Around The World in Eighty Days

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Jules Verne

Drama: Classic & Period

Drama: SciFi & Fantasy

Fantastical adventures by the 19th Century French novelist, Jules Verne.

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Jules Verne: Around The World in Eighty Days: 2. Distractions in the Jungle

2. Distractions in the Jungle

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Jules Verne, Around The World in Eighty Days, 2. Distractions in the Jungle

Phileas Fogg and Passepartout buy an elephant in India and come to the aid of a Princess.

Travellers Phileas Fogg and Passepartout buy an elephant in India, and come to the aid of a Princess. Stars Leslie Phillips.

In which Phileas Fogg rides an elephant, Sergeant Fix loses sight of him and Passepartout saves the day...

Starring Leslie Phillips.

Jules Verne's classic story, first published in 1872.

Dramatised by Terry James.

Phileas Fogg …. Leslie Phillips
Passpartout …. Yves Aubert
Sergeant Fix …. Jim Broadbent
Hong Kong Policeman …. Jonathan Adams
The Clerk …. Ronald Herdman
Bombay Police …. John Church
The Guide …. Mark Straker
The Judge …. Terence Edmond
The Conductor …. Nicholas Murchie
Indian Woman …. Joanna Myers
Aouda …. Diana Quick
Brigadier Cromarty …. Garard Green
Elephant Driver …. Lyndham Gregory

Original music by Wilfredo Acosta. 

Director: Janet Whitaker

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1991.

Jules Verne: Around The World in Eighty Days

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Jules Verne's classic adventure, starring Leslie Phillips as Phileas Fogg

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