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
Ted Robinson (TV director) Ted Robinson (TV director) Ted Robinson (born 1944) is an Australian television producer and director who is best known for his work and a director and producer of live TV comedy. Robinson began his TV career at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, working on "The Aunty Jack Show", under the tutelage of series director Maurice M. Murphy. His TV directorial debut was in 1973, with the ABC sitcom "Our Man in the Company". In 1974 he took over from Murphy as director of the two Aunty Jack spinoff series, "Wollongong the Brave" and "Flash Nick from Jindavik". During the late 1970s