OVERALL: Draw

The UK 40th Anniversary Edition has an additional Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack, and by far the best extras including audio commentaries and alternate episodes. It also comes with a 285-page book.

Also note that all the other editions have a different set of extras, most of which are not offered on the UK 40th AE. The most important ones are the following:
- "The Prisoner Video Companion" documentary on R1, R2 UK and R4 editions.
- An interview with production manager Bernie Williams on R1 and R2 UK.
- An "Interactive Map of The Village" feature on R1, R2 France, R2 UK and R4.
- "Original Production Footage" and "Collecting The Prisoner" featurettes on R4.
- An interview with Patrick McGoohan and three documentaries on R2 France, but the documentaries are in French only.

General note:
R1 releases include an alternate running order of episodes, which is NOT the standard UK screening order, but they should make the most sense in continuity wise.

CUTS:

• R1 40th Anniversary Edition America- A&E Video - No Cuts
• R1 The Complete Series Megaset America- A&E Video - No Cuts
• R2 France- TF1 Vidéo - No Cuts
• R2 Scandinavia- Atlantic Film - No cuts.
• R2 United Kingdom- Carlton Visual Entertainment - No Cuts
• R2 40th Anniversary Edition United Kingdom- Network - No Cuts
• R4 35th Anniversary Edition Australia- Umbrella Entertainment - No Cuts

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Comparison added by David on 19/02/02
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 30/04/18

UPDATE LOG:

30/04/2010: Addition of R2 UK 40th AE and comparison clean-up.
22/06/2011: Fixed some typos and removed a dead review link.
30/04/18: Added Scandinavia.