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.
Creators
Jules Verne, John Gay, Buzz Kulik
Pierce Brosnan
Phileas Fogg
Eric Idle
Jean Passepartout
Peter Ustinov
Wilbur Fix
Jack Klugman
Captain Bunsby
Julia Nickson
Princess Aouda
Ian McNeice
Batcular
James B. Sikking
Jenks
Lee Remick
Sarah Bernhardt
Patrick Macnee
Ralph Gautier
Robert Morley
Wentworth
Robert Wagner
Alfred Bennett
Anna Massey
Queen Victoria
Christopher Lee
Stuart
Darren McGavin
Benjamin Mudge
Stephen Nichols
Jesse James
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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