A magazine author (Max Ferguson) lives in a house at 55 North Maple with his sister (Joan Drewery) and her husband who was not cast but whose presence is implied.
This premise provides a pretext to host various guests to demonstrate food preparation, redecoration or other how-to topics.
"[1] 55 North Maple was produced by Elsa Franklin in Toronto at the studios of Robert Lawrence Productions.
[2] John Ross was the programme's executive producer who allowed Ferguson "full scope for his inventive genius" and intended that the episodes would be unscripted.
[3] The 1973 Canadian series The Real Magees was a subsequent attempt to produce another talk show which was structured around storyline elements.