Scarecrow and Mrs. King

Scarecrow and Mrs. King was an American adventure series, consisting of 88 episodes of an hour, spread over four seasons. On 3 October 1983 was to see the series in America for the first time. The last episode was broadcast on 28 may 1987 . In 1986 won the Emmy, and a series was also twice nominated for the prestigious award. Also, the series was nominated for a Golden Globe.

It stars Kate Jackson, Bruce Boxleitner, Mel Stewart, Martha Smith and Beverly Garland. In guest roles have appeared Daniel McVicar, Jean Stapleton, Dan Lauria, James Cromwell and Daniel Davis. The series was originally broadcast by CBS.

Amanda King (Kate Jackson) is a divorcee with two children. One day she meets secret agent Lee Stetson (codename: Scarecrow, played by Bruce Boxleitner). Stetson is at that time on the run from hostile secret agents. He hands her a designer and asks her for help. Later on her again to the package again encourages Stetson to take back.After everything is over, asks Stetson's boss, Billy Melrose (Mel Stewart) or they want to become part of the organization. Later in the series blooms there a relationship between Lee and Amanda.

During the fourth season was the role of Kate Jackson drastically smaller. This had to do with the breast cancer where Jackson at that time suffered from. Her illness was one of the main reasons why the series eventually got no fifth season.