Royal Worcester Royal Worcester Royal Worcester was established in 1751 and is believed to be the oldest or second oldest remaining English porcelain brand still in existence today (this is disputed by Royal Crown Derby, which claims 1750 as its year of establishment). Part of the Portmeirion Group since 2009, Royal Worcester remains in the luxury tableware and giftware market, although production in Worcester itself has ended. Technically, the Worcester Royal Porcelain Co. Ltd. (known as Royal Worcester) was formed in 1862, and although the company had a royal warrant from 1788, wares produced before that time, as well as those produced
The General (The Prisoner) music used during scene involving the Prisoner, Number 2 and the Professor's wife as "one of the strangest musical themes in the series". The General (The Prisoner) "The General" is an episode of the television series "The Prisoner". It was the tenth episode to be produced, and the sixth to be broadcast. The central themes of this episode are rote learning and indoctrination. Number Six — along with the rest of the Village population — is subjected to a new mind-altering education technology called "Speed Learn" which can instill a three-year university level course in history over a television screen