Checkmate (The Prisoner)

"**Checkmate**"
"Checkmate"
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
	Peter Wyngarde; Ronald Radd; Rosalie Crutchley; George Coulouris; Patricia Jessel;
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"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]

^ Pixley, Andrew (2007). The Prisoner: A Complete Production Guide. Network. p. 195.
^ "Checkmate". anorakzone.com. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
^ Davies, Steven Paul (2007). The Prisoner Handbook. Pan. p. 109. ISBN 978-0-230-53028-7.

[Pixley-1] Pixley, Andrew (2007). The Prisoner: A Complete Production Guide. Network. p. 195.

[2] "Checkmate". anorakzone.com. Retrieved 22 March 2019.

[3] Davies, Steven Paul (2007). The Prisoner Handbook. Pan. p. 109. ISBN 978-0-230-53028-7.

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