Many Happy Returns (The Prisoner)

"**Many Happy Returns**"
"Many Happy Returns"
The Prisoner episode
Episode no.	Series 1; Episode 7
Directed by	Patrick McGoohan (credited as Joseph Serf)
Written by	Anthony Skene
Production code	13
Original air date	10 November 1967
Guest appearances
	Donald Sinden; Patrick Cargill; Georgina Cookson;
Episode chronology
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"Many Happy Returns" is an episode of the allegorical British science fiction TV series The Prisoner. It was written by Anthony Skene and directed by Patrick McGoohan (using the pseudonym Joseph Serf). The thirteenth episode produced, it was the seventh episode to be broadcast in the UK on ITV (ATV Midlands and Grampian) on Friday 10 November 1967, and first aired in the United States on CBS on Saturday 20 July 1968.^[1]^[2]

The episode stars Patrick McGoohan as Number Six and features as Number Two Georgina Cookson.^[3] The episode was the last that series co-creator and script editor George Markstein worked on, due to creative differences between him and McGoohan over how the series should end.

^ Pixley, Andrew (2007). The Prisoner: A Complete Production Guide. Network. p. 213.
^ "Many Happy Returns". anorakzone.com. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
^ Davies, Steven Paul (2007). The Prisoner Handbook. Pan. p. 99. ISBN 978-0-230-53028-7.

[Pixley-1] Pixley, Andrew (2007). The Prisoner: A Complete Production Guide. Network. p. 213.

[2] "Many Happy Returns". anorakzone.com. Retrieved 22 March 2019.

[3] Davies, Steven Paul (2007). The Prisoner Handbook. Pan. p. 99. ISBN 978-0-230-53028-7.

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