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Jason King Episode Guide

1 :01x01 - Wanna Buy a Television Series

First aired: Sep/15/1971
Writer: Dennis Spooner
Director: Jeremy Summers
Guest star: Ronald Chenery (Kyriacou), Nicholas Courtney (Dr. Straymam), James Donnelly (Frank Calder), Derek Francis (Umberto Bellini), David Bauer (Harry Carmel), Andre Maranne (Inspector Rosseau), George Innes (Gerard), Anna Palk (Michele Andre), James Warwick (Litchfield), Anne Aston (Nurse)

When Jason King sets out to sell a series of Mark Caine novels for television, he finds adventure isn't a saleable commodity.


2 :01x02 - A Page Before Dying

First aired: Sep/22/1971
Writer: Tony Williamson
Director: Jeremy Summers
Guest star: Olaf Pooley (Gorini), Philip Madoc (Hoffman), Ronald Lacey (Ryland), Henry G. Gilbert (Schultz), Harry Landis (Vorsch), Dennis Price (Sir Brian), Michael Sheard (The Electrician), Roy Patrick (German Police Officer), Carl Duering (Lanik), Richard Wyler (Jenson), Madeline Hinde (Ingrid), Jennie Lee Wright (First Girl)

A Jason King novel describing how a man is smuggled across the East-West German border lands its author in a danger-loaded espionage plot!


3 :01x03 - Buried in the Cold, Cold Ground

First aired: Oct/06/1971
Writer: Philip Broadley
Director: Jeremy Summers
Guest star: Irena Mayeska (Marie Mercier), Reg Lye (Mistral), Jane Lapotaire (French Maid), Simon Lack (Inspector Maziol), Michael McStay (Gendarme), Lewis Fiander (Lanz), Lyn Ashley (Zoe Ballard), Michele Dotrice (Felicity), Gary Raymond (Sandro), Peter King (Man In Saloon Car), Frederick Jaeger (Dacre), Violetta (Sister Of Mercy), Maggie Wright (Dana)

It's always a chancy business to give a lift in a car to a pretty girl hitch-hiker and even chancier to give one to a released prisoner. Jason King finds the plot for his next Mark Caine novel when he does so!


4 :01x04 - Deadly Line in Digits

First aired: Oct/13/1971
Writer: Tony Williamson
Director: Jeremy Summers
Guest star: John Forbes-Robertson (Stretfield), Davina Taylor (Constance), Peter Forbes-Robertson (Tanfield), Leonard Trolley (Charlie), Freddie Jones (Mr. Quirly), Michael Anthony (Count De Ville), Richard Marner (Signor Czibor), Barry Lowe (Lemmy), Ronald Lacey (Ryland), Jan Waters (Jan Ross), Robin Ford (Messenger), Philip Stone (Supt. Landon), Joanna Jones (Julia Marsh)

Jason King pits his writer's imagination against computerized crime - and becomes a Bulgarian master-crook!


5 :01x05 - Variations On A Theme

First aired: Oct/20/1971
Writer: Philip Broadley
Director: Cyril Frankel
Guest star: Ralph Bates (Alan Keeble), Janos Kurucz (Balenov), Adrian Hall (Bell Boy), Magda Konopka (Greta Weiss), Eric Pohlmann (Kolkov), Will Knightley (Waiter), Basil Dignam (Viney), Sebastian Breaks (Hazell), Walter Hertner (Hoffman), Michael David (Dischev), Colin Vancao (Croupier), Alexandra Bastedo (Alexandra), Julian Glover (John)

Vienna - city of song. But the song has a sinister note for Jason King when rival factions seek to use him as bait to trap a double-agent. Alan Keeble is dead. Or so his girl-friend Greta Weiss believes.


6 :01x06 - As Easy as A B C

First aired: Nov/11/1971
Writer: Tony Williamson
Director: Jeremy Summers
Guest star: Ayshea Brough (Mirelle), Nigel Green (Charles), Paul Stassino (Capitano Rizio), Hamilton Dyce (Chief Inspector Poroa), Ray Marioni (Dino), Michael Bates (Edward), Peter Hager (German Police Officer), Yutte Stensgaard (Arlene), Larry Taylor (Luigi)

A couple of crooks try to turn fiction into fact by copying the crimes created by Jason King in his Mark Caine books. But can they overcome the fact that Caine always wins?


