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.
Small World (Season 1)
Prime Minister Nehru of India, Aldous Huxley and Thomas Dewey (Episode 1)
Air date: 1958-10-12
Overview: 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 (Episode 2)
Air date: 1958-10-19
Overview: 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 (Episode 3)
Air date: 1958-10-26
Overview: 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 (Episode 4)
Air date: 1958-11-02
Overview: 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 (Episode 5)
Air date: 1958-11-09
Overview: 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 (Episode 6)
Air date: 1958-11-16
Overview: 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 (Episode 7)
Air date: 1958-11-23
Overview: 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 (Episode 8)
Air date: 1958-11-30
Overview: 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 (Episode 9)
Air date: 1958-12-07
Overview: 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 (Episode 10)
Air date: 1958-12-14
Overview: 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 (Episode 11)
Air date: 1958-12-21
Overview: 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 (Episode 12)
Air date: 1958-12-28
Overview: Actress Vivien Leigh, movie producer Samuel Goldwyn and New York drama critic Kenneth Tynan join Murrow in a filmed conversation.
Episode 13 (Episode 13)
Air date: 1959-01-04
Episode 14 (Episode 14)
Air date: 1959-01-11
Episode 15 (Episode 15)
Air date: 1959-01-18
Episode 16 (Episode 16)
Air date: 1959-01-25
Episode 17 (Episode 17)
Air date: 1959-02-01
Episode 18 (Episode 18)
Air date: 1959-02-08
Episode 19 (Episode 19)
Air date: 1959-02-15
Episode 20 (Episode 20)
Air date: 1959-02-22
Episode 21 (Episode 21)
Air date: 1959-03-01
Episode 22 (Episode 22)
Air date: 1959-03-08
Episode 23 (Episode 23)
Air date: 1959-03-15
Humor in Theatre (Episode 24)
Air date: 1959-03-22
Episode 25 (Episode 25)
Air date: 1959-03-29
Episode 26 (Episode 26)
Air date: 1959-04-05
Seasons
Episodes 26
Episodes 31