WARREN CUMMINGS joins me to talk about PORTMEIRION and THE PRISONER.

First broadcast on FAB RADIO INTERNATIONAL at 19:00 on October 20th 2024.

A couple of months ago, I was lucky enough to be treated to a couple of days staying at the hotel Portmeirion which, I’m sure I need not tell you nearly sixty years ago was once used as the primary location for The Village in that short-lived but somehow hugely significant and iconic sixties television series THE PRISONER featuring Patrick McGoohan.

Now, because I’m totally predictable in being an archive TV fan, since we returned home after escaping, we, rather naturally, got to watching the entire series once more, perhaps this time with that slightly smug “been there!” response that some of us can choose to watch television with.

Anyway, having run through the series, the episodes – especially that final pairing of ONCE UPON A TIME and FALL OUT - were much on my mind, and so when WARREN CUMMINGS joined me for another of these television-related chats that we like to have on VISION ON SOUND, it was perhaps inevitable that we would talk about THE PRISONER and several matters arising in what I hope you will find an enjoyable next hour.

PLEASE NOTE - For Copyright reasons, musical content sometimes has to be removed for the podcast edition. All the spoken word content remains (mostly) as it was in the broadcast version. Hopefully this won't spoil your enjoyment of the show.