Who is Number One?

Most of Patrick McGoohan's cult 60s television show The Prisoner was filmed on location at Portmeirion in Wales. But there was some London location shooting, most notably the opening credits of each episode depicting Number 6 resigning from his government job.

On Sunday I took part in the The Prisoner London Locations Walking Tour, run by The Unmutual website. It was a fun day, despite the downpour and icy wind that threatened proceedings. The 3.5 mile walking tour started at Marble Arch. We walked down Park Lane (visiting the car park underneath) to Hyde Park Gate, then down Constitution Hill to Buckingham Palace, followed by Trafalgar Square, the Embankment, and the Houses of Parliament, before arriving at 1 Buckingham Place, which appears in the series as Number 6's house. My photos from the tour are here. The Unmutual team's own photographs of Sunday's tour, featuring more of the tour group, are here.