Around the World in 80 Days
About Around the World in 80 Days
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.
Around the World in 80 Days is an action-adventure series that ran on NBC. Its themes are jules verne, miniseries, travel, and 19th century.
It reached one season of 3 episodes from April 1989.
Pierce Brosnan leads the cast as Phileas Fogg, Eric Idle as Jean Passepartout, Peter Ustinov as Wilbur Fix, and Jack Klugman as Captain Bunsby. The series began as a novel.
Alias Grace, Emma, and East of Eden make useful companions to Around the World in 80 Days. TMDB voters put it at 6.8 out of 10 across 91 votes and it carries a TV-PG rating.