The Prisoner Episode 2 “The Chimes of Big Ben” Trailer

The Prisoner is a 17-episode British television series broadcast in the UK from 29 September 1967 to 1 February 1968. “The Chimes of Big Ben” is the 2nd episode of The Prisoner Episodes tv series. It originally aired in the UK on ITV on 6 October 1967 and was first broadcast in the United States on CBS on 8 June 1968.

The Prisoner Episode 2 “The Chimes of Big Ben” Plot:

The episode opens with the relentlessly cheerful voice of the radio announcer encouraging every Villager to participate in an upcoming crafts show. Number Six is playing chess near the beach when Number Two (Leo McKern) joins him. During their conversation, a helicopter lands and an unconscious woman (Nadia Gray) is taken out on a stretcher.

Later, Number Six is invited to The Green Dome where he and Number Two watch the woman wake up on the main viewing screen. Number Two says that she is Number Eight and that she will be Number Six’s new neighbour.

When Number Six returns to his cottage, Number Eight emerges, confused, and asks for directions to The Green Dome. When she returns later, she reveals to him that her name is Nadia, but she is suspicious that he is a Village spy. The day after, Nadia tries to escape by swimming out to sea but is brought back by Rover and interrogated in the hospital. In response, Number Six makes a deal, agreeing to participate more in Village life — for instance, by entering the craft show — if this puts an end to her torture.

Number Six and Nadia become closer and eventually plan to escape. She tells him that she knows the location of The Village: On the Baltic coast of Lithuania about 30 miles from the Polish border.

The Prisoner Episode 2 “The Chimes of Big Ben” Trailer

The Prisoner Episode 2 “The Chimes of Big Ben” Trailer

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