Stars: Peter Wyngarde

Summary: A spin-off of DEPARTMENT S, JASON KING finds Peter Wyngarde reprising his role from the original series as Mr. King, the flamboyant playboy novelist and ace Interpol agent. This series finds Jason King writing his Mark Caine novels full time after quitting Interpol. He spends his time traveling the world, gathering material for his stories and taking on cases as a private eye that almost always involve a beautiful young woman he plans on seducing. Though it lacks the tension and drive that made DEPARTMENT S so successful, JASON KING is still a hugely enjoyable show, largely because of Mr. Wyngarde's performance as the penultimate psychedelic dandy. Contains the first two episodes of the series: Wanna Buy A TV Series

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Although crime-writer-turned-detective Jason King, as played by the deep-voiced Peter Wyngarde, was the star supporting character of the 1969-70 series Department S, he seemed rather diminished when given a show of his own, thus robbing him of the straight characters necessary to show off his flamboyance. Jason King also ditched the impossible mysteries of the parent series in favour of more ordinary puzzles that the Saint or any other two-fisted hero could have solved without having to spend so much on fabulous fashion gear. That said, Wyngarde is well-matched by his foils, the value-for-money hams Dennis Price and Ronald Lacey, as the government agents who forced Jason to catch villains for them by threatening to turn him in for failing to pay his back taxes on the earnings of his bestsellers. Jason King was also the only hero on television who would take any brutal beating from the bad guys and shrug it off, only to become quite agitated when they threatened to slice his suits to bits.

Volume One includes: "Wanna Buy a Television Series", in which Jason pitches a series based on his books, with guest star Anna Palk; and "A Page Before Dying" wherein Jason's latest book gives away spy secrets, and he's kidnapped to East Germany. --Kim Newman

Aspect Ratio:	4:3 Full Frame
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Interactive Menus, Scene Access, Character Biographies
Subtitles:	None
Year:	1971
Release Date:	July 10, 2000
Runtime:	100 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	37115 00763
Label:	I T C
Keywords:	Action, King, Before, General, Buy, Series, Dying, Jason, Tv, Page, Adventure, Episodes, Wanna, Vol
Genre:	Action/Adventure