News reached me today of the sad passing of
Michael Pickwoad (1945 - 2018)
Production
Designer for THEPRIS6NER - Michael Pickwoad who has died at the
age of 73.
“The chessboard! In the original series of 'the
Prisoner,' there is a great play on the game of chess. So what The Village
needs is a chessboard, and chess has a great formality, it has a sense of
organisation and logic, and you think someone is pulling the strings somewhere
when you see the size of the chessboard that people can stand on. And it is as
though, with the chessboard in the above picture, that it is another working of
the same dream, but many years on, somehow forgotten in the mists of time.”
Such is the idea of the production designer for THEPRIS6NER .
Michael pictured above in the Village Shop,
explained about the Map of The Village. “The shopkeeper, in the Village Shop
was always keen to sell his customer maps of The Village, "buy one, get
one free. Makes the perfect gift!" But that would have been rather dull,
so the set was dressed with a variety of items, and upon which The Village Map
was printed, on cups and saucers, plates and trays. Aprons, mugs, tea pots, and
'T' shirts, in that way you always know where you are in the Village!
The Village map itself is loosely based on
the street plan of the city of Oxford county of Oxfordshire
As for the "old man - 93"
according to Michael Pickwoad, “He is a representation of the former No.6.” And
he should know from having worked on the series.
Rest In Peace Michael
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