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Jules Verne Around The World In Eighty Days

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BBC (as its archives name them)
Episodes
4

Jules Verne's classic story dramatised in four parts by Terry James. Music: Wilfredo Acosta. Director Janet Whitaker First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1991.

More about it

Starring Leslie Phillips as Phileas Fogg, Yves Aubert as Passepartout, Jim Broadbent as Sergeant Fix and Ronald Fraser as Lord Albermarle.

Episode 1: An Over-Hurried Departure In which a bet is made, the Bank of England is robbed and the gas is left on. Eccentric gentleman, Phileas Fogg's new valet Passepartout had been hoping for a quiet life…

Episode 2: Distractions in the Jungle In which Phileas Fogg rides an elephant, Sergeant Fix loses sight of him and Passepartout saves the day…

Episode 3: The Missing Acrobat Passepartout sets off for Japan without his friends. How will Phileas Fogg and Aouda catch up with him?

Episode 4: Burning to Get Home Phileas Fogg takes drastic action over the Atlantic, but will it get him to the Reform Club in time?

Episodes, in broadcast order

  1. An Over-Hurried Departure

    No date given · 28 min

  2. Distractions in the Jungle

    No date given · 28 min

  3. The Missing Acrobat

    No date given · 28 min

  4. Burning to get Home

    No date given · 28 min

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  1. Jules Verne Around The World In Eighty Days

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