STOP PRESS ITEMS 2019
The BELOW are the 'stop press' items, for which a full news item was not generated, for 2019.
21/12/19 - Annette Andre memoir & signed photo special offer HERE... Portmeirion in North Wales Living magazine free from tesco Dec19... 8/12/19 'The Prisoner Dusted Down' available with £2.99 discount and bonus signed card until 21/12 HERE... - 6/12/19 - 'Heno' on S4C and 'Flirty Dancing' on C4 tonight on UK TV... 15/11/19 - Danger Man and other titles in Network 40% off sale HERE...
1/11/19 - Borehamwood Times praises ITC event HERE... Colin Gordon animation appears as part of 'Dr Who Faceless Ones' DVD HERE... Portmeirion features on ITV Wales TV series 'Coast and Country'... 12/10/19 - Disney releases 'Dr Syn Alias the Scarecrow' on BluRay to Disney Club members... Metro newspaper mentions eco-friendly Lava Lamps HERE... 10/10/19 - Marney Allen (later Dainty) who was a much-loved figure in the early days of Prisoner fandom has passed away. See the Prisoner & Portmeirion facebook HERE group for funeral details... 30/9/17 - News item regarding unexploded bomb on MGM Studios site HERE...
27/9/19 - Autumn 2019 Network sale includes The Prisoner and Patrick McGoohan items HERE... Borehamwood Times covers ITC2 Event HERE... 22/9/19 - Portmeirion in Vista Screen article HERE... 11/9/19 - C5's Celebrity Motorhome series, and BBC Wales' 'Tudor's TV Flashback' both featured Portmeirion w/c 8/9/19... 25/08/2019 - Latest editions of Eternal Village podcast online HERE... ... Breda boat (MS Polotska) sold to new buyer for restoration HERE...
14/8/19 - Penny Farthing charity UK ride in the news HERE... 10/8/19 - George Gibson book includes Prisoner references HERE... 9/8/19 - 'Situation Man' by Ulysses music video filmed in Portmeirion HERE... 7/8/19 - TV Years Magazine includes The Prisoner in 'Greatest Sci Fi Moments' list... Prisoner-style Caterham at Ipswich Festival of Wheels HERE... 12/7/19 - Rick Davy of TUW interviewed on TalkRadio on The Prisoner by Howard Hughes.
Last part of MGM Studio site to be demolished HERE... 9/6/19 - Network 'Moving House' sale includes McGoohan and Prisoner items HERE... 6/6/19 - Latest edition of Eternal Village podcast with guest Jean-Marie Stine online HERE.. 29/5/19 - Comet TV network in USA showing The Prisoner on June 9th...
19/5/19 - John Wick 3 has several 'Be Seeing You' lines in nod to The Prisoner... 28/4/19 - Annette Andre interview HERE... parade of 7s in Bute seen HERE (same photographer has Flickr HERE).... 17/4/19 - Carmel Morris Prisoneresque album 'Another Number' re-released HERE... 16/4/19 - Portmeirion mentioned in news item HERE... 11/4/19 - Carmel Morris Prisoneresque album re-relased by Future Legend HERE... 9/4/19 - S4C showing original 2001 'Portmeirion' behind-the-scenes TV series...
2/4/19 - Roy Harper 1969 album “Folkjokeopus” which contains the seventeen minute song “McGoohan’s Blues” inspired by “The Prisoner” re-released 19th April HERE... 29/3/19 - Portmeirion Pottery Display at The Victoria & Albert Museum will continue until 28th July 2019-www.vam.ac.uk... 29/3/19 - Network 50% off sale HERE...ITC actor Shane Rimmer passes away age 89... Interview with man who removed Living in Harmony from CBS schedule in 1968 HERE.
10/3/19 - Season Two of Big Finish audio Prisoner series begins on R4 Extra in UK on 10/3/19, series is featured on page 105 of Total TV Guide Magazine... Box Set sale at Network includes The Prisoner and Danger Man HERE... 27/2/19 - T&G Prisoner-style kit car for sale via facebook page HERE...19/2/19 - True Entertainment are currently showing 'The Prisoner' weeknights at 2am in the UK... 15/2/19 Michel Legrand, composer and conductor of the orchestra on the soundtrack of the McGoohan movie "Ice Station Zebra", has passed away on Thursday 24th January...
6/2/19 - Original Prisoner Mini Moke HLT will be on display at the London Classic Car Show at the Excel Arena 14-17/2/19...
11/1/19 - Newly designed Penny Farthing for 2019 HERE... 03/01/2019 - The Prisoner 50th box set, Hell Drivers, and more in Network's Winter Sale HERE... Michael Legrand, composer of 'Ice Station Zebra' in conversation on BBC Radio 2, 8/1/19... Lotus '6' t-shirt found at thrift store HERE...
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