Prisoner Pins and Buttons
Description: The Prisoner is a 1967 British science fiction-allegorical television series about an unidentified British intelligence agent who is abducted and imprisoned in a mysterious coastal village, where his captors try to find out why he abruptly resigned from his job. It was created by Patrick McGoohan and George Markstein with McGoohan playing the main role of Number Six. Episodes covered various plots from spy fiction with elements of science fiction, allegory and psychological drama. It was produced by Everyman Films for distribution by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment company.
Description: The "Checkmate" design depicts the episode from beginning to end. Starting with the human chess game, #6 was repeatedly scolded as a pawn to move to Queen 4. The Episode ends with #6 being escorted by Rover back to the village by sea after a valiant attempt at escape.Text line is from the episode.
