The Prisoner
Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling
TV Flash files “Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling” as hour 13 of 17 in the TV Flash guide — The Prisoner (1967–1968) on ITV, season 1, episode 13, aired 1968-01-07, 50 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E13: listed hour 13 of 17 in the The Prisoner guide, hour 13 of 17 in season 1. It aired 1968-01-07 (50 min). The listed hour before it is “A Change of Mind” (S01E12). Next is “Living in Harmony” (S01E14).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Number Six is not himself. The Prisoner's mind is transformed in another man's body by The Village authorities in an attempt to track down a scientist, Professor Seltzman. When he awakes in his London home he has a tough task convincing people of his true identity, so he sets off for Austria to find Professor Seltzman - the only man who can help him.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling sit in the The Prisoner guide?
S01E13 is listed hour 13 of 17 — hour 13 of 17 in season 1, season 1 episode 13.
When did The Prisoner S01E13 air?
Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling aired 1968-01-07 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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