The General (The Prisoner)
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"The General" is an episode of the allegorical British science fiction TV series, The Prisoner. It was written by "Joshua Adam" – a pseudonym for Lewis Greifer – and directed by Peter Graham Scott. It was the tenth to be produced and was the sixth episode to be broadcast in the UK on ITV (ATV Midlands and Grampian) on Friday 3 November 1967. It first aired in the United States on CBS on Saturday 13 July 1968.[1][2]
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Episode no. | Series 1 Episode 6 | ||
Directed by | Peter Graham Scott | ||
Written by | Lewis Greifer (as Joshua Adam) | ||
Production code | 10 | ||
Original air date | 3 November 1967 (1967-11-03) | ||
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The episode stars Patrick McGoohan as Number Six and features Colin Gordon as Number Two, in the second of his two appearances.[3] The central themes of this episode are rote learning and indoctrination.