Mark, The Prisoner, while British, was not a product of the benighted BBC, but of Lew Grade’s ITC Entertainment, and broadcast on ITV, the BBC’s highly-regulated “independent” rival. Lord Grade, who also gave us The Muppet Show and the Pink Panther movies, was responsible for the disastrous flop, Raise The Titanic. After the event he commented, “It would have been cheaper to lower the Atlantic.”