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
William Lyon Mackenzie King until 1916. King was mentioned in the book "Alligator Pie" by Dennis Lee, appearing as the subject of a nonsensical children's poem, which reads "William Lyon Mackenzie King / He sat in the middle and played with string / He loved his mother like anything / William Lyon Mackenzie King." King is a prominent character in Donald Jack's novel "Me Too", set in Ottawa in the 1920s. A character who appeared twice in the popular 1990s Canadian television series "Due South" was named "Mackenzie King" in obvious reference. King chose the following jurists to be appointed as justices of the