Small World

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.

Production Companies

CBS Productions

CBS

Episodes

Cast

Prime Minister Nehru of India, Aldous Huxley and Thomas Dewey

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

12th Oct 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

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

19th Oct 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

3. Lauren Bacall, Malcolm Muggeridge, Eric Johnston

26th Oct 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

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

2nd Nov 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

5. Peter Ustinov, Sol Hurok, Governor Theodore McKeldin

9th Nov 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

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

16th Nov 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

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

23rd Nov 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

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

30th Nov 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

9. Antoni Slonimski, Artur Rubenstein, Archibald MacLeish

7th Dec 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

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

14th Dec 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

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

21st Dec 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

12. Vivien Leigh, Samuel Goldwyn, Kenneth Tynan

28th Dec 1958

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

Episode 13

13. Episode 13

4th Jan 1959

Episode 14

14. Episode 14

11th Jan 1959

Episode 15

15. Episode 15

18th Jan 1959

Episode 16

16. Episode 16

25th Jan 1959

Episode 17

17. Episode 17

1st Feb 1959

Episode 18

18. Episode 18

8th Feb 1959

Episode 19

19. Episode 19

15th Feb 1959

Episode 20

20. Episode 20

22nd Feb 1959

Episode 21

21. Episode 21

1st Mar 1959

Episode 22

22. Episode 22

8th Mar 1959

Episode 23

23. Episode 23

15th Mar 1959

Humor in Theatre

24. Humor in Theatre

22nd Mar 1959

Episode 25

25. Episode 25

29th Mar 1959

Episode 26

26. Episode 26

5th Apr 1959

First air date

12th Oct 1958

Last air date

12th Oct 1958

Status

Ended

Type

Talk Show

Original language

en

Networks