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THE PRISONER - SERIES 3 (320kbs-m4a/516mb/3hrs44mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 24th May to 14th June 2020
Based on the 1960s TV series of The Prisoner which created intrigue and controversy in equal measure when it first aired in the UK in 1967.
In a taut psychological spy thriller the main character, dehumanised as ‘Number 6’, has committed no crime, save for having resigned from some unspecified branch of the British Secret Service. His prison was a heavily guarded coastal village.
Script Writer: Nicholas Briggs
Script Editor: Scott Handcock
Music composed and performed by Jamie Robertson
Director: Nicholas Briggs
Producer: Emma Halgh
A Big Finish production.
THE PRISONER SERIES 3 - 1. FREE FOR ALL (320kbs-m4a/122mb/53mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 24th May 2020
Under constant surveillance, Number 6 can trust no-one. The regime seems to want 6 to stand as an election candidate to be Number 2.
But when 2’s manifesto seems to be based on the notion of freedom, what platform will 6 decide to stand upon? And can there ever be freedom in the Village?
Number 6 ... Mark Elstob
Number 43 ... Genevieve Gaunt
Number 2 ... Lorelei King
Journalist ... Alicia Bayley
Operations Controller / Village Voice ... Jennifer Healy
Instructor / Technician ... Glen McCready
THE PRISONER SERIES 3 - 2. THE GIRL WHO WAS DEATH (320kbs-m4a/124mb/54mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 31st May 2020
Number 6 rides a temporal and topological rollercoaster as the authorities try to break him.
Number 6 ... Mark Elstob
Kate Butterworth ... Lucy Briggs-Owen
Number 43/Anita ... Genevieve Gaunt
Control ... Jim Barclay
Danvers ... Barnaby Edwards
Operations Controller/Village Voice ... Jennifer Healy
Potter/Number 398/Sir Clifford Earl ... Glen McCready
Other parts played by the cast
THE PRISONER SERIES 3 - 3. THE SELTZMAN CONNECTION (320kbs-m4a/132mb/58mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 7th June 2020
Number 6 meets a sinister scientist, and is obliged to relive events with his fiancé, Janet.
Number 6 ... Mark Elstob
Potter/Number 398 ... Glen McCready
Control ... Jim Barclay
Danvers/Marcus Gray ... Barnaby Edwards
Professor Jacob Seltzman ... Richard Dixon
Sarah Mowat ... Janet
Kate Butterworth/Number 2 ... Lucy Briggs-Owen
Other parts played by members of the cast.
THE PRISONER SERIES 3 - 4. NO ONE WILL KNOW (320kbs-m4a/136mb/59mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 14th June 2020
From London, to Kandersfeld, to The Village... Will an end to it all ever be possible?
Number 6 ... Mark Elstob
Potter/Number 398 ... Glen McCready
Control ... Jim Barclay
Danvers/Marcus Gray ... Barnaby Edwards
Professor Jacob Seltzman ... Richard Dixon
Sarah Mowat ... Janet
Kate Butterworth/Number 2 ... Lucy Briggs-Owen
Other parts played by members of the cast.
THE PRISONER - SERIES 2 (320kbs-m4a/550mb/3hrs59mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 10th March to 7th April 2019
The original 17-episode TV series of The Prisoner created intrigue and controversy in equal measure when it first aired in the UK in 1967.
In a taut psychological spy thriller the main character, dehumanised as ‘Number 6’, has committed no crime, save for having resigned from some unspecified branch of the British Secret Service. His prison was a heavily guarded coastal village.
Under constant surveillance, Number 6 can trust no-one and relentlessly works to establish who his captors are. As the audio re-imagining continues, we discover more about the enigma of the personal life of Number 6...
Music - Jamie Robertson
Script Editor - Jamie Anderson.
Written and directed by Nicholas Briggs.
A Big Finish Production - based on the classic ITV series.
THE PRISONER SERIES 2 - 1. I MET A MAN TODAY - PART 1 (320kbs-m4a/88mb/38mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 10th March 2019
After escaping from the Village, Number 6 discovers his car and house are now owned by author Kate Butterworth...
Mark Elstob stars as Number 6, with Lucy Briggs-Owen as Kate Butterworth, Susan Earnshaw as Brenda, Helen Goldwyn as the Barmaid, Jim Barclay as Control, Barnaby Edwards as Danvers and John Heffernan as Thorpe.
THE PRISONER SERIES 2 - 2. I MET A MAN TODAY - PART 2 (320kbs-m4a/79mb/34mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 17th March 2019
In London, Number 6 undergoes heavy interrogation. Kate seems to be falling for him - but is she for real?
Mark Elstob stars as Number 6, with Lucy Briggs-Owen as Kate Butterworth, Susan Earnshaw as Brenda, Helen Goldwyn as the Barmaid, Jim Barclay as Control, Barnaby Edwards as Danvers and John Heffernan as Thorpe.
THE PRISONER SERIES 2 - 3. PROJECT SIX (320kbs-m4a/121mb/53mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 24th March 2019
Once returned to The Village, Number 6 learns who Kate really is. Another significant female then intervenes...
