Free For All

Free For All

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Free For All episodes

  • Danger Man (1964) - Part Two (Number 30)
    In this special episode of Free For All, Cai Ross and Chris Bainbridge conclude their look at the second iteration of Patrick McGoohan's classic spy show, Danger Man (1964). The pair look at McGoohan's work on the show, firstly as actor and later as a director, building up his creative collaborations and skills which paved the way towards The Prisoner. This episode focuses on The Ubiquitous Mr Lovegrove and No Marks for Servility, two classic stories that shares themes with The Prisoner and showcases McGoohan's talent as an actor. As ever, minutiae will be scrutinised and tangents will be explored with discussion, interpretation, trivia and humour. The only Prisoner podcast produced in north Wales, home of the Village itself, Portmeirion.

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    50 min
  • Danger Man (1964) - Part One (Number 29)
    In this special episode of Free For All, Cai Ross and Chris Bainbridge look at the second iteration of Patrick McGoohan's classic spy show, Danger Man (1964). The pair look at McGoohan's work on the show, firstly as actor and later as a director, building up his creative collaborations and skills which paved the way towards The Prisoner. This episode focuses on Colony Three, a classic story that foreshadows themes used later in The Prisoner. As ever, minutiae will be scrutinised and tangents will be explored with discussion, interpretation, trivia and humour. The only Prisoner podcast produced in north Wales, home of the Village itself, Portmeirion.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    50 min
  • Danger Man (1960) - Part Two (Number 28)
    In this special episode of Free For All, Cai Ross and Chris Bainbridge conclude their discussion on the first iteration of Patrick McGoohan's classic spy show, Danger Man (1960). The pair look at McGoohan's work on the show, firstly as actor and later as a director, building up his creative collaborations and skills which paved the way towards The Prisoner. Joining Cai and Chris, is Danger Man expert Rodney Marshall, author of Lone Wolf and many more ITC related books. As ever, minutiae will be scrutinised and tangents will be explored with discussion, interpretation, trivia and humour. The only Prisoner podcast produced in north Wales, home of the Village itself, Portmeirion.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1 hr 19 min
  • Danger Man (1960) - Part One (Number 27)
    In this special episode of Free For All, Cai Ross and Chris Bainbridge discuss Patrick McGoohan's classic spy show, Danger Man (1960). The pair look at McGoohan's work on the show, firstly as actor and later as a director, building up his creative collaborations and skills which paved the way towards The Prisoner. Joining Cai and Chris, is Danger Man expert Rodney Marshall, author of Lone Wolf and many more ITC related books. As ever, minutiae will be scrutinised and tangents will be explored with discussion, interpretation, trivia and humour. The only Prisoner podcast produced in north Wales, home of the Village itself, Portmeirion.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1 hr 10 min
  • McGoohan and Columbo (Number 26)
    In this special episode of Free For All, Cai Ross and Chris Bainbridge discuss Patrick McGoohan's work on the classic detective show, Columbo. The pair look at McGoohan's contribution to the show as director, writer and actor, which earned him a special place in Peter Falk's circle of trust. Joining Cai and Chris is Columbo expert Mark Dawidziak, author of The Columbo Phile. As ever, minutiae will be scrutinised and tangents will be explored with discussion, interpretation, trivia and humour. The only Prisoner podcast produced in north Wales, home of the Village itself, Portmeirion.

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    1 hr 31 min
  • The Christmas Special (Number 25)
    In this special festive episode of Free For All, Cai Ross and Chris Bainbridge discuss the absence of religion in The Prisoner. Questions pondered include 'What if there was a Prisoner Christmas special?' and 'What would Number Two's Christmas party look like?' Sanity is restored as legendary movie director and Prisoner fan, Alex Cox joins the duo to discuss his love of the show and his book 'I Am Not a Number: Decoding the Prisoner'. As ever, minutiae will be scrutinised and tangents will be explored with discussion, interpretation, trivia and humour. The only Prisoner podcast produced in north Wales, home of the Village itself, Portmeirion.

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    1 hr 13 min
  • Conclusion and Conclusions (Number 24)
    In the final episode of season/series two, Screenwriter Cai Ross and lecturer Chris Bainbridge draw to a close their discussion on the seventeen episodes of the prescient 1967 TV show, The Prisoner. From Campbell's Monomyth to the Beatles' mono mixes, this feature length episode goes off on several pop culture tangents because why the hell not? It's the last episode so why not go out with some fun? Cai and Chris discuss their episode running orders with episodic and narrative justification and generally wrap up the conversation. As ever, minutiae will be scrutinised and tangents will be explored with dash of light humour, with discussion on interpretation, trivia, humour and an exploration of the production process. The only Prisoner podcast produced in north Wales, home of the Village itself, Portmeirion.

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    1 hr 49 min
  • Fact and Fiction: The Prisoner in Literature (Number 23)
    Screenwriter Cai Ross and lecturer Chris Bainbridge discus the books inspired by the prescient 1967 TV show, The Prisoner. In this episode Cai and Chris look at the plethora of literature that has been created over the past 50 years that has kept interest in the show alive. As ever, minutiae will be scrutinised and tangents will be explored with dash of light humour, your hosts will cast their critical eyes over the Prisoner literature, with discussion on interpretation, trivia and humour. The only Prisoner podcast produced in north Wales, home of the Village itself, Portmeirion.

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    1 hr 4 min
  • Fall Out: Part 3 (Number 22)

    The Fall Out Tripartite: Part Three

    Screenwriter Cai Ross and lecturer Chris Bainbridge continue discussing the seventeen episodes of the prescient 1967 TV show, The Prisoner. The final fifteen minutes of episode seventeen, Fall Out are deconstructed and explored. Chris and Cai leave the cave via the A20 and head back to normality ably abetted by their special guests: Six of One Founder Dave Barrie, Prisoner expert and curator of TheUnmutual.co.uk Rick Davy, and Six of One's PortMeiricon Organiser Anthony Brierley. As ever, minutiae will be scrutinised and tangents will be explored with dash of light humour, your hosts will cast their critical eyes over the episode, with discussion on interpretation, trivia, humour and an exploration of the production process. The only Prisoner podcast produced in north Wales, home of the Village itself, Portmeirion.

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    1 hr 27 min
  • Fall Out: Part 2 (Number 21)

    The Fall Out Tripartite: Part Two

    Screenwriter Cai Ross and lecturer Chris Bainbridge continue discussing the seventeen episodes of the prescient 1967 TV show, The Prisoner. The next twenty minutes of episode seventeen, Fall Out are deconstructed and explored. Chris and Cai are joined by author Robert Fairclough (The Prisoner: The Official Companion) who talks about working with Kenneth Griffiths and provides some interesting trivia from the production. As ever, minutiae will be scrutinised and tangents will be explored with dash of light humour, your hosts will cast their critical eyes over the episode, with discussion on interpretation, trivia, humour and an exploration of the production process. The only Prisoner podcast produced in north Wales, home of the Village itself, Portmeirion.

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    1 hr 23 min

About Free For All

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A weekly look at one of the most enigmatic tv shows ever made, Patrick McGoohan's 'The Prisoner'. Each week screenwriter Cai Ross and media lecturer Chris Bainbridge, delve into the 17 episodes of The…