PM2007 INFO PAGE
THIS PAGE LAST UPDATED 15/8/07
**PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT IS STRICTLY ADVANCE TICKET ONLY - THERE IS NO "PAY ON THE DOOR" FACILITY - LAST FEW TICKETS REMAINING**
We are delighted to be able to announce this event, a one-day celebration of Patrick McGoohan, Danger Man, The Prisoner, and Portmeirion, and hope that many readers of this website will attend! The event is taking place on Sunday 19th August 2007 in the Hercules Hall at Portmeirion.
Please find on this page all the information you need to know before emailing us to apply for tickets. If there is anything not included on this page that you'd like to know, please contact us. Ticket details and timetable of events are shown below.
To give you a flavour of what to expect, visit the PM2005 or PM2006 review pages.
EVENT
TIMETABLE
(SUBJECT
TO CHANGE)
11.00 HERCULES HALL OPENS
11.30 WELL COME
Event MC Dave Jones welcomes attendees and runs through the day's events,
and details of the prize raffle and auction.
11.40 SPECIAL GUEST INTERVIEW - ROBERT FAIRCLOUGH
The author of several "Prisoner" and "Danger Man" books
and magazines shares his recent experiences of researching both series.
11.55 SCREENING - "ON SHOW - PORTMEIRION"
Courtesy of BBC Wales and Chwarel Productions, a 2007 BBC2W documentary about
Sir Clough and Portmeirion.
12.25
BREAK
12.40 NETWORK DVD PRESENTATION
A special update on the new 40th Anniversary DVD set of "The Prisoner"
with exclusive news and info.
1.10 TONY SLOMAN INTERVIEW
"Prisoner" film librarian Tony Sloman interviewed live on stage
by event MC Dave Jones regarding his time on the series.
2.00 LUNCH
2.45 SPECIAL SCREENING - "THIS DAY IN FEAR"
In conjunction with Kaleidoscope and thanks to the BBC, a special screening
of a never repeated/released 1959 Patrick McGoohan TV play.
3.35 BOOK LAUNCH
Authors Fiona Moore and Alan Stevens are interviewed and present their new
"Prisoner" book "Fall Out".
3.55 BREAK
4.05 SPECIAL SCREENINGS
- PRISONER IN PRODUCTION
Two reels of amateur footage shot behind the scenes during the making of "Arrival".
Plus bonus items, a rare BFBS2 TV trailer for "Fall Out", and a
Carmel Morris music video.
4.20 CHARITY AUCTION
In aid of the charity, a special auction of memorabilia.
4.50 SPECIAL SCREENING - "DANGER MAN - DEADLINE"
In memory of Peter Graham Scott, an episode he directed which features
special guest Earl Cameron.
5.15 - GUIDED
TOUR OF THE VILLAGE
Howard Foy takes attendees on a whistle-stop tour of Portmeirions history
and buildings.
6.15 - EARL CAMERON
INTERVIEW
Special guest Earl interviewed by Dave Jones about his incredible life and
career.
7.05 BREAK
7.15 "SCHIZOID
MAN" EXCLUSIVE GUEST COMMENTARY
Our special guests re-unite on stage for a special screening of the "Prisoner"
episode, on which they both worked, to provide an exclusive live commentary
on how it was made.
8.15 RAFFLE DRAW
8.45 CLOSEDOWN
Dave Jones brings the day's official events to a close.
8.50 BAR REMAINS OPEN
10.30 HERCULES HALL CLOSES
SPECIAL
GUESTS
EARL CAMERON
Earl Cameron was born on 8th August 1917, in Pembroke Bermuda.
As a young man, he joined
the Merchant Navy, and sailed mostly between New York and South America. When
war broke out he found himself stranded in London, arriving on 29th October
1939. He acted in a number of plays in London, including "The Petrified
Forest".
He understudied with Amanda Ira Aldridge, an opera singer, singer, teacher
and composer. She was also the daughter of famed Ira Aldridge (1897-1867),
a legendary black American actor who made his career in London. He also worked
with Patrick McGoohan in his early theatre days. His breakthrough acting role
was in "The Pool of London", a 1951 film set in
postwar London involving racial prejudice, romance, and a diamond robbery.
