His The Prisoner role was a strong enough thing that people I haven't talked to in a decade found me out to say hi (hola Champ!). The show was just perfect (for reasons mentioned soonish). I feel a like for McGoohan (a man I don't know) because he took the unprecedented demands (at the time) of requiring complete editorial control. I can't heap enough praise on the product and the demands weren't bad either (e.g. "no kissing").

The Prisoner is set in a Totalitarian Utopia. Best yet you have no idea if it is the commies or the West that runs it. The utopian jail is boiled down to its barest elements and there is no hint of current politics to be found in the plots. The pending remkaes in TV and movies can only be much, much worse.

And how can you hate a series that has kick ass episode names like "The Girl Who Was Death." The title isn't wrote misogyny; the dialogue includes "my name is death" and "nice of you to drop in .. incidentally the pungi sticks are electrified"