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) and says "When Jason King says 'Jump!', well, you say 'How high? In the 1972 Malaysian comedy film "Laksamana Do Re Mi", the characters remark on the villain Menteri Fasola's resemblance to Jason King. Most younger Malaysians have no idea who Jason King is and do not get the 1970s cultural reference. In 1992, "Harry Enfield's Television Programme" featured a sketch called 'The Playboys', which was heavily influenced by "Jason King". In the spoof titles the actor portraying playboy 'Sam Moritz' was named as 'Jason Queen' (actually played by Harry Enfield). Episode 5 of season 17 of "Top Gear" featured