It's Your Funeral

"It's Your Funeral"
The Prisoner episode
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Episode no.Series 1
Episode 11
Directed byRobert Asher
Written byMichael Cramoy
Production code8
Original air date8 December 1967 (1967-12-08)
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"It's Your Funeral" is an episode of the allegorical British science fiction TV series, The Prisoner. It was written by Michael Cramoy and directed by Robert Asher and eighth produced. It was the eleventh episode to be broadcast in the UK on ITV (ATV Midlands and Grampian) on Friday 8 December 1967 and first aired in the United States on CBS on Saturday 10 August 1968.[1][2]

The episode stars Patrick McGoohan as Number Six and features André van Gyseghem as the retiring Number Two and Derren Nesbitt as the new Number Two.[3] In this episode, a young successor to Number Two plots to assassinate the retiring Number Two and ensure his own success.

  1. ^ Pixley, Andrew (2007). The Prisoner: A Complete Production Guide. Network. p. 165.
  2. ^ "It's Your Funeral". anorakzone.com. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  3. ^ Davies, Steven Paul (2007). The Prisoner Handbook. Pan. p. 118. ISBN 978-0-230-53028-7.