Portmeirion & The "Curse" Of The Prisoner

Portmeirion is most famous as the setting for cult TV series, The Prisoner, but the fact that it became known as 'the village', led to difficulties with the productions that followed.


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Clips Used:

Italy In Wales- British Pathe- 1962
The Prisoner- ITC- 1967-1968
'Arrival'- Broadcast: 29th September 1967
Danger Man- 1960-1968
'The View From The Villa'- Broadcast: 11th September 1960
'Under The Lake'- Broadcast: 30th December 1961
Captain America: The First Avenger- Disney, 2011
Doctor Who- The Masque Of Mandragora- BBC 1976
Broadcast: 4th- 25th Sept 1976
Citizen Smith- BBC
'Buon Natale'- Broadcast 31st Dec. 1980

Sources:

Jan Morris- The Matter Of Wales- 1984
Clough Williams Ellis- Portmeirion- 1963
Jon E Lewis And Penny Stemple- Cult TV The Essential Guide- 1993
'The Secret Of The Labyrinth'- Doctor Who- The Masque Of Mandragora- BBC DVD- 2010


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