Rating: 8.2 Vote Count: 9 Type: Scripted Network(s): British Broadcasting Corporation First Air Date: OctoLast Air Date: NovemEpisode Runtime: 7 mins Primary Year: 1989 Genres: Documentary IMDB Link: tt0096536 Spoken Language(s): English Origin Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Alternative Titles: Around the world in 80 days Original Name: Michael Palin: Around the World in 80 Days Number of Seasons: 1 Number of Episodes: 8 Status: Ended The book contains many pictures from the trip. This book contains much more detail than could be presented in the TV programme, and Palin's personal views are also more clearly evident. Following the trip Michael Palin wrote a book about the experience. It was also released on video tape and later on DVD. The programme was a critical and commercial success, winning strong ratings in the UK and selling well abroad. Palin encountered several setbacks during his voyage, partly because he travelled with a five-person film crew, who are collectively named after Passepartout, Phileas Fogg's manservant. Along the way he commented on the sights and cultures he encountered. He followed Phileas Fogg's route as closely as possible. Palin was given the same deadline, and not allowed to use aircraft, which did not exist in Jules Verne's time and would make completing the journey far too easy. The show was inspired by Jules Verne's classic novel Around the World in Eighty Days, in which a character named Phileas Fogg accepts a wager to circumnavigate the globe in eighty days or less. It was presented by comedian and actor Michael Palin. The book contains many pictures from the trip.Īround the World in 80 Days is a BBC television travel series first broadcast in 1989. This book contains much more detail than could be presented in the TV programme, and Palin’s personal views are also more clearly evident. Palin encountered several setbacks during his voyage, partly because he travelled with a five-person film crew, who are collectively named after Passepartout, Phileas Fogg’s manservant. He followed Phileas Fogg’s route as closely as possible. Palin was given the same deadline, and not allowed to use aircraft, which did not exist in Jules Verne’s time and would make completing the journey far too easy. The show was inspired by Jules Verne’s classic novel Around the World in Eighty Days, in which a character named Phileas Fogg accepts a wager to circumnavigate the globe in eighty days or less. Around the World in 80 Days is a BBC television travel series first broadcast in 1989.
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