Customer Rating:  
Summary: Very Good but the Network UK set is far superior
Comment: I concur with those that have stated that this is NOT the restored versions released last Oct in the UK from the original 35MM tapes. So it gets a strike against it for that. However I have purchased this set and it is acceptable to the average consumer. However the UK set is markedly superior. You would need a region-free player to play the UK set, and the set is more expensive than this version, but I believe it is worth it as I have seen the difference.
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Summary: Who's Your Number Two?
Comment: Just a typical day...you slam your fists on your boss' desk in a rage.You feel like passing out, like you're just a number and there's no escape. You wake up in the morning and it's the same thing all over again. The piped-in music everyplace is driving you crazy, and where did all these people in striped outfits come from? Just when you make a run for it, this giant white ball stops you. I grew up watching this with my parents on Saturday morning. Not cartoons? Yeah, we're still a weird family. Our local PBS station showed it a decade and a half after its original airing in the sixties. This series made a big impression on my eight-year old brain. I bought the set a few years ago and watched it again, this time in color! It still makes an impression. Fantastic production values, great acting, paranoia-inducing with fabulous scripts. Patrick McGoohan plays a secret agent who is shipped off to a deprogramming facility by helicopter when he questions his superiors. (It's actually a real village in Wales called Portmeiron created by an eccentric in the 19th century ). Thought-provoking is the way agent number 6's (McGoohan) dilemma is reflected back into the society we live in. Society vs. individual identity, groupthink, power of suggestion...it's heady stuff and a pschoanalyst could spend hours trying to uncover the layers. I suggest you enjoy it and expect all your expectations to be turned upside down. Bravo! An instant classic. People in Hollywood should be strapped to their chairs and try to learn something from this.
Customer Rating:
Summary: BCNU
Comment: I'm a long time fan of this series - I seen it as a kid when it ran as a summer series on CBS in '68 then again when my old hometown PBS station aired it. All 17 episodes are included put in the order in which they were aired (although there is some debate in fandom about this item). Video quality is quite good except for the opening sequence which is a bit dark - this may be due to how it was originally shot so remastering couldn't improve it much.
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Summary: The Prisoner-Complete Megaset
Comment: The 40th Anniversary set brought back all the enjoyment of the original series, but with the benefits of DVD format.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Beware, missing map!
Comment: Had to return it due to missing map of town. The replacement however was complete.
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