The Prisoner
Hammer Into Anvil
TV Flash files “Hammer Into Anvil” as hour 10 of 17 in the TV Flash guide — The Prisoner (1967–1968) on ITV, season 1, episode 10, aired 1967-12-10, 50 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E10: listed hour 10 of 17 in the The Prisoner guide, hour 10 of 17 in season 1. It aired 1967-12-10 (50 min). The listed hour before it is “Checkmate” (S01E09). Next is “It's Your Funeral” (S01E11).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
When a young woman is driven to her death by Number Two, Number Six swears his revenge. Number Two tells Number Six that he is going to hammer him so Number Six decides to turn the tables. He plans to make Number Two think that he is an agent called D6 and that he reports to a superior X.0.4. Number Six sets out on a campaign to break Number Two.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Hammer Into Anvil sit in the The Prisoner guide?
S01E10 is listed hour 10 of 17 — hour 10 of 17 in season 1, season 1 episode 10.
When did The Prisoner S01E10 air?
Hammer Into Anvil aired 1967-12-10 and is listed at 50 minutes.
Where should I start?
Episode one is the resignation-and-Village contract. The series is only 17 hours; starting at the beginning is the point, not a sample platter.
In the series
Why this series still plays
A secret agent resigns; a Village claims him. Patrick McGoohan's Number Six spends seventeen episodes demanding identity in a pastel prison of surveillance and untrustworthy faces. Stylish, stubborn, endlessly rewatchable spy-allegory — and a finale that still starts arguments. Be seeing you.
A secret agent resigns; a Village claims him. Patrick McGoohan's Number Six spends **seventeen episodes** (ITV, 1967–1968) demanding identity in a pastel prison of surveillance, mind games, and untrustworthy faces. George Markstein co-shaped the thing with him. Angelo Muscat's Butler and Leo McKern's Number Two orbit the refusal to be numbered. Each escape fails differently. *Arrival* is the capture. *Fall Out* is the closer that still starts fights. On the palate: penny-farthings, Rovers, and a greeting that is…
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- Angelo Muscat as The Butler
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- Leo McKern as Number Two
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