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Edward R. Murrow
Small World
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Producer: Fred W. Friendly, Edward R. Murrow
Top Cast
Seasons
Season 1 (1958)
No overview available.
26 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Prime Minister Nehru of India, Aldous Huxley and Thomas Dewey
1958-10-12Murrow conducts a chat with Prime Minister Nehru of India, Aldous Huxley, and Thomas Dewey
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 2: Lord Bertrand Russell, Dr. Willard F. Libby, Dr. Homi J. Bhabha
1958-10-19Atomic 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.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 3: Lauren Bacall, Malcolm Muggeridge, Eric Johnston
1958-10-26Lauren 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.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 4: Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, Dr. Mark Van Doren, Rebecca West
1958-11-02A 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.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 5: Peter Ustinov, Sol Hurok, Governor Theodore McKeldin
1958-11-09Particularly 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.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 6: James C. Hagerty, Jacques Soustelle, Malcolm Muggeridge
1958-11-16Conversation 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.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 7: General Alfred M. Groenther, Aneturin Bevan, Franz Josef Strauss
1958-11-23General 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.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 8: President Harry S. Truman, British Prime Minister Richard Clement Attlee
1958-11-30Harry 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.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 9: Antoni Slonimski, Artur Rubenstein, Archibald MacLeish
1958-12-07Murrow 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.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 10: Dr. Milton Eisenhower, Puerto Rican Governor Luis Munoz-Marin, Dr. Galo Plaza
1958-12-14Dr. 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.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 11: James O. Sastland, Herb Block, Professor Denis W. Brogan
1958-12-21James 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.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 12: Vivien Leigh, Samuel Goldwyn, Kenneth Tynan
1958-12-28Actress Vivien Leigh, movie producer Samuel Goldwyn and New York drama critic Kenneth Tynan join Murrow in a filmed conversation.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 13: Episode 13
1959-01-04Episode 14: Episode 14
1959-01-11Episode 15: Episode 15
1959-01-18Episode 16: Episode 16
1959-01-25Episode 17: Episode 17
1959-02-01Episode 18: Episode 18
1959-02-08Episode 19: Episode 19
1959-02-15Episode 20: Episode 20
1959-02-22Episode 21: Episode 21
1959-03-01Episode 22: Episode 22
1959-03-08Episode 23: Episode 23
1959-03-15Episode 24: Humor in Theatre
1959-03-22Episode 25: Episode 25
1959-03-29Episode 26: Episode 26
1959-04-05Season 2 (1959)
No overview available.
31 episodes
