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
Jason King (TV series) of a Nervous Breakdown" (1993). Wyngarde, interviewed on BBC TV when this episode was originally transmitted, was flattered by the affectionate parody, but insisted that Jason King would never wear crushed velvet. The character appeared in Episode 1 of Series 10 of "Rab C Nesbitt" in which he surfaces from inside an armoured vehicle outside the house of the show's title character, where he's holding a government minister hostage. On being offered a shirt by Jason King of the type he (Jason) might wear, by way of appeasement, Rab decides it is time to call an end to the siege