NEWSNIGHT HOMAGE

"The Prisoner" has been seen several times in the past on various shows being pastiched, or used to illustrate a point, but possibly not as well done as last week, when a special report on BBC2's flagship current affairs show "Newsnight" programme used music, clips, and imagery from the series to form much of Chris Cook's (left) report on how government departments are not adhering to the freedom of information act (an apt topic to utilise "The Prisoner" for, of course, given many of the key themes of the series).

Largely filmed at Portmeirion, with blazer and Rover props to boot, Chris's report was superbly Produced, edited, and directed by highly respected producer Stuart Denman who told TUW "I very much enjoyed making it ...it was like having a whole film set to ourselves". Click HERE for more quotes, photos and details of the production and to see the finished piece.

With thanks to Stuart Denman, Chris Cook, Crispin Hodges, and Eric Mival for this news item. Images (c) BBC.

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