Prisoner Airfield


WHERE WAS THE PRISONER AIRFIELD, OR RUNWAY, OR TRACK?	The most likely location seen in the opening shots in The Prisoner is Bovingdon airfield, west of Watford, Hertfordshire. The series was produced at Borehamwood and other contenders were Elstree Aerodrome, Hatfield Aerodrome and Radlett airfield. The below image is at: www.dacorumheritage.org.uk/ww2-bovingdon.htm. See also discussion here. Other submissions were the test track at the Norfolk Lotus factory, Hethel, or M1 motorway. Also, Santa Pod raceway has been put forward, but at 60 miles away, is less likely than Bovingdon, where filming regularly took place 20 miles away. Thanks to past Six of One member Simon Rutherford. Roger Langley

AIRFIELD UPDATE - AUGUST 2010 - BERNIE WILLIAMS, PRISONER PRODUCTION MANAGER - "I think the air strip was Bovingdon. Cannot be sure but that would be the place I would have gone. Radlett was too short and had a slight hill to it. Radlett was not used."