The Prisoner is one of my all time favourite television shows. I picked up the A&E DVD releases a number of years back and have been reasonably pleased with them despite the obvious condition of the original prints they were mastered from. I never thought we’d see a Blu-ray version as, on the list of shows that would see benefit from a new high-def transfer, the Prisoner would most likely rank quite low. Imagine my surprise when I discover this amazon listing for the entire series on Blu-ray! I’m willing to give Network the benefit of the doubt, give the discs a buy and chime in on their quality after the April 27th release date.
On a related note, AMC is remaking the series as a six-hour television mini-series to air in the summer or fall of this year. Here’s a look at a behind the scenes promo, starring Ian McKellen as Two and Jim Caviezel as Six :
[...] Remember when I was all excited about The Prisoner coming to Blu-ray in the UK? Yeah, well, that didn’t last long. Seems that publisher, Network gave the discs the kibosh pretty damn quickly. I mean, I’m sure they’ll turn up on a release list again in the near future but for now there isn’t a hint of ‘em. [...]