The Prisoner
A Change of Mind
TV Flash files “A Change of Mind” as hour 12 of 17 in the TV Flash guide — The Prisoner (1967–1968) on ITV, season 1, episode 12, aired 1967-12-31, 50 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E12: listed hour 12 of 17 in the The Prisoner guide, hour 12 of 17 in season 1. It aired 1967-12-31 (50 min). The listed hour before it is “It's Your Funeral” (S01E11). Next is “Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling” (S01E13).
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
After becoming involved in a fight with two thugs, Number Six is declared "unmutual" by The Village committee and recommend he undergoes "instant social treatment". However, due to Number Six's importance he is not administered the treatment, only tricked into thinking he has had it. Number Six later realises this and manages to get The Village doctor on his side. With her help he has plans for Number Two.
Viewer FAQ
Where does A Change of Mind sit in the The Prisoner guide?
S01E12 is listed hour 12 of 17 — hour 12 of 17 in season 1, season 1 episode 12.
When did The Prisoner S01E12 air?
A Change of Mind aired 1967-12-31 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…
Filed against
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- Angelo Muscat as The Butler
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- Leo McKern as Number Two
Leo McKern occupied the Village as Number Two on The Prisoner — not a single villain so much as the job title that kept asking Patrick McGoohan’s Number Six who he was. Pastel prison, untrustworthy faces, a finale still starting…