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Today's #PrizFact! The cat seen on location in 'The Prisoner' was called Tammy.
Today's #PrizFact! Actor Oliver MacGreevy (who played the Gardener/Electrician) was sent home early from the filming of the 'Prisoner' episode 'Arrival' in Portmeirion due to an altercation with another cast member.
Today's #PrizFact! The Prisoner only once appeared as a cover on TV Times (the listings magazine for ITV at the time).
Today's #PrizFact! In the French dubbing of The Prisoner (Le Prisonnier), the phrase 'Be Seeing You' is presented as 'Bonjour Chez Vous', which translates as 'Hello At Your Home'.
Today's #PrizFact! The first victim of Rover in the series, seen in 'Arrival', was actually portrayed by the third assistant director for the location shooting in @Portmeirion, Seamus Byrne.
Today's #PrizFact! Peter Graham Scott, who directed the Prisoner episode 'The General' (and several episodes of 'Danger Man') had a nickname for actor Norman Mitchell who played the electrician in the episode: "Always available".
Today's #PrizFact! The clothes shop (Velda) where Sonia watches Mister X in 'The Girl Who Was Death' is now a Turkish restaurant! For full location details visit https://t.co/mWvdb0tsxV
Today's #PrizFact! Number Two actor Leo McKern never once set foot in @Portmeirion during the making of the series. All his scenes were filmed at replica sets at MGM studios. The only No.2 actors to visit Portmeirion were Guy Doleman, Mary Morris, Eric Portman, Rachel Herbert.
Today's #PrizFact! According to Patrick McGoohan, he chose the Penny Farthing bicycle as the emblem of The Village because it represented "an ironic symbol of progress".
Today's #PrizFact! 'A Change of Mind' was the only episode of The Prisoner to be written by Roger Parkes, and was one of script editor George Markstein's favourites.
Today's #PrizFact! For the fairground sequences in the episode 'The Girl Who Was Death', footage from no less than THREE different locations was used! For more details visit TUW's locations guide at https://t.co/mWvdb0tsxV
Today's #PrizFact! Father Christmas gets a mention in one episode of #ThePrisoner, in the following exchange in 'The General':
Number 12: Who's the head man?
Number 6: Santa Claus
Today's #PrizFact! Father Christmas gets a mention in one episode of #ThePrisoner, in the following exchange in 'The General':
Number 12: Who's the head man?
Number 6: Santa Claus
Today's #PrizFact! Along with the Butler character in the series, the Doctor in 'Arrival' (played by Jack Allen) does not wear a number/badge.
Today's #PrizFact! For the episode 'Many Happy Returns', actor Patrick Cargill (playing Thorpe) wore his own college tie (Haileybury College), rather than wear a tie from MGM's costume department. #ThePrisoner
Today's #PrizFact! Despite being the penultimate #ThePrisoner episode, 'Once Upon a Time' was actually the sixth to be filmed, a year before the finale began filming.
Today's #PrizFact! The episode 'The Schizoid Man' was devised by writer Terence Feely as he had always been interested in the idea of Dopplegangers as he had discovered he had his own 'double' living in Germany. #ThePrisoner
Today's #PrizFact! Number Two actor Derren Nesbitt was co-owner of the famous UK record store chain 'Our Price'.
Today's #PrizFact! "A. B. and C." actress Sheila Allen later recalled when interviewed that when McGoohan first saw her on set for the episode, he exclaimed "Oh Sheila, what have you done to your hair?" The two had previously worked together.
Today's #PrizFact! 'Its Your Funeral' No.2 Derren Nesbitt when interviewed, stated "The director didn't know what was going on, he [McGoohan] didn't know what was going on, I didn't know what was going on, so I played it like I [the character] didn't know what was going on!"
![unmutualwebsite's tweet photo. Today's #PrizFact! 'Its Your Funeral' No.2 Derren Nesbitt when interviewed, stated "The director didn't know what was going on, he [McGoohan] didn't know what was going on, I didn't know what was going on, so I played it like I [the character] didn't know what was going on!" https://t.co/t9MYNWbFwI](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ft7zKxXXoAEWzDq.jpg)
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