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No man is just a number.
After resigning, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but is really a bizarre Kafkaesque prison. His warders demand information. He gives them nothing, but only tries to escape.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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After resigning, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but is really a bizarre Kafkaesque prison. His warders demand information. He gives them nothing, but only tries to escape.
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Episode 1
After resigning, a secret agent finds himself trapped in a bizarre prison known only as The Village.
Directed by Don ChaffeyWritten by David Tomblin, George MarksteinGuest stars Peter Swanwick, Fenella Fielding, Paul Eddington, George Baker, Denis Shaw, Fabia Drake, Virginia Maskell, Guy Doleman
Episode 2
A new Number 8 named Nadia arrives in The Village, and together Number 6 and she plot their escape.
Directed by Don ChaffeyWritten by Vincent TilsleyGuest stars Peter Swanwick, Fenella Fielding, Leo McKern, Nadia Gray, Richard Wattis, Kevin Stoney, Finlay Currie, Christopher Benjamin
Episode 3
Number 2 believes that Number 6 resigned because he was going to sell out. Using dream manipulation, Number 2 tries to determine which one of three possible candidates Number 6 was dealing with.
Directed by Pat JacksonWritten by Anthony SkeneGuest stars Colin Gordon, Peter Bowles, Sheila Allen, Katherine Kath, Lucille Soong, Georgina Cookson, Annette Carell, Bettine Le Beau
Episode 4
Number 6 runs for the office of Number 2.
Directed by Patrick McGoohanWritten by Patrick McGoohanGuest stars Fenella Fielding, Eric Portman, George Benson, Rachel Herbert, Harold Berens, John Cazabon, Dene Cooper, Kenneth Benda
Episode 5
Number Six wakes up with a new identity. Now he's Number Twelve. Worse, Number Two asks him to impersonate someone--Number Six. But the new Number Six is more like him than he is.
Directed by Pat JacksonWritten by Terence FeelyGuest stars Anton Rodgers, Earl Cameron, Jane Merrow, Gay Cameron, David Nettheim, Pat Keen, Gerry Crampton, Dinny Powell
Episode 6
An instant learning process becomes the Village's latest fad, but Number 6 is sure that Number 2 is using it as a brain washing tool.
Directed by Peter Graham ScottWritten by Lewis GreiferGuest stars Peter Swanwick, Colin Gordon, Conrad Phillips, John Castle, Al Mancini, Keith Pyott, Peter Howell, Betty McDowall
Episode 7
Number 6 wakes up to find the Village totally deserted.
Directed by Patrick McGoohanWritten by Anthony SkeneGuest stars Donald Sinden, Richard Caldicot, Brian Worth, Georgina Cookson, Grace Arnold, Patrick Cargill, Dennis Chinnery, Jon Laurimore
Episode 8
Number 6 comes across a body that has washed ashore with a radio. After sending the body back out to sea, he tries to use the radio to get rescued.
Directed by Don ChaffeyWritten by Anthony SkeneGuest stars Fenella Fielding, Mary Morris, Norma West, Aubrey Morris, Duncan Macrae, Alan White, Patsy Smart, George Merritt
Episode 9
Inspired by a large chess game with people taking the place of the game pieces, Number 6 formulates a new escape plan with some compatriots.
Directed by Don ChaffeyWritten by Gerald KelseyGuest stars Fenella Fielding, Ronald Radd, George Coulouris, Denis Shaw, Rosalie Crutchley, Peter Wyngarde, Terence Donovan, Basil Dignam
Episode 10
Number 6 vows revenge and goes after a sadistic Number 2 after he drives a fellow village resident to her death.
Directed by Pat JacksonWritten by Roger WoddisGuest stars Peter Swanwick, Victor Maddern, Patrick Cargill, Basil Hoskins, Norman Scace, Derek Aylward, Hilary Dwyer, Arthur Gross
Episode 11
Number Six hears of an assassination plot against Number Two, but it's the new Number Two doing all the plotting against the retiring Number Two.
Directed by Robert AsherWritten by Michael CramoyGuest stars Peter Swanwick, Fenella Fielding, Derren Nesbitt, Mark Eden, André van Gyseghem, Michael Bilton, Annette Andre, Martin Miller
Episode 12
After a brawl Number 6 is declared "unmutual" and is made to think that he has undergone "instant social conversion."
Directed by Patrick McGoohanWritten by Roger ParkesGuest stars Peter Swanwick, Fenella Fielding, John Sharp, Thomas Heathcote, George Pravda, Angela Browne, Kathleen Breck, Bartlett Mullins
Episode 13
With his mind transferred to another body, Number 6 wakes up in his London flat and can't convince his colleagues who he is. He takes off to Austria to find the one man who can help him, the person Number 2 wants him to find.
Directed by Pat JacksonWritten by Vincent TilsleyGuest stars Nigel Stock, Zena Walker, Clifford Evans, Gertan Klauber, Lloyd Lamble, Patrick Jordan, Lockwood West, Hugo Schuster
Episode 14
Number 6 finds himself in the middle of a wild west version of his imprisonment.
Directed by David TomblinWritten by David Tomblin, Ian RakoffGuest stars David Bauer, Alexis Kanner, Valerie French, Gordon Tanner, Michael Balfour, Larry Taylor, Gordon Sterne, Monti DeLyle
Episode 15
Back in London, Number 6 is trying to track down a crazed scientist who is protected by his homicidal daughter.
Directed by David TomblinWritten by Terence FeelyGuest stars Justine Lord, Joe Gladwin, Michael Brennan, Christopher Benjamin, Kenneth Griffith, Harold Berens, Sheena Marshe, Max Faulkner
Episode 16
Because all other attempts to break Number 6 have failed, Number 2 decides to engage him in a game where one of them will end up dead.
Directed by Patrick McGoohanWritten by Patrick McGoohanGuest stars Peter Swanwick, Leo McKern, John Cazabon, Ann Barrass, John Maxim, Angelo Muscat
Episode 17
After witnessing the trials of Number 2 and Number 48 and meeting the President of the Assembly, Number 6 escapes during the chaos that follows.
Directed by Patrick McGoohanWritten by Patrick McGoohanGuest stars Peter Swanwick, Kenneth Griffith, Leo McKern, Alexis Kanner, Angelo Muscat
Episode information updated Jul 23, 2026
Patrick McGoohanNumber Six
Peter SwanwickThe Supervisor
Fenella FieldingLoudspeaker Announcer
Colin GordonNumber Two
Leo McKernFormer Number Two
Derren NesbittNew Number Two
Alexis KannerNumber Forty Eight / The Kid
Denis ShawShopkeeper
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