7 :01x07 - To Russia - with Panache

First aired: Nov/17/1971
Writer: Tony Williamson
Director: Paul Dickson
Guest star: Gabor Vernon (Skirnof), Jeffrey Wickham (Povokov), Stefan Gryff (Krosnic), John Malcolm (Colonel Kolkov), Tutte Lemkow (Kivich), Michael Poole (Stavalov), Timothy Craven (Mavitch), Andrea Allan (The Tall Girl), Richard Marner (Markovitch), Milton Reid (Janis), Wally Michaels (Joseph), Elizabeth Counsell (Anna Brenskaja), Pamela Salem (Alexandra Lanova)

Jason King is abducted to Moscow to unravel the mystery of three men who have been turned into three tidy piles of ashes. He creates his own Phoenix.


8 :01x08 - A Red, Red Rose Forever

First aired: Dec/01/1971
Writer: Donald James
Director: Cyril Frankel
Guest star: Mike Pratt (Carson), Ronald Lacey (Ryland), Gregg Palmer (Swiss Policeman), Tony Steedman (Professor D'Arblay), Derek Newark (Hartman), Isla Blair (Anne Winters), Christopher Benjamin (The Police Inspector), Alan MacNaughtan (Dr. Claudel), Kenton Moore (The Bank Guard), Barbara Murray (Simone)

A red rose has a dangerously prickly thorn for Jason King when it identifies him as a hired killer!


9 :01x09 - All That Glisters (1)

First aired: Dec/08/1971
Writer: Philip Broadley
Director: Cyril Frankel
Guest star: Paul Humpoletz (Well), Anton Rodgers (Phillipe De Brion), Tony Vogel (Enzio), Leslie French (Deshfield), Lee Patterson (Frankie Luca), Billy Kearns (Lyman), Michael Gwynn (Vaturia), Madeline Smith (Jonquil), Joanna Dunham (Martine), Clinton Greyn (John Mallen)

A rare and valuable golden Cellini is stolen - and the debonair Jason King find his love life interrupted seven thousand miles away.


10 :01x10 - All That Glisters (2)

First aired: Dec/15/1971
Writer: Philip Broadley
Director: Cyril Frankel
Guest star: Me Me Lai (Xanthe), Reginald Peters (Waiter), Lee Patterson (Frankie Luca), Anton Rodgers (Phillipe De Brion), Valerie Stanton (Mia), Paul Humpoletz (Well), Madeline Smith (Madeleine Smith), Joanna Dunham (Martine), Leslie French (Deshfield), Clinton Greyn (John Mallen)

The search for the missing Cellini antique switches from Paris to Rome, and Jason King finds that chasing gold can lead to certain death.


11 :01x11 - Flamingoes Only Fly on Tuesdays

First aired: Dec/29/1971
Writer: Tony Williamson
Director: Jeremy Summers
Guest star: Philip Bond (Jaevert), Nik Zaran (Marcon), Hugh McDermott (Pelli), Siobhan Quinlan (Karen), Louis Mahoney (As Hector), Hildegarde Neil (Lyra Delon), Neville Aurelius (Benny), Bloke Modisane (Waiter In Cafe), David Healy (Drakin), Clifton Jones (Sebastian)

Opposition parties may be essential in a democracy, but in a revolution they only get in the way - and Jason King finds himself in the centre of a Caribbean revolutionary merry-go-round.


12 :01x12 - Toki

First aired: Jan/05/1972
Writer: Philip Broadley
Director: Jeremy Summers
Guest star: Yuri Borienko (Maurice), Felicity Kendal (Toki), George Camiller (Cafe Waiter), Neville Barber (Plain Clothes Inspector), Anne Sharp (Nicola Harvester), David Buck (Olivier), Oliver MacGreevy (Jules), Kieron Moore (Jean le Grand), Simon Lack (Inspector Maziol), Tony Beckley (Giorgio)

Jason King falls in love with a gangster's girlfriend - and finds that the arrows of of love can lead to death.


13 :01x13 - Constance Missal

First aired: Jan/12/1972
Writer: Harry W. Junkin
Director: Jeremy Summers
Guest star: Arthur Brough (Jenkins), Jane Cardew (Isobella), Charles Lloyd Pack (Howard), Geraldine Moffat (Claudia), Clive Revill (Lord Barnes), David Hutcheson (Sir Richard), Janet Key (Elaine), Jurgen Andersen (Hal), Anne Sharp (Nicola Harvester), Richard Hurndall (Collingwood)

Jason finds himself involved in an attempt to burgle the British Museum after he is hypnotized by a beautiful woman.