He won much critical acclaim for his role in the film.
"From then on, I became the best known black actor in England, for quite a number of years," said Mr. Cameron, adding that the part in "Pool" led to a number of other roles. From the 1950s to the 1970s, he appeared in many films including "Sapphire, The Message" - the story of the Prophet Muhammad - and the James Bond movie "Thunderball".
He also became a familiar
face on television in such popular shows as "Danger
Man" (no less than 4 episodes), "Doctor Who", and "The
Prisoner" as the Haitian supervisor in "The Schizoid Man".
A 15-year career break
followed when Mr. Cameron went to the Solomon Islands with his family to assist
the Bahá'í community there. It was early in 2004, while he was
taking part in a Bahá'í community activity in the United Kingdom,
that he received a phone call from his agent, who told him that Sydney Pollack,
director of "Tootsie" and the Oscar-winning "Out of Africa",
was considering him for a part in a new political thriller, "The Interpreter",
starring Nicole Kidman. "I had to rush to test for the role," Mr.
Cameron said. "I turned up
late...but they liked what I did."
His performance was universally praised. The Baltimore Sun wrote: "Earl Cameron is magnificent as the slimy old fraud of a dictator..." The Rolling Stone described Mr. Cameron's appearance as "subtle and menacing." Philip French in The Observer referred to "that fine Caribbean actor Earl Cameron." Last year he appeared in the film "The Queen", alongside Helen Mirren.
Earl currently lives in Warwickshire, England with his wife and five children. He will be 90 years old in August, and was honoured in this year's Bermuda International Film Festival. It is Mr Cameron's first appearance at an event in Portmeirion and will be interviewed by event host Dave Jones live on-stage about his incredible life and career.
TONY
SLOMAN
Tony is regarded as one of Europe's foremost movie aficionados having been elected as Members' Governor of the British Film Institute. He is also a member of the Directors' Guild, Writers' Guild and also the exclusive Guild of British Film Editors. His vast knowledge of the cinema has been regularly taped for appearances on radio, programming at the National Film Theatre and as author in books such as Chronicle Of The Cinema.
Tony is experienced in many areas of film production. In 1966 he worked as second assistant editor on One Million Years BC and went on to edit on such films as Eric Sykes' Rhubarb (1969), Radio On 11979), Dance Craze (1982), Vol-au-vent (1996) and Alone (1997). He worked as dubbing editor on The Company Of Wolves (1984) and internationally has contributed to Sam Peckinpah's Cross Of Iron (1977) and the star-studded 1984 version of The Bounty.
On TV as well as Film Librarian (and for some scenes Unit Director) on 13 episodes of The Prisoner he worked on Strange Report, Count Dracula and London's Burning.
He will be interviewed
live on stage by event MC Dave Jones, and later along with Earl Cameron provide
an exclusive commentary on the making of "Schizoid Man".
FIONA
MOORE & ALAN STEVENS
PM2007 sees the official launch of a new "Prisoner" book: "Fall Out: The unofficial and unauthorised guide to The Prisoner". Both authors will be interviewed on stage about the book, and their other telefantasy work, including their "Blakes 7" guide. They will be free to sign copies of the book, which will be sold at a heavily discounted £10 at the event, an exclusive price offer for attendees only.
ROBERT
FAIRCLOUGH
Robert
Fairclough is a freelance writer and researcher, whose books include "The
Prisoner: The Official Companion", "The Prisoner: The Original Scripts",
and "Sweeney! The Official Companion". Robert was also consultant
editor on the "The Prisoner: Official Fact Files" and "The
Danger Man Collection" partwork magazines, and as a Director of Pop-co
a Consultant on a vast range of ITC DVDs. Throughout his research he has amassed
a vast array of anecdotes about the filming of the series from members of
the cast and crew.
Rob will update us about his work this year, including a new batch of Prisoner-related interviews and a first look at the official 2008 Prisoner calendar.
Jack Lowin is unfortunately no longer able to attend due to ill health.
