World of Giants full-sized partner, Agent Bill Winters. Thompson set up the premise in the show's opening voiceover: "World of Giants" was produced by Ziv Television Programs, the company responsible for such hit TV series as "Highway Patrol", "Sea Hunt", and "Bat Masterson". Not a success, this series only lasted through its initial production order of 13 episodes. Thompson later went on to star in the (much more) successful CBS TV series "Daktari" (1966-1969). Nearly a decade later, in 1968, a similarly-themed Irwin Allen TV series, entitled "Land of the Giants", starring Gary Conway and Don Marshall, ran on ABC. Two years prior
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