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Following is a list of the episodes of ''The Prisoner'', along with descriptions of their content and context. While everyone agrees on the first and the last two episodes of the 17 produced shows, extensive debate has taken place among dedicated fans trying to determine a "correct" order for the intermediate 14 episodes. The order in which the episodes were originally broadcast in Britain differs from the order in which they were produced. Even the broadcast order is not that originally intended by series creator/star Patrick McGoohan. Many have analyzed the series line-by-line for time references, which in many cases provide different — sometimes radically different — episode orders compared to the broadcast order. In 1998, Ian Rakoff (assistant editor on two episodes and co-writer of "Living in Harmony") authored a book on his experience working on the series,〔Rakoff, Ian. ''Inside The Prisoner'', B.T. Batsford Ltd., London, 1998〕 wherein the Appendices include a numbered episode guide which reflects the original UK broadcast order, as do the nine-volume Laserdisc releases of the series, also released in 1998. However, the 2006 40th Anniversary DVD Boxed Set released in association with American television's Arts & Entertainment Channel (A&E) uses a different order, and goes so far as to include a guidebook with justifications for their version, citing, among other reasons, the aforementioned "time references" such as No. 6 telling other members of the Village that he is "new here". Given that No. 6 is pitted against myriad psychological tricks and mind-altering drugs throughout the series, many do not think that such references are a proper way to postulate answers to such questions as time, while still others feel that such statements represent No.6's constant sarcastic, adversarial and wry attitude towards his captors. A new sequence has been established by analyst Joanna Southcott in an unpublished article. This was achieved by grouping the 17 episodes into the completed Series One (13 episodes) and the curtailed Series Two (only four episodes), then establishing the first and last episodes in each series and subsequently working from these ends, filling-in the two sequences using existing and new research. This work has given a suggested sequence for Series One: Arrival, Free For All, Dance of the Dead, Checkmate, The Chimes of Big Ben, The General, A, B & C, The Schizoid Man, It's Your Funeral, Hammer Into Anvil, Living In Harmony, A Change of Mind and finally Many Happy Returns. Southcott says: "The general idea seems to have been that Series One would start with The Prisoner arriving in The Village, and end with him escaping: he gets back to London and tells his former superiors what has been going on, but since they are apparently the ones that sent him to The Village in the first place, it is hardly surprising that they send him back. And this opens the way for Series Two to begin with The Prisoner back in The Village". The Second Series is sequenced by Southcott as: Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling, The Girl Who Was Death, Once Upon A Time and finally Fall Out. Southcott comments: "Whatever meaning we choose, as individuals, to place upon the series, our self-appointed task is made more difficult if we watch the episodes in the wrong sequence. But perhaps that was all part of the idea..." The first UK transmission of each of the first 14 episodes was made by ATV (Midlands) and Grampian Television. The final three episodes were first shown in the UK by Scottish Television. ==Episode list == ;Episode ordering * Pro^: The studio production order.〔()〕 * ITC^: "Official" ITC sequence. This is the sequence in which the episodes were originally scheduled to be broadcast in the UK and, aside from the exclusion of ''Living in Harmony'' there, the sequence in which they were originally aired in the USA. * KTEH^: Arranged by Scott Apel for KTEH channel 54 (PBS affiliate in San Jose, California) * 6 of 1^: Endorsed by Six of One, ''The Prisoner'' Appreciation Society, and used in the A&E DVDs.〔(Amazon.com: The Prisoner - Complete Series Megaset )〕 The UK Sci Fi Channel marathon used a similar order, but with "Dance of the Dead" preceding "Free for All", and "The General" preceding "A., B., and C." * AV Club^: After viewing in the KTEH order, the personal arrangement of Zack Handlen of the website The AV Club.〔(A.V. Club: TV Club - The Prisoner )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of The Prisoner episodes」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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