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More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
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The Prisoner
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(ATV 1967) Seventeen-part television series, hallucinatory in tone, following the experiences of a British secret agent who is subjected to brainwashing in a mysteriously self-contained civilization. The central character, Number Six, is played by Patrick McGoohan (b. 1928), who also wrote and directed the first and last episodes. The series has acquired a cult status, greatly increasing the number of visitors to the location where it was filmed, *Portmeirion.
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