ARCHIVE SCREENINGS
THIS
DAY IN FEAR
TUW is proud to announce that one of the attractions at this year's event will be a very special screening of the 1959 TV play "This Day in Fear", which starred McGoohan in the lead role.
McGoohan plays the role of an IRA man in hiding in the play, which has never been commercially released and has not been shown on TV since its original transmission. The screening is courtesy of Kaleidoscope, and comes with official screening permission from the BBC.
ON SHOW - PORTMEIRION
With kind permission from BBC Wales and Chwarel productins, a 2007 BBC2W only production showing the development of Portmeirion by Sir Clough, including archive footage of the man himself.
DANGER MAN - DEADLINE
As a tribute to Director Peter Graham Scott, who passed away this month, an episode directed by him and featuring special guest Earl Cameron.
PRISONER & DANGER MAN IN PRODUCTION
One of the most popular screenings at PM2006 was 2 reels of rare amateur behind the scenes footage from the 1966 Prisoner filming in Portmeirion. At PM2007 we present two more of these reels. Also shown will be some rare footage of the making of the credit sequence for "Danger Man".
CHARITY AUCTION AND RAFFLE
Rare items of memorabilia have already been put aside for the charity auction and raffle. The auction and raffle are available to non-attendees, as well as ticket holders, so even if you can't attend you could still win a much sought after item, and help contribute to the charity funds too!
Click HERE for the auction items and details on how to bid.
Click HERE for the raffle items and details on how to buy.
OTHER ATTRACTIONS:
GUIDED TOUR OF THE VILLAGE
Once again, Howard Foy will inform and entertain attendees with his popular walking tour of Portmeirion.
THE LEGO VILLAGE
David Mackenzie's superb and updated Lego Portmeirion village will be on display in the side room of the Hercules Hall.
There will be a merchandise stall in the side room of the hall.
TICKET DETAILS
Tickets for this event are priced at £17 per person. This includes entry to the Hercules Hall events mentioned above, but does *not* include the price of entry to Portmeirion. Thanks to Portmeirion, PM2007 ticket holders will, however, be allowed entry to The Village at a discounted rate. The event is non-profit making, and ticket prices will pay for guest expenses, and equipment/venue hire etc. Any profits from this event will be donated to our nominated charity, and full details of the income/expenses from the event will be published online.
To apply for a ticket, please send an email to , stating your full name, postal address, the number of tickets you require, and the full names of each requested ticket holder. We will then reply with details on how to pay. Your details will not be sent to any third party, and will only be kept until the day of the event.
Tickets are extremely limited in number, and there will be no provision for people to pay at the door. If you don't order a ticket in advance, you will not be entitled to attend. Both PM2005 and PM2006 sold out prior to the event.
PLEASE NOTE: The ticket price does *not* include entry to Portmeirion, refreshments, or accommodation. If you are not a resident of Portmeirion on August 19th 2007, you are required to pay at the Portmeirion gate along with other day visitors. Your PM2007 ticket is for entry to the Hercules Hall events only. Thanks to Portmeirion, PM2007 ticket holders will, however, be allowed entry to The Village at a reduced rate.
THE
CHARITY
Ty Gobaith, a satellite unit of Oswestry's Hope House Hospice,
is the only hospice in the whole of North Wales dedicated to the care of terminally
ill children. Based in Conwy, it relies on fundraising and donations for 95%
of its income. Built in 2003, its patron is internationally-renowned opera
singer Bryn Terfel. We are delighted to be associated with this charity for
this event, with all profits from the event going to the hospice. In both
2005 and 2006, we raised over £1000 for the hospice.
ACCOMMODATION
Subject to cancellations, all self-catering accommodation in Portmeirion has now been filled for the weekend of this event. However, nightly rooms are still available in Portmeirion and should be booked by contacting Portmeirion directly. Click HERE to visit the accommodation section of the Portmeirion website. In the likely event that all Portmeirion accommodation will be filled long before the event, there are also, of course, a host of local hotels and B&Bs with available accommodation. Click HERE for a list of local accommodation. Please don't hesitate to contact us if you have any difficulties.
