In 1967, a British Spy returned from assignment behind the Iron Curtain. He walked into his handler’s office, slammed down his formal resignation, and stormed out.
He returned to his London flat with every pretense of making an escape, but two morbid-looking men kidnap him and instead place him in “The Village”: seemingly a home for petulant spies.
There, he is subjected to demands for “information”, and put through ever-more devious and dangerous setups to get him to talk, to open up to his captors.
Who are these captors? Which side runs The Village? Where is it? What are its limits? Who is friend or foe? Who is the jailed and who is the jailer? What is Rover? Who is Number 1? Some of these get satisfying answers, some more speculative.
Join Rigilpaix, November 7-23, as we watch the show, in a series order closer to show runner and star Patrick McGoohan’s original vision. Each episode is 1 hr, and will begin at roughly 10 PM each night.
Be seeing you.