ITC Entertainment Distributions
Department S
British DVD release
Format	Spy-Fi Action Adventure
Run time	50 min.
Creator(s)	Dennis Spooner Monty Berman
Starring	Peter Wyngarde Joel Fabiani Rosemary Nicols
Country	UK
Network	ATV
Original run	September 9, 1969 – March 17, 1970
No. of episodes	28
Production Company	ITC Entertainment

Department S was a British espionage/science fiction adventure series produced by ITC Entertainment. The series lasted for 28 episodes, which aired in 1969-70. The series starred Peter Wyngarde as Jason King (who later went on to star in his own, eponymous, spin-off series), Joel Fabiani as Stewart Sullivan and Rosemary Nicols as Annabelle Hurst. The trio were agents for a fictional special department (the 'S' of the title) of Interpol. The head of Department S was Sir Curtis Seretse (played by Dennis Alaba Peters). Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Dennis Spooner (born 1 December 1932 in Tottenham London; died 20 September 1986) was a British television scriptwriter, known for his ability to write to order if necessary, who created the classic British television series Man in a Suitcase, The Champions and The Adventurer, as well as writing for others... Nestor Montague Monty Berman (1912—14 June 2006) was a British cinematographer and film producer. ... Peter Wyngarde in an episode of The Champions (1968). ... Joel Fabiani is an American actor born on 28 September 1936. ... Rosemary Nicols (born October 28, 1941) is a British actress, most famous for her role as Annabelle Hurst in the television series Department S. She comes from a theatrical family and was the author of the 1967 book The Loving Adventures of Jaby. ... The ATV colour logo, used from the start of the colour standard in 1969 until the companys demise in 1981. ... September 9 is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years). ... For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ... March 17 is the 76th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (77th in leap years). ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... The ITC Entertainment logo The Incorporated Television Company (ITC) was founded by television mogul Lew Grade in 1954. ... Espionage (spying) is a practice of obtaining information about an organization or a society that is considered secret or confidential without the permission of the holder of the information. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... The ITC Entertainment logo The Incorporated Television Company (ITC) was founded by television mogul Lew Grade in 1954. ... Peter Wyngarde in an episode of The Champions (1968). ... Jason King was a TV series which had 26 episodes broadcast in the UK in 1971 and 1972. ... A spin-off (or spinoff) is a new organization or entity formed by a split from a larger one such as a new company formed from a university research group. ... Joel Fabiani is an American actor born on 28 September 1936. ... Rosemary Nicols (born October 28, 1941) is a British actress, most famous for her role as Annabelle Hurst in the television series Department S. She comes from a theatrical family and was the author of the 1967 book The Loving Adventures of Jaby. ... Interpol, or International Criminal Police Organization, was established as The International Criminal Police Commission in 1923 to assist international criminal police cooperation. ...

The series was created by Dennis Spooner and Monty Berman, although neither wrote any of the episodes, which were instead written by ITC veterans such as Terry Nation and Philip Broadley. Many of the directors on the show had also worked on a number of ITC shows – The Saint, Danger Man, The Protectors and Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased). Like many of the ITC shows, Department S has gained cult status. Dennis Spooner (born 1 December 1932 in Tottenham London; died 20 September 1986) was a British television scriptwriter, known for his ability to write to order if necessary, who created the classic British television series Man in a Suitcase, The Champions and The Adventurer, as well as writing for others... Nestor Montague Monty Berman (1912—14 June 2006) was a British cinematographer and film producer. ... Terry Nation (August 8, 1930 – March 9, 1997) was a British television screenwriter and is probably best known for creating the villainous Daleks for the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... The Saint was a long-running British action adventure television series, made by ITC Entertainment, that aired on ITV stations between 1962 and 1969, and on American television as a syndicated show (1962-1967) and on NBC (1967-69). ... This article is about the 1960s TV series which was also known as Secret Agent and shouldnt be confused with the 1990s television series Secret Agent Man. ... The Protectors was a British television series, an action thriller created by Gerry Anderson - his second TV series using live actors as opposed to animated puppets. ... Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) is a cult late 1960s British private detective television series starring Mike Pratt and Kenneth Cope as the private detectives Jeff Randall and Marty Hopkirk. ... Cult television, like cult figures, cult film and cult radio, attracts a band of aficionados or appreciators, known as a cult following, devoted to a specific television series or fictional universe. ...

"When a case proves too baffling for the minds of Interpol, they turn to the talents of Department S." - from the ITC trailer for the series.

Austin Powers is believed to have been based upon the flamboyant Jason King character^{[citation needed]}. Jason King was also the basis for Jason Bentley, played by Peter Richardson in the 1993 Comic Strip Presents film Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Peter Richardson born 15 October 1951 in Devon, Britain, is a British actor, comedian, director, and writer. ... The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, best known collectively for their television series The Comic Strip Presents. ... Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown is a short comedy film made by The Comic Strip for the BBC, first broadcast in the UK in 1993. ...

The series is available on DVD in Britain, released by Carlton Television (now ITV plc). Repeats began airing on ITV4 in November 2005, alongside a large number of similar ITC productions. The series has also been released on DVD by Umbrella Entertainment in a superb box set and boasts a print of superior quality. DVD (commonly known as Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is an optical disc storage media format that can be used for data storage, including movies with high video and sound quality. ... Carlton Television was the United Kingdom Channel 3 (ITV) licensee for London and the surrounding areas from 9:25am every Monday to 5. ... ITV plc (LSE: ITV) is the British media company that operates 11 of the 15 regional television broadcasters that make up the ITV Network, the oldest and largest commercial terrestrial television network in the United Kingdom. ... ITV4 is a UK television station which launched on November 1, 2005. ...

Cast

• Peter Wyngarde....Jason King
• Joel Fabiani....Stewart Sullivan
• Rosemary Nicols....Annabelle Hurst
• Dennis Alaba Peters....Sir Curtis Seretse

Peter Wyngarde in an episode of The Champions (1968). ... Jason King was a TV series which had 26 episodes broadcast in the UK in 1971 and 1972. ... Joel Fabiani is an American actor born on 28 September 1936. ... Rosemary Nicols (born October 28, 1941) is a British actress, most famous for her role as Annabelle Hurst in the television series Department S. She comes from a theatrical family and was the author of the 1967 book The Loving Adventures of Jaby. ...

External links

• Department S at the Internet Movie Database
• British Film Institute Screen Online