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: 3. The Missing Acrobat

3. The Missing Acrobat

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Jules Verne, Around The World in Eighty Days, 3. The Missing Acrobat

Passepartout sets off for Japan alone. How will Phileas Fogg and Aouda catch up with him?

Passepartout sets off for Japan without his friends. How will Phileas Fogg and Aouda catch up with him? Stars Leslie Phillips.

In which Fogg fights a duel and the Pacific railroad nearly collapses…

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
Batuclar …. Jonathan Adams
Sailor …. Ronald Herdman
Captain Busby …. John Church
Engineer …. Mark Straker
Japanese Assistant …. Joanna Myers
Princess Aouda …. Diana Quick
Colonel Proctor …. William Hootkins

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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