The Prisoner
Living in Harmony
TV Flash files “Living in Harmony” as hour 14 of 17 in the TV Flash guide — The Prisoner (1967–1968) on ITV, season 1, episode 14, aired 1968-01-14, 50 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E14: listed hour 14 of 17 in the The Prisoner guide, hour 14 of 17 in season 1. It aired 1968-01-14 (50 min). The listed hour before it is “Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling” (S01E13). Next is “The Girl Who Was Death” (S01E15).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
The Prisoner finds himself a stranger in a Western town called "Harmony". He reluctantly takes on the job of the Sheriff in order to release a young saloon woman. As Sheriff he refuses to carry a gun until a killing spree forces him to take one up. After a gun fight with the Kid, The Prisoner wants to resign from his post but The Judge refuses to let him.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Living in Harmony sit in the The Prisoner guide?
S01E14 is listed hour 14 of 17 — hour 14 of 17 in season 1, season 1 episode 14.
When did The Prisoner S01E14 air?
Living in Harmony aired 1968-01-14 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
- Patrick McGoohan as Number Six
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- Angelo Muscat as The Butler
Angelo Muscat’s Butler haunted The Prisoner in silence — a secret agent resigns, a Village claims him, Patrick McGoohan’s Number Six spends seventeen episodes demanding identity in a pastel prison of surveillance. Stylish, stubborn…
- 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…