Man of the World (TV series)

Man of the World
Titlecard of the colour episode
Created by	Leslie Harris
Starring	Craig Stevens Tracy Reed
Theme music composer	Henry Mancini
Composer(s)	Ivor Slaney Edwin Astley
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	20 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Leslie Harris
Producer(s)	Harry Fine
Cinematography	Brendan J. Stafford Walter J. Harvey
Running time	49 min.
Production company(s)	ATV
Distributor	ITC Entertainment
Release
Original network	ITV
Picture format	35 mm film 4:3 B/W
Audio format	Mono
Original release	29 September 1962 – 22 June 1963
Chronology
Related shows	The Sentimental Agent

Man of the World was an ATV drama series, distributed by ITC Entertainment. The show ran in the United Kingdom in 1962 and 1963 for 20 one-hour episodes in monochrome.

The series stars Craig Stevens as Michael Strait, a world-renowned photographer whose assignments lead him into investigating mysterious goings-on amongst the rich and glamorous and intrigue from far-flung place as Iraq, Indo-China, and Algiers. Tracy Reed co-stars in the first season.

Main cast

• Craig Stevens as Michael Strait
• Tracy Reed as Maggie MacFarlane (Series 1)

Craig Stevens and Tracy Reed

Notable guest stars

Warren Mitchell, Shirley Eaton, Carlos Thompson, Burt Kwouk, Anthony Quayle, Patrick Troughton, Sam Wanamaker, Patrick Wymark, Eric Pohlmann, Leela Naidu and Donald Sutherland.

Music

The series' theme music was by Henry Mancini, with incidental music under the control of Ivor Slaney using many musical cues of Edwin Astley.^[1]

Episode list

Airdate^[2] is for ATV London. ITV^[3] regions varied date and order.

Production number here refers to the order of the Network DVD.

Series one

Filmed on location and at Shepperton Studios

Episode #	Prod #	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original airdate
1	102	"Death of a Conference"	David Greene	Tudor Gates and Robert E. Thompson	29 September 1962
When an Algerian revolutionary is assassinated at peace talks that Mike Strait is covering he is plunged into mystery involving French nationalists and Algerian separatists. Stars Warren Mitchell, Patrick Troughton, John Carson, Gerald Flood, Zena Marshall and Alan Rowe.
2	101	"Masquerade in Spain"	David Greene	Lindsay Hardy	6 October 1962
Assigned to take pictures of one of the richest women in the world Strait and the woman are kidnapped. Stars Graham Starke, Clifford Evans, Noel Coleman, George Coulouris and George Pastell. Pilot episode filmed in colour.
3	104	"Blaze of Glory"	Harry Booth	John Roddick	13 October 1962
When Tony Gardner, an ace racing driver, eyesight is failing which he refuses to accept is putting his and other drivers' lives at risk Strait investigates a minor road accident he had the year before. Stars Graham Starke, Patricia Donahue, Peter Dyneley, Eric Pohlmann, Jane Merrow and Martin Miller.
4	103	"The Runaways"	Charles Crichton	Michael Pertwee	20 October 1962
An impressionable young heiress, Joanne, falls in love with a penniless conman that leads to disaster when Mike Strait decides to break them up with unexpected consequences for himself. Stars Noel Harrison, Erica Rogers and Renée Houston.
5	106	"The Frontier"	Anthony Bushell	Lindsay Galloway	27 October 1962
On the Indo-China border Strait on assignment discovers Chinese soldiers occupying an Indian village while building a road. Strait with the help of a beautiful Indian doctor trick the Chinese into leaving but when their ruse fails the doctor makes a dramatic sacrifice to save the threatened village. Stars Leela Naidu, Gary Raymond, Peter Arne, Alfred Burke, Burt Kwouk and George Little.
6	108	"The Sentimental Agent"	Charles Frend	Jack Davies	3 November 1962
In Havana, Cuba Strait is jailed for taking pictures in a restricted area and a charming rogue comes to his aid. Stars Carlos Thompson, Shirley Eaton, Peter Jones, John Hollis, Cyril Shaps and Steve Plytas. Spin-off series The Sentimental Agent.
7	105	"The Highland Story"	Charles Frend	Lindsay Galloway	10 November 1962
Assigned to report on the Scottish clan system Strait finds the residents of a village not very forthcoming when the protection of the clan includes killers from Australia. Stars Finlay Currie, John Laurie, Noelle Middleton, Ray Barrett, Kenneth Watson, Andrew Downie and Patsy Smart.
8	107	"The Nature of Justice"	Harry Booth	Tudor Gates	17 November 1962
Assigned to cover a story in Iraq led by a famous archaeologist who allows greed to compromise his principals over the discovery of an ancient stone tablet. Stars Robert Flemyng, Bernard Archard, Ewen Solon, Jacqueline Ellis, Michael Mellinger and Glenn Beck.
9	109	"The Mindreader"	Anthony Bushell	Wilton Schiller and Robert E. Thompson	24 November 1962
A girl's ability to read minds threatens her health and a normal life unless Strait uncovers if she is a fraud or scientific explanation of her ability. Stars Juliet Mills, Moira Redmond, Patrick Wymark, Jack Watson, Leslie French and Alec Ross.
10	111	"Portrait of a Girl"	Charles Crichton	Michael Pertwee	1 December 1962
Strait meets Joanne again and finds himself involved in a fraud to extract money from her father by selling a fake painting by Thomas Gainsborough. Stars Erica Rogers, Colin Gordon, Michael Goodliffe, Bessie Love, Neil McCarthy and John Glyn-Jones with an uncredited appearance by Donald Sutherland.
11	110	"Specialist for the Kill"	Jeremy Summers	Lindsay Hardy	8 December 1962
The CIA employ Strait to photograph passengers arriving on a plane landing in West Germany to identify a unique assassin intent on killing the East German president making a visit to the American sector. Stars Derren Nesbitt, Paul Maxwell, Kenny Baker, George Pravda, Oscar Quitak and Gábor Baraker.
12	112	"A Family Affair"	Anthony Bushell	Norman Borisoff and Robert E. Thompson	15 December 1962
In Paris for a fashion shoot Strait is caught up in an explosion and when his film of the devastation is confiscated by a bogus policeman Strait becomes involved in the supposed death of a dangerous OAS fanatic. Stars Lisa Page, Richard Warner, Eugene Deckers, Paul Whitsun-Jones, Alan Gifford, Keith Pyott and Richard Leech.
13	113	"Shadow of the Wall"	Harry Booth	Ian Stuart Black	22 December 1962
Strait goes to West Berlin for a photo shoot and stumbles into a spy plot where his friend, with a young English wife, has been arrested for passing secrets to the east with evidence provided by Strait. Stars Paul Maxwell, Suzanne Neve, Joseph Furst, Charles Lloyd-Pack, Sheila Raynor and Steven Scott

