| "Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling" | |
|---|---|
| The Prisoner episode | |
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| Episode no. | Series 1 Episode 13 |
| Directed by | Pat Jackson |
| Written by | Vincent Tilsley |
| Production code | 14 |
| Original air date | 22 December 1967 |
| Guest appearances | |
"Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling" is an episode of the allegorical British science fiction TV series, The Prisoner. It was written by Vincent Tilsley and directed by Pat Jackson and was the fourteenth produced. It was the thirteenth episode to be broadcast in the UK on ITV (ATV Midlands and Grampian) on Friday 22 December 1967 and first aired in the United States on CBS on Saturday 3 August 1968.[1][2]
The episode stars Patrick McGoohan as Number Six and features as Number Two, Clifford Evans.[3]
Produced while Patrick McGoohan was in America filming Ice Station Zebra, the writers worked around McGoohan's absence by having Number Six's mind implanted in the body of another man (Nigel Stock), who is then sent out of the Village to help capture a scientist. As a result, McGoohan appears in the episode for only a couple of minutes.
The episode title, and the background music heard throughout it, derive from the American song "The Ballad of High Noon" – also called "Do Not Forsake Me, O My Darlin'" – introduced in the 1952 movie High Noon.
- ^ Pixley, Andrew (2007). The Prisoner: A Complete Production Guide. Network. p. 223.
- ^ "Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling". anorakzone.com. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
- ^ Davies, Steven Paul (2007). The Prisoner Handbook. Pan. p. 128. ISBN 978-0-230-53028-7.