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
The Rank Organisation Organisation as it was now called), owned: A loose collective of film makers was established under the banner of Independent Producers Ltd., employing some of the UK's greatest directors, such as Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger ("Black Narcissus", "The Red Shoes", "I Know Where I'm Going!"), David Lean ("Brief Encounter", "Great Expectations"), Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat ("I See a Dark Stranger", "The Happiest Days of Your Life"), Ken Annakin ("Holiday Camp") and Muriel Box ("The Seventh Veil"). The Company of Youth, the Rank Organisation acting school often referred to as "The Charm School", was founded in 1945. It launched