"Checkmate" | |
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The Prisoner episode | |
Episode no. | Series 1 Episode 9 |
Directed by | Don Chaffey |
Written by | Gerald Kelsey |
Production code | 3 |
Original air date | 24 November 1967 |
Guest appearances | |
"Checkmate" is an episode of the allegorical British science fiction TV series, The Prisoner. It was written by Gerald Kelsey and directed by Don Chaffey and third to be produced. It was the ninth episode to be broadcast in the UK on ITV (ATV Midlands and Grampian) on Friday 24 November 1967 and first aired in the United States on CBS on Saturday 17 August 1968.[1][2]
The episode stars Patrick McGoohan as Number Six and features Peter Wyngarde as Number Two.[3]