Small World
Small World

Small World (1958)

7.3 (3 votes)
2 Seasons
October 12, 1958
English
Talk

Synopsis

Presents a filmed, intercontinental conversation that links moderator Edward R. Murrow in New York with three internationally known figures located in different parts of the world. What set this apart from other televised interview/discussion programs was the fact that its participants could not see each other but could hear one another via telephone lines and radio.

Network

CBS

Episodes

Prime Minister Nehru of India, Aldous Huxley and Thomas Dewey
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Prime Minister Nehru of India, Aldous Huxley and Thomas Dewey

Oct 12, 1958

Murrow conducts a chat with Prime Minister Nehru of India, Aldous Huxley, and Thomas Dewey

Lord Bertrand Russell, Dr. Willard F. Libby, Dr. Homi J. Bhabha
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Lord Bertrand Russell, Dr. Willard F. Libby, Dr. Homi J. Bhabha

Oct 19, 1958

Atomic energy as threat and promise are at the center of today's discussion. The guests are Bertrand Russell, philosopher and Nobel Prize author in London; Dr. Willard F. Libby of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, in Washington D.C.; Dr. Homi J. Bhabha, chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission of India, in Paris. Lord Russell has been active in efforts to halt nuclear weapons.

Lauren Bacall, Malcolm Muggeridge, Eric Johnston
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Lauren Bacall, Malcolm Muggeridge, Eric Johnston

Oct 26, 1958

Lauren Bacall, Malcolm Muggeridge, former editor of "Punch" a British humor magazine and Eric Johnston are the assembled raconteurs, and the first two help make this a most engaging session on this international fest. Miss Bacall, intelligent and humorous, discusses how good Hollywood films are as overseas ambassadors, and debates the question of female suffrage.

Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, Dr. Mark Van Doren, Rebecca West
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Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, Dr. Mark Van Doren, Rebecca West

Nov 2, 1958

A discussion on education includes author Rebecca West in Buckinghamshire, England; Vice Admiral Hyman Rickover in Washington, D.C.; and Dr. Mark Van Doren in Cornwall, Connecticut.

Peter Ustinov, Sol Hurok, Governor Theodore McKeldin
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Peter Ustinov, Sol Hurok, Governor Theodore McKeldin

Nov 9, 1958

Particularly amusing telephonic chat between actor Peter Ustinov, impresario Sol Hurok and Maryland's Governor Theodore McKeldin. This combative trio consider politics, culture and TV. Hurok and Ustinov both make good sense, with the latter being not only perceptive, but witty as he demolishes several ideas advanced by Governor McKeldin, who unintentionally proves Ustinov's contention that politicians, like the Russians, can be funny precisely because they have no sense of humor.

James C. Hagerty, Jacques Soustelle, Malcolm Muggeridge
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James C. Hagerty, Jacques Soustelle, Malcolm Muggeridge

Nov 16, 1958

Conversation is carried on by Presidential News Secretary James C. Hagerty; Jacques Soustelle, minister of information for the De Gaulle government, and Malcolm Muggeridge, former editor of Britain's Punch magazine. Speakers are in Washington, Paris and London, respectively.

General Alfred M. Groenther, Aneturin Bevan, Franz Josef Strauss
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General Alfred M. Groenther, Aneturin Bevan, Franz Josef Strauss

Nov 23, 1958

General Alfred M. Groenther, Aneturin Bevan, British Labor Party leader and Franz Josef Strauss, West Germany's defense minister, discuss the defense of Middle and Western Europe.

President Harry S. Truman, British Prime Minister Richard Clement Attlee
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President Harry S. Truman, British Prime Minister Richard Clement Attlee

Nov 30, 1958

Harry S. Truman, 33rd president of the United States, and Richard Clement Attlee, 40th prime minister of Great Britain, in intercontinental conversation with Edward R. Murrow. Mr. Truman is in Independence, Mo. Earl Attlee is in London.

Antoni Slonimski, Artur Rubenstein, Archibald MacLeish
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Antoni Slonimski, Artur Rubenstein, Archibald MacLeish

Dec 7, 1958

Murrow is joined in intercontinental conversation by Antoni Slonimski, Poland's poet laureate, Artur Rubenstein, world-famed Polish born pianist, and Archibald MacLeish, 2-time Pulitzer Prize winner. The guest speakers are in Warsaw, Paris and Washington, and the Warsaw visit is the show's first stop in a Communist country.

Dr. Milton Eisenhower, Puerto Rican Governor Luis Munoz-Marin, Dr. Galo Plaza
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Dr. Milton Eisenhower, Puerto Rican Governor Luis Munoz-Marin, Dr. Galo Plaza

Dec 14, 1958

Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower, Puerto Rican Governor Luis Munoz-Marin and Dr. Galo Plaza, former president of Ecuador join Murrow in an unrehearsed, intercontinental conversation about relations between the United States and its neighbor nations to the South.

James O. Sastland, Herb Block, Professor Denis W. Brogan
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James O. Sastland, Herb Block, Professor Denis W. Brogan

Dec 21, 1958

James O. Sastland, Herbert L. Block, syndicated editorial cartoonist of the Washington Post and Times-Herald, and Denis W. Brogan, professor of political science at Cambridge, and moderator Murrow discuss the U.S. Senate's controversial filibuster rule.

Vivien Leigh, Samuel Goldwyn, Kenneth Tynan
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Vivien Leigh, Samuel Goldwyn, Kenneth Tynan

Dec 28, 1958

Actress Vivien Leigh, movie producer Samuel Goldwyn and New York drama critic Kenneth Tynan join Murrow in a filmed conversation.

Episode 13
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Episode 13

Jan 4, 1959

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Episode 14
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Episode 14

Jan 11, 1959

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Episode 15
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Episode 15

Jan 18, 1959

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Episode 16
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Episode 16

Jan 25, 1959

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Episode 17
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Episode 17

Feb 1, 1959

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Episode 18
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Episode 18

Feb 8, 1959

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Episode 19
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Episode 19

Feb 15, 1959

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Episode 20
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Episode 20

Feb 22, 1959

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Episode 21
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Episode 21

Mar 1, 1959

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Episode 22
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Episode 22

Mar 8, 1959

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Episode 23
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Episode 23

Mar 15, 1959

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Humor in Theatre
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Humor in Theatre

Mar 22, 1959

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Episode 25
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Episode 25

Mar 29, 1959

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Episode 26
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Episode 26

Apr 5, 1959

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Cast

Details

Original Title

Small World

Status

Ended

Seasons

2

Episodes

57

Production

CBS Productions, CBS