

7.0120 minSeason 1 • Episode 3
LatestAfter finding an old friend, Fogg and Aouda, who are falling in love, head for the USA. Fogg confronts outlaw Jesse James and the Sioux raid his train. He buys a boat to England, but gets arrested by Fix. The time is pretty much up.
The plot centres around Phileas Fogg making a £20,000 wager with three members of the Reform Club that he can circumnavigate the world in 80 days. He takes with him his newly employed French valet Passepartout, and is pursued by Detective Wilbur Fix who mistakenly thinks Fogg robbed the Bank of England and is using the wager as a cover to escape capture.
Production
Actual locations make this feel gloriously expensive.
Acting
Eric Idle's Passepartout steals every scene he's in.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Pierce Brosnan's first major post-Remington Steele role, filmed during his infamous 'almost Bond' limbo period.
Shot across five countries with a then-massive TV budget, it represents the last gasp of 1980s prestige miniseries before CGI travel became standard.
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