Craig Stevens plays Michael Strait in this early 1960's ATV series Man of the World, first broadcast in the UK on Saturday evenings.

Craig Stevens plays Michael Strait in this early 1960s ATV series Man of the World, first broadcast in the UK on Saturday evenings. Michael Strait is a freelance writer and photographer with a roving commission and is never far away from a big breaking news story. Mike Strait enjoys his job, with its inherent sense of danger and intrigue, which he finds in abundance in locations all around the world.

Strait's assistant is Maggie McFarlane (Tracy Reed), a former magazine writer and a good photographer, she also happens to be in in love with Mike, although she will not admit it, even to herself. Maggie often finds herself feeling jealous when some of the assignments her boss undertakes bring him into contact with beautiful women in exotic locations. Although Mike is very fond of his assistant, he avoids becoming involved in a romantic way.

Man of the World is an ATV (Associated-Television) production and was distributed by Lew Grade's ITC company (Incorporated Television Company Limited). The series which ran for 20 x 60 minute episodes in 1962 and 1963 was filmed at Shepperton studios in England and on location.

One of the episodes entitled The Sentimental Agent spawned a series of the same name starring Carlos Thompson who reprised his role as Carlos Varela, an import-export agent. The Sentimental Agent, also an ATV production, distributed by ITC ran for 13 x 60 minute episodes in 1963.