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Thursday, 5th February, 1970
Peter Wyngarde was chosen Britain’s Best Dressed Male Personality last month. Looks like he could win himself another title of Britain’s most missed TV star. It’s the women fans that have missed him most since his Department S series came off the earlier this year. “I get letters from them every week asking when he’s coming back in another series,” says Lew Grade, boss of ATV. “We’re finalising a new deal now”.
This would be good news indeed for Mr Wyngarde’s female admirers. The new series will be made by Monty Berman, who also produced Department S. Wyngarde will again play the character of Jason King and filming starts next month.
The first of the 26 programmes in the series will be ready for screening next year. Meanwhile, Mr Wyngarde is manfully shouldering his responsibilities as Britain’s Best Dressed Male Personality. When he talked to my colleague the other day. he had on a snazzy pair of greening and yellow striped trousers that went well with a fluffy shirt, bare feet and a gold bracelet.
“My trousers were made from deck chair ticking,” he said. “I had them run up in Spain I think”.
“Show her the Valentino coat”, Peter, said a friend in blue velvet. “For God’s sake, tell everyone! It’s gone into cold storage.” he pleaded, “or someone will break in and pinch it for sure!”
The coat, ankle length, black sealskin, mink-trimmed and with a squirrel collar belonged to movie idol Rudolph Valentino in the 20s. ! “I just love the colour”, said Wyngarde, trying the coat on over the deck shirt pants and bare feet. “It’s very Zhivago-ish, isn’t it?”
Peter’s dress style influenced designs for all the clothes worn as Jason King. I’ve got some material, raised embroidered black silk, for an evening suit,” he confided. With a lovely frilly shirt? Miss Griffiths inquired. “No,” he replied thoughtfully. “Perhaps not too frilly.”
It’s details like that which can make or break you as Britain’s Best Dressed Man!
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