Once Upon a Time (The Prisoner)

"**Once Upon a Time**"
"Once Upon a Time"
The Prisoner episode
Episode no.	Series 1; Episode 16
Directed by	Patrick McGoohan
Written by	Patrick McGoohan
Production code	6
Original air date	25 January 1968
Guest appearance
	Number Two: Leo McKern
Episode chronology
← Previous; "The Girl Who Was Death"	Next →; "Fall Out"
	List of episodes

"Once Upon a Time" is the penultimate episode of the allegorical British science fiction TV series, The Prisoner. It was written and directed by Patrick McGoohan and sixth to be produced. It was first broadcast in the UK on ITV (Scottish Television) on Thursday 25 January 1968 (it appeared on ATV Midlands and Grampian the day after) and first aired in the United States on CBS on Saturday 14 September 1968.^[1]^[2]

The episode starred Patrick McGoohan as Number Six and re-introduced Leo McKern as Number Two. McKern's Number Two had previously appeared in "The Chimes of Big Ben" and would also appear in the last episode "Fall Out".^[3] The main theme of the episode is the use of regressive therapy to break Number Six's will.

^ Pixley, Andrew (2007). The Prisoner: A Complete Production Guide. Network. p. 143.
^ "Once Upon a Time". anorakzone.com. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
^ Davies, Steven Paul (2007). The Prisoner Handbook. Pan. p. 142. ISBN 978-0-230-53028-7.

[Pixley-1] Pixley, Andrew (2007). The Prisoner: A Complete Production Guide. Network. p. 143.

[2] "Once Upon a Time". anorakzone.com. Retrieved 24 March 2019.

[3] Davies, Steven Paul (2007). The Prisoner Handbook. Pan. p. 142. ISBN 978-0-230-53028-7.

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