14 :01x14 - Uneasy Lies the Head

First aired: Jan/19/1972
Writer: Donald James
Director: Cyril Frankel
Guest star: Denis Duvall (Engineer), Ronald Lacey (Ryland), Sandor Eles (Shimoon), Antony Stamboulieh (The Lieutenant), Kara Wilson (Sonja), Steve Plytas (Russian Delegate), Jasmina Hilton (Airport Stewardess), Jeff Denton (The Chairman), Harold Kasket (Colonel Davut), Andre Charisse (French Delegate), J. M. Bay (American Delegate), Kevork Malikyan (Kemal), Susan Broderick (Receptionist), Tony Thawnton (Hotel Clerk)

Jason receives a shock when shown newspaper cuttings with pictures of him in Istanbul. But he is in Paris. Who is impersonating him - and why?


15 :01x15 - Nadine

First aired: Feb/02/1972
Writer: Philip Broadley
Director: Cyril Frankel
Guest star: Al Mancini (Placide), Harry Brooks Jnr. (Gerhard Roder), Stacey Maxwell (Kim), Clive Cazes (Kyriacou), John Hallam (Chuck), Al Garcia (Tony Mussoni), Walter Randall (Male Secretary), Alfred Marks (Renzo), Patrick Mower (Achillo), John Hamill (Chuck), Ingrid Pitt (Nadine)

A beautiful girl may be able to set a trap for a man's heart - but it takes more than beauty to bemuse the wits of a man like Jason King! Crooks who seek to use him as a dupe provide him with a glamorous companion.


16 :01x16 - A Kiss for a Beautiful Killer

First aired: Feb/09/1972
Writer: Gerald Kelsey
Director: Cyril Frankel
Guest star: Hylette Adolphe (Estelle), Ricardo Hermanny (Ramón), Alex Scott (Rodriguez), Roger Lloyd Pack (Radio Operator), Patrick Westwood (Menendez), Aharon Ipalé (Pedro), Kate O'Mara (Delphi Mercia), Maurice Roëves (Riguera), Ricardo Montez (García), Stanley Lebor (Miguel), Marc Zuber (Policeman), Damien Thomas (Phillippe), Clifford Evans (Cordoba)

The King becomes a pawn in a revolution - but does he really hold the key to the secret both sides are seeking so desperately? Why should the Government of a South American republic be so anxious to get Jason King to its country?


17 :01x17 - If It's Got to Go - It's Got to Go

First aired: Feb/16/1972
Writer: Tony Williamson
Director: Cyril Frankel
Guest star: Bridget Armstrong (Young Nurse), John Le Mesurier (Doctor Litz), Jon Croft (Morgan), Jennifer Hilary (Myra Borgen), Gerard Heinz (Hotel Manager), Ivor Salter (Lork), John Sullivan (Attendant), Yootha Joyce (Sister Dryker), Felix Aylmer (Doctor Wilstein), George Benson (Gym Instructor), Natasha Pyne (Nylene), Guy Deghy (Inspector Gruman), Anna Brett (Suzanne)

A visit to a German health farm proves to be far from healthy for Jason King. But why has he been tricked into going there?


18 :01x18 - Thin Band of Air

First aired: Mar/03/1972
Writer: Harry W. Junkin
Director: Cyril Frankel
Guest star: Cyril Shaps (Jean Cazette), John Hallam (John Hewlett), Edina Ronay (Irene Cuvier), Patience Collier (Mrs. Zaleski), Francisca Tu (Lee Bailey), John Serret (Doctor Lucenet), James Mellor (Gervais), Tony Anholt (Armand), T. P. McKenna (Rene Chenard), Gawn Grainger (Gregoire)

A dead man's Russian accent, a ten-year-old kidnapping and a pretty girl combine to put Jason King in peril.


19 :01x19 - it's Too Bad about Auntie

First aired: Mar/10/1972
Writer: Harry W. Junkin
Director: Jeremy Summers
Guest star: Dinsdale Landen (Detective Sgt. Roddick), Jack Watling (Geoffrey Winters), Basil Henson (Robert Trevor), Geoffrey Chater (Mr. Horner), Sarah Lawson (Mary Trevor), Allen Bickford (Andrew Bishop), Norman Bird (Detective Inspector Fields), Dorothea Phillips (Mrs. Edwards), Margot Feld (Miss Howe), Clifford Earl (The Police Doctor), Fiona Lewis (Lady Pamela Redfield), Sylvia Coleridge (Mrs. Bishop)

An old woman is the cause of a girl being accused of murder. Jason must deal with the sweet old lady who has embroiled a young woman as the prime suspect in a crime. Other lead includes a stolen vacuum cleaner.