TRAVELLING TO PORTMEIRION: Click HERE
for directions/details regarding travelling to The Village.
If anyone is travelling from the Manchester area and has space for an attendee/passenger, please let us know.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS:
We apologise for having to include the following for what we hope will be an enjoyable and informal event. However, in the interests of avoiding any future misunderstandings we thought it best to include these.
1. Ticket price is for the Hercules Hall only, and does not include entry to Portmeirion, accommodation, or refreshments. Thanks to Portmeirion, PM2007 ticket holders will, however, be allowed entry to The Village at a reduced group rate.
2. Tickets must be applied for / purchased in advance unless you have received a direct communication stating otherwise from one of the event organisers. We are not able to accept any "pay at the door" attendees, due to the limited number of places available at the event.
3. The event organisers reserve the right to refuse tickets and/or admission to the hall for any reason.
4. Guests will appear subject to commitments. Should any guest withdraw, we will attempt to book a replacement but cannot guarantee the number or standing of guests attending.
5. Refunds will be given wherever possible should any ticket holder not be able to attend. In the event of a ticket holder paying by Paypal or Credit Card requiring a refund 30 days or more after payment, the refund will be deducted any fees charged to us by Paypal.
6. By entering Portmeirion, you are agreeing to abide by their rules regarding safety etc, including health and safety law relating to Hercules Hall capacity. If you are not a Portmeirion resident on August 19th 2007, you are required to leave the Village as soon as the PM2007 event closes, and must use the public car park and not bring your vehicle into Portmeirion itself. Please leave as quietly as possible for the consideration of other Portmeirion residents.
7. Our guests are not being paid to attend the event (apart from their expenses and accommodation) and, as such, are attending out of good will. Please reciprocate by not hassling them too much. We are sure that they will be happy to sign autographs, chat, or pose for photographs but please keep these requests polite and undemanding. Please also do not ask any guests for their private address/phone details.
8. PM2007 is a non-profit making event. Any profits will be donated to Ty Gobaith Hospice. Details of all the expenses and income from the event will be published online after the event.
9. This event is being held independently of any society, formal group, or fan-club, by the moderators and readers of The Unmutual Website for the benefit of Prisoner, Danger Man, and McGoohan fans worldwide. We acknowledge the kind permission from Portmeirion Limited and Granada Ventures to stage this event.
10. Smoking is not permitted in the Hercules Hall or Hercules Hall bar. Flash photography and video photography is also not permitted in the main hall without our expressed permission.
11. Timetable and events subject to change without prior notification.
12. Any Screenings of copyright material will be non-theatrical and do not require ticket purchase to attend. This is, of course, subject to health and safety regulations with regards to capacity of the Hercules Hall. If you do not wish to purchase a ticket for PM 2007 but wish to attend screenings of copyrighted material please email us first. You will not be entitled to attend any other PM 2007 events, including interview panels, without a ticket.
13. Non ticket holders not Portmeirion residents will be required to leave Portmeirion by 5.30pm, only PM2007 ticket holders are entitled to stay in the Hercules Hall / Portmeirion until 10.30pm.
14. Those not intending to attend PM2007 may purchase raffle tickets, at a price of £1 per ticket. These tickets will be entered into the draw on your behalf by one of the event organisers. Any prizes won will be mailed to the winners not in attendance by post within 14 days. Non-attendees may also participate in the auction, and bid by confidential email. Bids winning as of 1/8/2007 must be accompanied by a preliminary payment by Paypal, which will be refunded if the bid is unsuccessful.
15. Any promotion of merchandise, websites, societies or anything else at the event, or the sale of goods (including magazines and fanzines) is not permitted unless you have written permission from us to do so. There may be a small charge for this, which will go towards event costs and the charity.
16. EVENT ORGANISERS: Rick Davy and Dave Jones. No responsibility can be taken for other individuals claiming to act on behalf of the event or the three organisers. Any information regarding PM2007 on the internet is not necessarily correct unless posted by one of the above three persons, or on The Unmutual Website or PrizBiz web pages.