The second series was Pole to Pole with Michael Palin (travelling from the North Pole to the South Pole), an 8-part series first broadcast on BBC One in 1992, and the third was Full Circle with Michael Palin (the circumnavigation of the Pacific Rim), a 10-part series first broadcast on BBC One in 1997. The book contains much more detail, along with photographs, than could be presented in the TV programme, and Palin's personal views are also more evident.Īround the World in 80 Days was the first of a trilogy of globe-crossing series featuring Michael Palin as he visited many countries. Following the trip Michael Palin wrote a book about the experience. It was also released on video tape and later on DVD. The programme was a critical and commercial success, gaining strong ratings in the UK and selling well abroad. Palin encountered several setbacks during his voyage, partly because he travelled with a five-person film crew, who are collectively named after Passepartout, Phileas Fogg's manservant. Along the way he commented on the sights and cultures he encountered. He followed Phileas Fogg's route as closely as possible. Palin was given the same deadline, and not allowed to use aircraft, which did not exist in Jules Verne's time and would make completing the journey far too easy. The show was inspired by Jules Verne's classic 1873 novel Around the World in Eighty Days, in which a character named Phileas Fogg accepts a wager to circumnavigate the globe in eighty days or less. It was presented by comedian and actor Michael Palin.
Title sequence of the series featuring passport-style markings.Īround the World in 80 Days with Michael Palin is a 7-part BBC television travel series first broadcast on BBC1 in 1989.
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