Jason King (TV series) 'The Interceptors', a spoof of 1970s detectives shows, with Jeremy Clarkson adopting the guise of 'Jason Clarkson', a hero embodying many of Jason King's attributes. 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
Jason Kane (Doctor Who) line as its fiftieth book. We see them as a happily married couple in "Return of the Living Dad". However, when the BBC withdrew the "Doctor Who" licence, the New Adventures planned to continue with Benny as the lead character and an editorial decision was taken to split up Benny and Jason, as depicted in "Eternity Weeps". The Benny-led New Adventures launched with Benny a single woman, but Jason remained an intermittently recurring character. He remarries in "Deadfall", but his new wife does not appear again in the series. When the New Adventures came to an end, Jason was trapped