The Prisoner is a classic, British-made sci fi TV series that first aired in the late ’60s and starred Patrick McGoohan. It follows a secret agent who abruptly resigns from his position but is abducted and taken to a place known as “the Village”, which is designed to contain and get information from people who “know too much”. This series was a follow-up of sorts to McGoohan’s Secret Agent (known as Danger Man in the U.K) though it was never established that the prisoner labeled as Number 6 was definitely John Drake from the spy series. Still it was very much in the same vein, though much darker with its dystopian and Orwellian themes. McGoohan used the prisoner to address political and social issues primarily involving the basic conflict of the individual vs. society and/or the state. It was pretty heady stuff for its day and surprisingly still seems quite relevant today. The series only has seventeen episodes because McGoohan did not want to drag this one out for multiple years. And the finale has become infamous as (Spoiler Alert?) one of the most confounding, WTF episodes ever produced for a television series. But this one is definitely a must-watch for sci fi fans as well as anybody who likes intelligent and engaging television. You can read more about The Prisoner at this link.
Tubi TV is a free, ad-supported service that is very similar to Hulu when it first started out. It currently does not offer any originals, but those are on the way and it also has a substantial amount of past television series and movies to choose from. The ads are not too obtrusive, and the streaming has been mostly seamless for the shows I have watched. You can see the list below of more sci fi and fantasy shows streaming on Tubi TV, and you can see a comprehensive list of past genre entries available across the streaming services at this link.
More Sci Fi and Fantasy on Tubi TV:
3rd Rock From the Sun
The Addams Family
Alf
Andromeda
Bewitched
Captain Harlock
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
Dark Shadows
The Dead Zone
The Dresden Files
Earth: Final Conflict
Fireball XL5
The Greatest American Hero
Haven
Highlander: The Raven
The Invisible Man (1958)
Joe 90
K-9
Lexx
Masters of Horror
Mutant X
Painkiller Jane
ReGenesis
Robin of Sherwood
Robotech
Sapphire & Steel
The Secret Service
Space Precinct
Space: 1999
Stargate Infinity
Stingray
Tales of the Unexpected
The Veil
Wolfblood
Xena: Warrior Princess
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Looks like an interesting service. BUT it is only available in USA unless you use a VPN.