Hammer into Anvil

"**Hammer into Anvil**"
"Hammer into Anvil"
The Prisoner episode
Episode no.	Series 1; Episode 10
Directed by	Pat Jackson
Written by	Roger Woddis
Production code	12
Original air date	1 December 1967
Guest appearance
	Patrick Cargill
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"Hammer into Anvil" is an episode of the allegorical British science fiction TV series The Prisoner. Written by Roger Woddis and directed by Pat Jackson, it was the twelfth episode produced. It was the tenth episode to be broadcast in the UK on ITV (ATV Midlands and Grampian) on Friday 1 December 1967 and first aired in the United States on CBS on Saturday 31 August 1968.^[1]^[2]

The episode stars Patrick McGoohan as Number Six and features as Number Two Patrick Cargill.^[3] The central themes of this episode are insecurity, paranoia, and conspiracy thinking in a leader.

^ Pixley, Andrew (2007). The Prisoner: A Complete Production Guide. Network. p. 205.
^ "Hammer into Anvil". anorakzone.com. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
^ Davies, Steven Paul (2007). The Prisoner Handbook. Pan. p. 113. ISBN 978-0-230-53028-7.

[Pixley-1] Pixley, Andrew (2007). The Prisoner: A Complete Production Guide. Network. p. 205.

[2] "Hammer into Anvil". anorakzone.com. Retrieved 22 March 2019.

[3] Davies, Steven Paul (2007). The Prisoner Handbook. Pan. p. 113. ISBN 978-0-230-53028-7.

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