Jason King (TV series) Jason King (TV series) Jason King (1971–1972) is a British television series starring Peter Wyngarde as the titular character. It was produced by ITC Entertainment and had a single season of 26 episodes which were each one hour long, including commercial breaks. It was shown internationally as well as in the UK, and has been released on DVD in the UK, US, Australia and Germany. The series featured the further adventures of the title character who had first appeared in "Department S" (1969). In that series he was a dilettante dandy and author of a series of adventure novels, working
1970s in television things in the world you just can't do, and one was "smile wider than Donny and Marie"). Many prime-time programs of the 1970s were helmed by independent producers, often in association with a major Hollywood studio. A particularly successful independent producer at the dawn of the decade was Quinn Martin, who produced such crime shows as "The Streets of San Francisco", "Cannon", and "Dan August" (a one-season cop series starring an up-and-coming Burt Reynolds that would find greater popularity after its star had hit it big at the cinema). Martin's success would fade during the latter half of the decade,