Dame Judi Dench and her late husband Michael Williams in the oh, so bittersweet A Fine Romance or Nigel Havers perfectly cast in the lead role of The Charmer ? Advertisement Advertisement Let’s go for Department S – about a trio of agents working for a branch of Interpol who investigate the cases no one else wants or are willing to tackle. Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to Halifax Courier, you get 70% fewer ads while viewing the news that matters to you. The series is a cross between The Champions, The Avengers and The Saint and stars Joel Fabiani as team leader Stewart Sullivan; Rosemary Nicols as computer expert Annabelle Hurst – her computer is called Aunty; Dennis Alaba Peters as head of the department Sir Curtis Seretse and, saving the best til last Peter Wyngarde as writer-cum-sleuth Jason King.
The enigmatic Wyngarde – it’s neigh impossible to get the same answer to the same question – stole the series. His impact was such that he was given the eponymous spin-off show Jason King. Advertisement Advertisement As a teenager, I adored him.
I did not know – and I still don’t care – about his sexual preferences. At 14, I did not realise I could have walked into his bedroom wearing my best flannelette and he would have preferred to embroider his eyelids. While my school contemporaries pinned portraits of Donny Osmond and David Cassidy to their bedroom walls mine was adorned with pictures of two men.
They were Roger Moore in The Persuaders and Pete.
