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Small World

7.3 / 10
1958
2 seasons
57 episodes
Talk

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.

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Cast

Edward R. Murrow

M

Malcolm Muggeridge

B

Bertrand Russell

N

Norman Birkett

Edward Teller

Jawaharlal Nehru

Aldous Huxley

Thomas E. Dewey

R

Rebecca West

S

Sir Thomas Beecham

Victor Borge

Maria Callas

Seasons

  • Ep 1

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

    12-10-1958

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

  • Ep 2

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

    19-10-1958

    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...

  • Ep 3

    3.Lauren Bacall, Malcolm Muggeridge, Eric Johnston

    26-10-1958

    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 engagin...

  • Ep 4

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

    02-11-1958

    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...

  • Ep 5

    5.Peter Ustinov, Sol Hurok, Governor Theodore McKeldin

    09-11-1958

    Particularly amusing telephonic chat between actor Peter Ustinov, impresario Sol Hurok and Maryland's Governor Theodore McKeldin. This combative trio consider politics, culture and...

  • Ep 6

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

    16-11-1958

    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...

  • Ep 7

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

    23-11-1958

    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.

  • Ep 8

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

    30-11-1958

    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....

  • Ep 9

    9.Antoni Slonimski, Artur Rubenstein, Archibald MacLeish

    07-12-1958

    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 Pul...

  • Ep 10

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

    14-12-1958

    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...

  • Ep 11

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

    21-12-1958

    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...

  • Ep 12

    12.Vivien Leigh, Samuel Goldwyn, Kenneth Tynan

    28-12-1958

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

  • Ep 13

    13.Episode 13

    04-01-1959
  • Ep 14

    14.Episode 14

    11-01-1959
  • Ep 15

    15.Episode 15

    18-01-1959
  • Ep 16

    16.Episode 16

    25-01-1959
  • Ep 17

    17.Episode 17

    01-02-1959
  • Ep 18

    18.Episode 18

    08-02-1959
  • Ep 19

    19.Episode 19

    15-02-1959
  • Ep 20

    20.Episode 20

    22-02-1959
  • Ep 21

    21.Episode 21

    01-03-1959
  • Ep 22

    22.Episode 22

    08-03-1959
  • Ep 23

    23.Episode 23

    15-03-1959
  • Ep 24

    24.Humor in Theatre

    22-03-1959
  • Ep 25

    25.Episode 25

    29-03-1959
  • Ep 26

    26.Episode 26

    05-04-1959

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