Many Happy Returns (Prisoner episode)
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Many Happy Returns is the seventh episode of the television
series The Prisoner
.
awakes to find The Village deserted. Momentarily abandoning his misgivings that the eerily quiet place gives him, he takes a number of pictures before assembling a raft
and making his bid for freedom. After spending weeks at sea, he makes it back to London
, where a Mrs. Butterworth now occupies his old house and drives his Lotus 7
. Mrs. Butterworth is intrigued by Number Six's plight, feeds him, and lends him clothes and her car so that he can make contact with his former employer. They are skeptical of his story, but ultimately allow him to demonstrate to them the location of the village. He leads a plane to the Village only to realize the plane is being piloted by a village confederate. Number Six is ejected from the plane and is greeted in the Village by Number Two, who happens to be Mrs. Butterworth. She offers him many happy returns of the day; his taste of freedom was nothing more than a carefully controlled birthday gift.
Television
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series The Prisoner
The Prisoner
The Prisoner is a 17-episode British television series first broadcast in the UK from 29 September 1967 to 1 February 1968. Starring and co-created by Patrick McGoohan, it combined spy fiction with elements of science fiction, allegory and psychological drama.The series follows a British former...
.
Additional guest cast
- Group Captain - Brian WorthBrian Worth (actor)- Selected filmography :- External links :...
- Commander - Richard CaldicotRichard CaldicotRichard Caldicot was a British actor famed for his role of Commander Povey in the BBC radio series The Navy Lark. He also appeared often on television, memorably as the obstetrician delivering Betty Spencer's baby in Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em.His father was a civil servant and he attended Dulwich...
- Gunther - Dennis ChinneryDennis ChinneryDennis Chinnery is a British actor, noted for his performances in television.His credits include: Hancock's Half Hour, Dixon of Dock Green, Z-Cars, Softly, Softly, The Saint, The Avengers, The Prisoner, The Champions, Public Eye, Special Branch, Oh Brother! 'The Laughter of a Fool' and...
- Ernst - Jon LaurimoreJon LaurimoreJon Laurimore is a British actor, known for his television appearances.His credits include: The Avengers, The Prisoner, Z-Cars, Dixon of Dock Green, Public Eye, Warship, Sutherland's Law, The Onedin Line, Spy Trap, Rock Follies, Space: 1999, Doctor Who , I, Claudius, Target, Secret...
- Gypsy girl - Nike Arrighi
- Maid - Grace ArnoldGrace ArnoldGrace Arnold was an English actress. Her first film was Men Without Honour in 1939, where she starred opposite an actor named Ian Fleming.-Selected filmography:* Guilt * Spare a Copper * Went the Day Well?...
- Gypsy man - Larry Taylor
Plot
In this episode, Number SixNumber Six (The Prisoner)
Number Six is the central fictional character in the 1960s television series The Prisoner, played by Patrick McGoohan. In the AMC remake, the character is played by Jim Caviezel, renamed "Six"....
awakes to find The Village deserted. Momentarily abandoning his misgivings that the eerily quiet place gives him, he takes a number of pictures before assembling a raft
Raft
A raft is any flat structure for support or transportation over water. It is the most basic of boat design, characterized by the absence of a hull...
and making his bid for freedom. After spending weeks at sea, he makes it back to London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, where a Mrs. Butterworth now occupies his old house and drives his Lotus 7
Lotus Seven
The Lotus Seven is a small, simple, lightweight two-seater open-top sports car produced by Lotus Cars between 1957 and 1972....
. Mrs. Butterworth is intrigued by Number Six's plight, feeds him, and lends him clothes and her car so that he can make contact with his former employer. They are skeptical of his story, but ultimately allow him to demonstrate to them the location of the village. He leads a plane to the Village only to realize the plane is being piloted by a village confederate. Number Six is ejected from the plane and is greeted in the Village by Number Two, who happens to be Mrs. Butterworth. She offers him many happy returns of the day; his taste of freedom was nothing more than a carefully controlled birthday gift.