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
A Man Called Sloane "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.", "", and Conrad's own "The Wild Wild West" (on which Michele Carey had previously appeared as a guest star). One of the more expensive series produced during the season, it failed to gain an audience and was cancelled after 12 episodes were broadcast. On March 5, 1981, NBC aired a TV movie entitled "Death Ray 2000," which was actually the original pilot for the series. The movie starred Robert Logan as Sloane. Cumbuka also appears as Torque, but in the pilot film, the character was a villain (footage of this version of Torque attacking Sloane was