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 "Police Story". (The latter was a one-hour anthology series with no real regulars.) Among 1970s TV producers, however, it was Aaron Spelling who would go on to be perhaps, according to an article written by Michael Idato for "The Sydney Morning Herald", "the most prolific producer in TV history." Like Quinn Martin, Spelling was known for producing crime dramas ("S.W.A.T.", "Starsky & Hutch"). However, Spelling also produced more escapist fare as represented by the likes of "The Love Boat", "Fantasy Island", and even the private-eye opus "Charlie's Angels". There was also "Family", a socially relevant hour-long series which would win