Series two

Episode#	Prod #	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original airdate
1	114	"The Bandit"	Charles Crichton	John Pudney and Ian Stuart Black	11 May 1963
While photographing a Greek temple in Sicily Strait becomes involved with a charismatic bandit who has kidnapped a tempestuous actress and has to play cards with the bandit to save his and the girls life. Stars Sam Wanamaker, Natasha Parry, John Woodvine, Robert Rietti, Gertan Klauber and Nigel Hawthorne.
2	115	"The Enemy"	John Llewellyn Moxey	Julian Bond	18 May 1963
Strait on assignment in Vietnam is ambushed and is treated at a mission run by an Italian doctor who has rejected 'The West'. Communist troops take over the mission and put the doctor on trial for allowing freedoms of thought and Christian values. Sentenced to death Strait is given help from a surprising quarter to free the doctor. Stars Anthony Quayle, John Meillon, Tsai Chin, and John Hollis.
3	117	"Double Exposure"	Jeremy Summers	Jack Davies	25 May 1963
The CIA ask Strait to go undercover as a chauffeur to an eccentric old lady and go behind the Iron Curtain, when she goes on her annual holiday to take the waters, to photograph a General that the CIA believe has died and been replaced by a double. Stars Nigel Davenport, Cicely Courtneidge, Brian Wright, Erika Remberg and John Tate.
4	116	"Jungle Mission"	Harry Booth	Lindsay Galloway	1 June 1963
Strait flies to the Amazon jungle in search of a story about a rebel leader and encounters an order of nuns trying to establish a mission in the face of opposition from the local headhunting natives. Stars Paul Maxwell, Alexander Davion, Noelle Middleton, Alan Rowe, Ken Farrington and Isobel Black.
5	118	"In the Picture"	John Llewellyn Moxey	Brian Clemens	8 June 1963
An exhibition of Strait's photographs reveal the existence of a secret plot to assassinate an European president leads the plotters to destroy the exhibition and negatives always one step ahead of Strait. Stars Wensley Pithey, Albert Lieven, Nadja Regin, Maurice Kaufmann, Bartlett Mullins, André Maranne and Peter Madden.
6	119	"The Bullfighter"	Harry Booth	Marc Brandel	15 June 1963
Photographing a young bullfighter Strait finds someone is prepared to go to any lengths to stop the young man becoming famous as he follows in his father's footsteps. Stars Ferdy Mayne, Marla Landi, Joseph Cuby, Eileen Way, John Bailey and Michael Peake.
7	120	"The Prince"	Charles Crichton	Arthur Berlin	22 June 1963
Loscha, a small country between Burma and China and Strait becomes involved in establishing the identity of a 12-year-old boy who may be a Prince in order to avert a revolution. Stars Geoffrey Keen, Michael Sirr, Larry Cross and Robert Arden.

References

1. http://www.danger-man.co.uk/docs/publicity/Publicity_Music.pdf
2. Dates from ITC Episode guide issued with the Network DVD
3. History of ITV

External links

• Man of the World at the Internet Movie Database
• TV.com entry