Roger Parkes

Roger Parkes was born in 1933. He is known for his work on Blake's 7 (1978), Survivors (1975) and The Prisoner (1967). He died on May 2, 2008 in England.

The episode of The Prisoner entitled "A Change of Mind" was Roger Parkes first ever script. He was in his late twenties at the time and working as a trainee story editor for the BBC assigned to soap opera Compact.

He’d previously been a journalist specialising in crime reporting. Following his contribution to The Prisoner, Parkes went on to write for many shows in the ITC stable, as well as publishing a series of novels.

As a new writer on The Prisoner, the ‘no romance’ edict from McGoohan didn’t seem to have reached him. According to Robert Fairclough in The Prisoner: The Official Companion, Parkes’ first draft had Number 86 falling hard for Number Six and aggressively pursuing him. McGoohan had those pages cut in short order.

Parkes died in May 2008 after a short illness.