1957 – 2020

THE TV TIMES: Great Britain: December, 1957

Peter’s first ever cover feature! Here he is as Lionel Collins in ‘Love Her To Death’

TV Times (UK): 13th January, 1963.

Here Peter is pictured (top) in the role of Glenkin in the Associated-Redifusion production of ‘Darkness At Noon’, in which he starred alongside Albert Lieven, Ronald Adamson and Edward Rees.

On The Air (USA): January 1964

Article about the Esso World Theatre – a showcase of British theatre and performers. Features Peter and Anna Massey on the cover.

Look Eastwards (UK): August 1964

Local TV listings magazine for the Bristol area of England.

TV Times (Australia): August 1969

Nova Antenna Magazine (Portugal): 1969

TV Week (Australia): September 27, 1969

Featuring Peter as Jason King from Department S. The strange thing about this cover was that Department S was not due to start on South Australian screens until the following year, but was showing Victoria and New South Wales. Due to the bulk of the magazine being printed in Melbourne and then distributed to state agencies for listing inclusions, they had to take whatever cover was featured. No articles are inside relating to Peter or Department S.

Flama (Portugal): January, 1970

Det Nye (Norway): March, 1970

. ‘Department S’ reaches the continent and Jason captures the imagination of Europeans everywhere, as seen here on the cover of this Norwegian weekly, Det Nye. Peter became a regular in the magazine, appearing on an almost weekly basis, either in the form of an article or centre-page pin-up.

TV Times (UK): May 22, 1970.

As the popularity of ‘Department S’ and its central character, Jason King, continues to grow, Peter is afforded the front page of this issue of the TV Times, along with a two-page interview entitled, “Love, Peter Wyngarde and an Eastern promise”.

Televizier (Holland): 1970

Bild und Funk (West Germany): November 1970.

Aktuell (Norway): June 1970.

Norway’s most popular television magazine celebrates the arrival of Peter in Oslo. Surrounded by female bodyguards, all wearing Jason King T-Shirts, Peter goes out to meet some of the 20,000 fans who turned up to greet him in the Norwegian capital, and to visit a local hospital.

Na (Norway): June 1970

Featuring a four-page article on Peter’s visit to the capital, Oslo.

Bravo (West Germany): April 1971

Tele (West Germany): June 10, 1971.

Veronica (Holland): 8th December, 1971

Teenage magazine. Three page feature on Peter and Jason King.

TV Expres (Belgium): 1972

3-Page interview, accompanied by photographs from the Jason King series.

Hor Zu (West Germany): July/August, 1971

Peter receives the star treatment with a three-page feature on the Department ‘S’ spin-off, Jason King.

Gong (West Germany): 1972

Det Nye (Norway): March 1972.

Once again Peter features on the cover of Norway’s ‘Det Nye’, along with his girlfriend, model Elisabeth Skjortekjole, both of whom are seen kissing at Peter’s luxury London apartment, and holding hands together on the South Bank of the River Thames.

Freizeit Revue (West Germany): 1972.

Two-page interview with photographs.

Petticoat (UK): April 1972

Gong (West Germany): May, 1973

Tros Kompass (Holland): 15-21 January, 1972

Kurier TV Magazine (Austria): 23rd September 1973

Where (South Africa): 1978

Flash Gordon Special Issue (USA): 1980

Action TV (UK): 2000

Five page interview with Peter, and in-depth feature on Department S.

Famous Monsters (USA): September 2016 (issue No. 283)

The Darkside (UK): March 2017

The Chap (UK): Spring 2005

The Mirror (UK): 19th January, 2018

Infinity (UK): October 2020

Camera Obscura (USA): Issue No.23.

‘Peter Wyngarde Special’. Published in 1996 by the Birmingham branch of the Prisoner appreciation society, ‘Six of One’. Includes articles on actors who had appeared in both The Prisoner and Department S; transcript of Peter’s 1993 appearance on Pebble Mill; biography and analysis of Peter portrayal of No.2 in Checkmate.