The protagonist always appears in the same black jacket, while his peers wander around in a variety of Edwardian bathing costumes and natty nautical suits.
The final episode of this program was obscure that baffled fans staked out the scriptwriter's house, demanding an explanation. The show was largely filmed at the Welsh Portmeirion Hotel, but this wasn't announced until the end of the series in order to protect the resort owner's privacy. The protagonist always appears in the same black jacket, while his peers wander around in a variety of Edwardian bathing costumes and natty nautical suits. Other recurring symbols include an old-fashioned pennyfarthing bicycle and an animated balloon that keeps people in line by suffocating them. The unnamed hero spends every episode devising new escape attempts in, for ten points, this 1960's British spy show, parodied in the Simpsons episode where Homer becomes "No. 5"
The final episode of this program was obscure that baffled fans staked out the scriptwriter's house, demanding an explanation.
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