Many Happy Returns!

   I wonder if the 49^th anniversary of the filming of ‘the Prisoner’ isn’t more important that that of the screening of the series? After all here in Britain {1967-68} not everyone watched ‘the Prisoner’ at the same time, this was due to ITV’s regional television network. For example ‘Arrival’ was screened in two regions on September 29^th 1967, and yet in other areas not until1^st, 5^th, 6^th, 19^th and even as late as the 27^th of October. And then in 1968 when ‘Fall Out’ was eventually screened in the ITV region on Granada television on March 1^st, the rest of the country had already seen the conclusion to the series which was screened on February 1^st, 2^nd, 4^th, 9^th, and 10^th. So next year will be the 49^th anniversary of the screening of ‘the Prisoner’ here in Britain for those who first watched ‘Arrival’ on September 29^th 1967, but not for those who began watching the series until a few days later. I suppose it’s the year that really matters in the case of the anniversary of screening of ‘the Prisoner,’ but for many fans that anniversary falls on a number of different dates!

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