The Prisoner Number 6 Bicycle 2.25" Large Button Pinback McGoohan Village TV

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THE PRISONER
LARGE 2.25” Button with #6 Penny-Farthing Bicycle
A 2.25" pinback button with crisp B&W artwork of the insignia of The Village - an old-fashioned bicycle. This button has the number 6 in red (for the Patrick McGoohan eponymous 'prisoner'.) The artwork has been re-formatted from our popular 1.25” button to more closely resemble the button from the show.
The Prisoner is a 17-episode British television series first broadcast in the United Kingdom from 29 September 1967 to 1 February 1968. Starring and co-created by Patrick McGoohan, it combined spy fiction with elements of science fiction, allegory, and psychological drama.
The series follows a British former secret agent who is abducted and held prisoner in a mysterious coastal village resort where his captors try to find out why he abruptly resigned from his job. In the village everyone has numbers, not names, and the leader is called Number Two.
In the opening credits of the show, McGoohan's character is assigned the number 6, to which he declares, "I am not a number, I am a free man!"
Although sold as a thriller in the mould of the previous series starring McGoohan, Danger Man (1960) [retitled as "Secret Agent" in the US], the show's combination of 1960s countercultural themes and surreal setting had a far-reaching effect on science fiction/fantasy programming, and on popular culture in general.
Wear your Number 6 button and try to defy the power of The Village! Remember, "I am not a number, I am a free man!" {button may be worn by either sex}
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Pin back on each button. See photos of button backs to compare the size of this button to our 1.25” button. US penny for scale. Penny and ruler NOT included in price of button. Be seeing you...