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: 1. An Over-Hurried Departure

1. An Over-Hurried Departure

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Eccentric gentleman Phileas Fogg's new valet Passepartout is hoping for a quiet life.

Eccentric gentleman Phileas Fogg's new valet Passepartout is hoping for a quiet life. Stars Leslie Phillips and Jim Broadbent.

In which a bet is made, the Bank of England is robbed and the gas is left on. 

Eccentric gentleman, Phileas Fogg's new valet Passepartout had been hoping for a quiet life... 

Starring Leslie Phillips.  

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

Dramatised in four parts by Terry James.

Phileas Fogg …. Leslie Phillips
Passpartout …. Yves Aubert
Sergeant Fix …. Jim Broadbent
Lord Albermarle …. Ronald Fraser 
Mr Flanagan …. Ronald Herdman
Mr Stuart …. John Church
The Doorman …. Mark Straker
Consul …. Terence Edmond
Forster …. Nicholas Murchie
Beggarwoman …. Joanna Myers

Original music by Wilfredo Acosta. 

Director: Janet Whitaker

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1991.

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