20 :01x20 - Stones of Venice

First aired: Mar/17/1972
Writer: Donald James
Director: Jeremy Summers
Guest star: Roger Delgado (Capitano Garoozzo), Heather Barbour (Secretary), John Cazabon (Marco), Mario Zoppollini (Kitchen Porter), Irene Prador (Anna), Ray Chiarella (Fausto), Anna Gael (Ingrid Bonival), William Squire (Colonel Sardner), John Ronane (Tomasi), Imogen Hassall (Gina)

Jason visits Venice and is given a prize for a book he has not written which tells a real-life story of crime.


21 :01x21 - A Royal Flush

First aired: Mar/24/1972
Writer: Philip Broadley
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Guest star: Chris Cunningham (Vladimir), David Janson (Pietro), Richard Heffer (Ludwig), Terence Lodge (Boris), Penelope Horner (Princess Vania), Georgina Simpson (Nurse), Sebastian Breaks (Hazell), Simon Gough (Crew Member), Donna Reading (Teresa), Elaine Taylor (Karen (actress and singer)), Peter Whiting (Stanislav), Anthony Corlan (Enzio), Paul Greenhalgh (Waiter), Wolfe Morris (Vitorio)

Jason dallies with a princess, but racketeers take a rap at romance.


22 :01x22 - Every Picture Tells a Story

First aired: Mar/31/1972
Writer: Robert Banks Stewart
Director: Cyril Frankel
Guest star: Kara Wilson (Lucy Cameron), Neil McCallum (Sam Finnigin), Clifford Evans (Arthur Tsung), Cecil Cheng (Tailor), Cheryl Kennedy (Stewardess), Mona Chong (Pearl Yenn), John A. Pinn (Jimmy Foy), Kathy Eu (Ming Finnigin), Eric Young (Airport Barman), Robert Lee (F. J. Wing), Andy Ho (Inspector Kee), Ken Nazarin (Fisherman), Burt Kwouk (Lee Chang)

Jason King finds that a cartoon strip based on his own Mark Caine characters has sinister implications when translated into Chinese.


23 :01x23 - Chapter One: The Company I Keep

First aired: Apr/07/1972
Writer: Donald James
Director: Cyril Frankel
Guest star: Franco Derosa (Hotel Clerk), Toby Robins (Contessa Di Magiore), George Selway (Sven), Ronald Radd (Alfred Thistle), Martin Wyldeck (Karl), Stephanie Beacham (Cora Simpson), Paul Whitsun-Jones (Giorgio), Sarah Atkinson (Anne Wilcox), Marianne Benet (Renata), Paul Stassino (Capitano Rizio)

Dolce Vita-type parties, blackmail and murder are the ingredients of the latest Mark Caine book Jason King is writing - but everything he creates is actually happening. Has he suddenly become clairvoyant?


24 :01x24 - Zenia

First aired: Apr/14/1972
Writer: Philip Broadley
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Guest star: Angela Douglas (Dana), Donald Burton (Oran), Janet Edis (Girl Revolutionary), Paul Freeman (Male Revolutionary), Sharon Gurney (Nerine), Zienia Merton (Zenia), Phillip Donaghy (Nicolas), Harry Burgess (Wall Tala), Dave Carter (Kazakov), Carlos Douglas (Nicoyran), Stuart Wilson (Marko), Patricia English (Leila), Philip Ryan (Patron)

Jason deliberately walks into a trap in order to find the president's kidnapped daughter.


25 :01x25 - An Author in Search of Two Characters

First aired: Apr/21/1972
Writer: Dennis Spooner
Director: Cyril Frankel
Guest star: Ivor Dean (Chief Inspector Huges), Dudley Foster (Ackroyd), Brian Oulton (Griffin), Liz Fraser (Claire), Sue Lloyd (Eve), Roy Kinnear (Robbins), Hugh Walters (Bernard), Neil McCarthy (Tredgett), Stanley McGeagh (The Hero), Brian Grellis (Detective Sgt. Watkins), Alan Curtis (Commissionaire), John Sullivan (Reynolds), James Grout (Film Director)

A film script strangely comes to life and Jason finds himself at the centre of it.


26 :01x26 - That Isn't Me, It's Somebody Else

First aired: Apr/28/1972
Writer: Dennis Spooner
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Guest star: Simon Oates (Broggi), Toby Robins (Martine), Heather Wright (Third Fan), Tommy Godfrey (Falpiaz), John Junkin (Captain Jascheroni), Linda Cunningham (Second Fan), George Murcell (Bonisalvi), Patrick Troughton (Bennett)

A bogus Jason King sets a problem for the adventure loving author when he sets out to kill a gangland boss. But it saves the real Jason King from the danger of marriage!