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\"The
The Prisoner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"audio\"<\/a> To coincide with the 42nd anniversary of the broadcast of The Prisoner<\/I> episode for which he wrote the original script, Alex Fitch talks to writer, editor and raconteur Ian Rakoff about his experiences working on the cult 60s series and being an observer of British film culture in the 1970s and beyond. Rakoff talks about the bowdlerisation of his script for ‘Living in Harmony’, his experiences with Lindsay Anderson on such films as If….<\/em> and O Lucky , working with Nicolas Roeg, Stephen Frears and John
\nBoorman and his lifetime interest in comic books.<\/p>\n

For more info about the variety of formats in which you can download\/stream this podcast, please visit archive.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Links:
\nInterview with Ian Rakoff on Electric Sheep contributor Paul Gravett’s website<\/a>
\nBuy The Prisoner<\/em><\/a> on Blu-ray from Network
\nBuy Ian Rakoff’s book Inside the ‘Prisoner’: Radical Television and Film in the 1960s<\/em><\/a> from Amazon
\nListen to \/ watch Alex Fitch’s interview with Malcolm McDowell and Mike Kaplan about working with Lindsay Anderson<\/a>
\nRead Prisoner<\/em> inspired rock group Do not forsake me oh my darling<\/em>‘s list of favourite films<\/a> on Electric Sheep<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To coincide with the 42nd anniversary of the broadcast of The Prisoner<\/I> episode for which he wrote the original script, Alex Fitch talks to writer, editor and raconteur Ian Rakoff about his experiences working on the cult 60s 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