In the late 1980s Central TV acquired the Australian soap opera Prisoner, which was produced between 1979 and 1986.

The Reg Grundy Organisation subsequently reached even higher levels of success with women's-prison drama Prisoner ( 1979 – 1986 ) on Network Ten, and melodramatic family saga Sons and Daughters ( 1981 – 1987 ) on the Seven Network.

Grundy's Prisoner began screening in the United States in 1979 and achieved high ratings in many regions there, however only the first three years of the series would be screened in that country.

In 1979, two years after Bellbird ended its run, Elspeth Ballantyne, Patsy King, and Sheila Florance would work together once again in the iconic series Prisoner ( playing Meg Jackson Morris ; Erica Davidson and Lizzie Birdsworth, respectively ).

Prisoner premiered in Australia on 27 February 1979 and instantly struck a chord with the audience, initially prompting the producers to extend the series from a 16-part serial to 20-parts, and then to an ongoing concern.

* Prisoner ( TV series ), an Australian soap opera that ran from 1979 to 1986, also known as Prisoner: Cell Block H in the UK and the USA and " Caged Women " in Canada

* Prisoner ( Cher album ), a 1979 album by Cher

He made a minor comeback in 1979 as a solo artist in the UK Singles Chart with " Freedom's Prisoner ".

This dramatic overlapping is complicated by reference books such as Vincent Terrace's The Complete Encyclopedia of Television Programs 1947 – 1979 referring to The Prisoner as a Danger Man continuation.

Her best-known role was that of governor Erica Davidson in the cult soap opera Prisoner, a role she played from 1979 to 1983, with guest reappearances in 1984.

* The Prisoner of Zenda ( 1979 film ), 1979 film of the novel

* The Prisoner of Zenda ( 1979 )

Margo's first appearance on Prisoner was in 1979 as Catherine Roberts, sent to prison for killing her daughter's rapist.

* A comic book character from the 1979 Australian television soap opera Prisoner

Subsequent television acting roles included three different roles as various villains in Prisoner, including Geoff Butler between 1979 and 1980, Kurt Renner in 1984, and Ernest Craven in 1986.

His final work was on The Prisoner of Zenda ( 1979 ) with Peter Sellers, although he was briefly part of the crew for another Sellers film, The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu ( 1980 ), for which he received no credit.

Her last role came in the 1979 film The Prisoner of Zenda, in which she worked with her first husband Peter Sellers.

* The Prisoner of Zenda ( 1979 ) as Princess Flavia

* The Prisoner of Zenda ( 1979 )

In 1972, he won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in The Prisoner of Second Avenue and in 1979 he was nominated for Best Actor in a Musical for his performance in Ballroom.

He also appeared in the Disney film One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing ( 1975 ), and The Prisoner of Zenda ( 1979 ).

* 2002 – Patrick McGoohan, The Prisoner ( TV series )

According to The Prisoner: The Official Companion to the Classic TV Series, however, the series was originally supposed to run longer, but was canceled, forcing McGoohan to write the final episode in only a few days.

* A 2006 survey of leading rock and film stars by Uncut magazine ranking films, books, music or TV shows that changed the world, placed The Prisoner at # 10, the highest for a TV show.

* Beachy Head is briefly shown in a segment in " Many Happy Returns ", an episode of the British TV series The Prisoner, starring Patrick McGoohan.

* Kosho, a fictional martial art portrayed in the cult TV series The Prisoner

McKean was also a concept artist on the TV mini-series Neverwhere ( 1996 ), which was created and co-written by Neil Gaiman, and the feature films Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ( 2004 ) and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ( 2005 ).

* After the Prisoner cliffhanger of 1981, a further TV special was screened: Prisoner in Concert.

ITC continued to make and sell TV series to the US until the late 1970s, including The Saint, The Prisoner, and Thunderbirds plus many more.

( The title for " McGoohan's Blues " was a reference to actor Patrick McGoohan, who had starred in the UK TV series The Prisoner two years earlier ).

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In the May 30, 2004 edition of TV Guide, The Prisoner was ranked seventh in a list of the " 25 Top Rated Cult Shows Ever!

Alongside Ian McKellen, Caviezel starred in The Prisoner, a remake of the British science fiction TV show The Prisoner, which aired in November 2009.

* Jammers, a group of characters in the TV series The Prisoner who use misdirection to confuse onlookers with misinformation

* Information and photos regarding the GEC Marconi paternoster featured in " The Prisoner " TV series

In Search of Prisoner 650 which was broadcast by Press TV.

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* In an episode of cult 1960s British TV sci-fi show The Prisoner called " The Girl Who Was Death ", which unusually for the series was a light-hearted comedy tale parodying the spy thriller genre, the villain Dr. Schnipps ( Kenneth Griffith ) believed that he was Napoleon and acted accordingly, at one point asking the protagonist Number Six ( Patrick McGoohan ), " You're not the Duke of Wellington, are you?

Actor James Belushi compared the series ( among others ) to the British TV serial The Prisoner, and stated: " It's very tough, very challenging – a lot of viewers probably won't dig it.

* Prisoner ( 1986 ) TV Series .... Ernest Craven

The Prisoner: The Complete Series was released on Blu-ray Disc in the United Kingdom on 28 September 2009, following in North America on 27 October.

The first three series opened with a parody of The Prisoner while the fourth and final series was re-titled Still In Bed With Medinner, and the opening sequence changed to be a parody of the classic Avengers Series Five title sequence.

* Eddie Dean ( The Dark Tower ), a character in The Dark Tower Series referred to as " The Prisoner " in a prophecy

* Prisoner ( 1984 ) TV Series .... Kurt Renner

* Prisoner ( 1982 ) TV Series .... Geoff Butler

Other examples are the TV21 Dalek comic strip in which a Black Dalek is shown acting as second-in-command to the Golden Emperor, and Trevor Baxendale ’ s novel Prisoner of the Daleks where a Dalek Inquisitor General ( also referred to as ' Dalek X ') is described as being of the New Series design but having a casing of gunmetal black with gold slats and hemispheres.

In 2005 ’ s Rockets on Prisoner Awards, Fire Team Charlie had FTC18 nominated in two categories, for Best Action Sequence and for Best Editing, Sound, and FX as well as their overall series nominated for Best Series.

Series creator Larry Hertzog has acknowledged the influence of The Prisoner and The Fugitive in the show's themes.

* Simple 2000 Series Vol. 110: The Tousou Prisoner ~ Los City Shinjitsu Heno 10 Jikan ~

* According to The Prisoner: The Official Companion to the Classic TV Series by Robert Fairclough, the strain of filming this episode caused McKern to suffer either a nervous breakdown or a heart attack ( accounts differ ), forcing production to stop for a time.

* Logie Awards – Best Lead Actress in a Series – Prisoner ( 1979 ) – won