Gilding the Prisoner's Cage

The original Prisoner was shot in Portmeirion, a faux Mediterranean resort town in North Wales; the new version filmed in Swakopmund, Namibia.

Both locations, said Pickwoad, are “in some ways similar in nature” and exuded an oddness that assisted the filmmakers. “It’s a place that’s out of place,” said Pickwoad of Portmeirion. “You think you’re in this sort of Mediterranean resort town but you’re not. It’s in a cold, strange climate. It’s an odd setting.”