The Girl Who Was Death

"The Girl Who Was Death"
The Prisoner episode
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Episode no.Series 1
Episode 15
Directed byDavid Tomblin
Written byTerence Feely
Production code16
Original air date18 January 1968 (1968-01-18)
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"The Girl Who Was Death" is an episode of the allegorical British science fiction TV series, The Prisoner. It was written by Terence Feely and directed by David Tomblin and was the sixteenth produced. It was broadcast in the UK on ITV (Scottish Television) on Thursday 18 January 1968 (and a day later on ATV Midlands and Grampian) and aired in the United States on CBS on 7 September 1968.[1][2]

The episode starred Patrick McGoohan as Number Six and Kenneth Griffith in the first of two episodes he appeared in.[3] According to several sources, including The Prisoner by Robert Fairclough, this episode was adapted from an unused, two-part script originally commissioned for Danger Man.[1]

  1. ^ a b Pixley, Andrew (2007). The Prisoner: A Complete Production Guide. Network. p. 247.
  2. ^ "The Girl Who Was Death". anorakzone.com. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  3. ^ Davies, Steven Paul (2007). The Prisoner Handbook. Pan. p. 138. ISBN 978-0-230-53028-7.