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- ↑ Sellers, Robert (16 January 2009). "Patrick McGoohan: Actor who created and starred in the cult 1960s television series 'The Prisoner'". The Independent. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- ↑ Booth, Rupert (2011-11-04). Not A Number: Patrick McGoohan - a life. Aurora Metro Publications Ltd. ISBN 978-0-9566329-3-7.