blessed miracle. Be seeing you," laughs Number 93, before quietly expiring.