tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665744582832084460.post4060343519024205311..comments2022-11-02T08:54:08.295+00:00Comments on Number Six Was Innocent - McGoohan and The Prisoner: McGoohan on my Mind: Harmonising the Disharmonious - The Filler Episode that took longest to make and cost more than any other -Conundrum.Moor Larkinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05275057917684784541noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665744582832084460.post-89824877890621278792015-12-14T21:50:56.266+00:002015-12-14T21:50:56.266+00:00I think Leslie Gilliat was involved with the show ...I think Leslie Gilliat was involved with the show early on, perhaps in that role, but was later to disappear, no doubt due to McGoohan making his budgetary role impossible. McGoohan was watching the pennies and I suspect that contributed to what must have been a very tight budget for "Once Upon A Time". I also suspect he had plenty of cash to spare and that is why Harmony became quite ambitious. He had the budget and he knew it was almost all over and he could afford to spend it.Moor Larkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05275057917684784541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665744582832084460.post-30339330843471993962015-12-01T06:38:07.703+00:002015-12-01T06:38:07.703+00:00I find it difficult to believe that The Prisoner w...I find it difficult to believe that The Prisoner was going massively over-budget, over-schedule or generally out of control. <br />Even as large a company as ITC/ATV would be seriously concerned if it was. <br />In the film world a production, as a last resort, can be completely taken over by the studio or completion bond company. <br />In the case of a TV company, whatever McGoohan's relationship with Grade, I have no doubt that at least a trusted, no-nonsense, experienced producer would have been sent in to get things under control. <br />It might have been couched in terms of "helping" in order to try to keep things friendly, but companies like ITC couldn't just allow a production to run away.<br />If no new production personnel were sent in by ITC to at least lean on Everyman then it seems that ITC weren't particularly concerned.JohnSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665744582832084460.post-47207818661351548592010-01-19T17:22:56.657+00:002010-01-19T17:22:56.657+00:00ITV4 used that episode as a tribute, it should of ...ITV4 used that episode as a tribute, it should of been Schziod Man or Free for all.Tiswas Palmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18402658442940552846noreply@blogger.com