Re: 'Danger Man' aboard the estuary forts (Radio 390)
Many thanks for this - very enjoyable! Were the interiors a set? I ask because it seems odd to go to the lengths of using a genuine pirate radio station when any sea-based location, such as an anchored ship, would have done. Mind you, 401s and 3012s wouldn't have done so well in the high seas!
In the Prisoner all the exterior locations in Portmeirion were shot and matched to the interiors created in Pinewood. Anyone visiting and expecting No. 6's villa to be like shown in the series gets a surprise - it's tiny! Must have been a nightmare for continuity.
As mentioned above, this was the last black and white episode, after which McGoohan resigned form the series to make The Prisoner. His method style was becoming apparent with a willingness to perform his own stunts and overlapping dialogue which came to define No.6's character.
McGoohan did say Drake and No.6 were not the same person, but then again....
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