Mark Elstob stars as Number 6, with Lucy Briggs-Owen as Number 2, Sarah Mowat as Janet, Helen Goldwyn as the Village Voice, Andrew Ryan as Number 52 and Nicholas Briggs as Number 99.
THE PRISONER SERIES 2 - 4. HAMMER INTO ANVIL (320kbs-m4a/130mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 31st March 2019
The new Number 2 acts sadistically towards Number 6. But which of them is the hammer and which the anvil?
Mark Elstob stars as Number 6, with John Heffernan as Number 2, Helen Goldwyn as Number 26, Jez Fielder as Number 48 and Barnaby Edwards as the Shopkeeper.
THE PRISONER SERIES 2 - 5. LIVING IN HARMONY (320kbs-m4a/131mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 7th April 2019
Number 6 is out of this world when he meets an old ally. Just how much is his freedom really worth?
Mark Elstob stars as Number 6, with Deirdre Mullins as Number 2, Michael Cochrane as Number 2, Sara Powell as Number 9/90, Helen Goldwyn as Number 26 and Nicholas Briggs/Scott Handcock as the Astronauts.
THE PRISONER – SERIES 1 (320kbs-m4a/628mb/4hrs33mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 2nd December 2018 to 6th January 2019
The original 17-episode TV series of The Prisoner created intrigue and controversy in equal measure when it first aired in the UK in 1967. In a taut psychological spy thriller the main character, dehumanised as ‘Number 6’, has committed no crime, save for having resigned from some unspecified branch of the British Secret Service. His prison is a heavily guarded coastal village.
Under constant surveillance, Number 6 can trust no-one and relentlessly works to establish who his captors are, a seemingly impossible task when the most senior figure he encounters – Number 2 – changes frequently...
Music - Jamie Robertson.
Script Editor - Jamie Anderson.
Written and directed by Nicholas Briggs.
A Big Finish Production - based on the classic ITV series.
THE PRISONER - 1. DEPARTURE AND ARRIVAL - PART 1 (320kbs-m4a/99mb/43mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 2nd December 2018
After quitting his post, secret agent ZM73 wakes up imprisoned in a bizarre village with a new identity.
Mark Elstob stars as Agent ZM73 aka Number 6, with John Standing as Number Two, Sara Powell as Number 9, Helen Goldwyn as the Village Voice, Sarah Mowat as Zero Six Two, Jim Barclay as Control and Barnaby Edwards as Number 34.
THE PRISONER - 2. DEPARTURE AND ARRIVAL - PART 2 (320kbs-m4a/84mb/36mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 9th December 2018
Number 6 continues to explore The Village, trying to establish who runs it and hoping to find some way out.
Mark Elstob stars as Agent ZM73 aka Number 6, with John Standing as Number Two, Sara Powell as Number 9, Helen Goldwyn as the Village Voice, Sarah Mowat as Zero Six Two, Jim Barclay as Control and Barnaby Edwards as Number 34.
THE PRISONER - 3. THE SCHIZOID MAN (320kbs-m4a/131mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 16th December 2018
6 finds himself fascinated by a strange bond which has suddenly developed between himself and Number 9. But the next morning, 6 wakes to find himself changed. A moustache, different hair, and... a new name. Number 12.
Mark Elstob stars as Agent ZM73 aka Number 6, with Celia Imrie as Number Two, Sara Powell as Number 9, Helen Goldwyn as the Village Voice, Jim Barclay as Cobb, Jez Fielder as Number 17 and Barnaby Edwards as the Butler.
THE PRISONER - 4. YOUR BEAUTIFUL VILLAGE (320kbs-m4a/131mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 23rd December 2018
Something is very wrong, as Number 6 experiences the most disturbing sense deprivation.
Almost complete darkness, filled with haunting sounds, fragments of conversations, and a desperate call from 9 start to test his reason.
Mark Elstob stars as Agent ZM73 aka Number 6, with Ramon Tikaram as Number Two, Sara Powell as Number 9 and Helen Goldwyn as the Village Voice.
THE PRISONER - 5. THE CHIMES OF BIG BEN - PART 1 (320kbs-m4a/91mb/40mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 30th December 2018
A new prisoner arrives in The Village. The woman is strong-minded, independent, and refuses to accept her new number - 8.
She is not a number, she is Nadia. And 6 is convinced that she’s his ticket out of The Village...
Mark Elstob stars as Agent ZM73 aka Number 6, with Michael Cochrane as Number Two, Kristina Buikaite as Number 8, Helen Goldwyn as the Village Voice, Barnaby Edwards as Danvers and Nicholas Briggs as the Conductor.
Other parts played by members of the cast.
THE PRISONER - 6. THE CHIMES OF BIG BEN - PART 2 (320kbs-m4a/93mb/40mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 6th January 2019
Number 6 takes Number 8 to be a kindred spirit and, together, they plan an audacious escape from The Village...
Mark Elstob stars as Agent ZM73 aka Number 6, with Michael Cochrane as Number Two, Kristina Buikaite as Number 8, Helen Goldwyn as the Village Voice, Barnaby Edwards as Danvers and Nicholas Briggs as the Conductor.
Other parts played by members of the cast.