#Go jetters around the world in 80 days series

Tache Florescu as Senior Police officer in Paris.Karina Ziana Gherasim as Urchin girl in Paris.Christine Brücher as Sister Catherine, a French nun.Alain Guillo as Adolphe Thiers, President of France.André Penvern as Monsieur Lome, inventor of a balloon.Loic Djani as Gérard, Passpartout's brother.David Sherwood as Samuel Fallentin, a Reform Club member.Jeff Rawle as Hughes, Bank manager in London.Anthony Flanagan as Thomas Kneedling, Bellamy's henchman.Leon Clingman as Roberts, maitre d'hôtel at Reform Club.Richard Wilson as Grayson, Fogg's butler.Peter Sullivan as Nyle Bellamy, Fogg's rival.Jason Watkins as Bernard Fortescue, Abigail's father and Fogg's friend.Leonie Benesch as Abigail Fix Fortescue.Although the story is fictional, real-life people such as Adolphe Thiers, Jane Digby and Bass Reeves are portrayed interacting with the fictional characters. The story is about Phileas Fogg making a £20,000 (£2,409,600 in 2022) wager with a snobbish member of the prestigious Reform Club that he can circumnavigate the world in 80 days, joined by his new valet Passepartout and journalist Abigail Fix. In November 2021, ahead of the premiere, it was announced the programme had been renewed for a second series.

#Go jetters around the world in 80 days series

The series first premiered on La Une in Belgium, on 5 December 2021, and later on BBC One in the United Kingdom on 26 December 2021. It was produced in the UK, France and South Africa, with filming also taking place in Romania. It was commissioned by the European Alliance, a co-production alliance of France Télévisions, ZDF of Germany, and RAI of Italy, with additional co-production partners of Masterpiece (US) and Be-Films/ RTBF (Belgium). Around the World in 80 Days is a period drama adventure television series based on the 1873 Jules Verne novel of the same name, in which, as a bet, Phileas Fogg travels the world in 80 days by train and ship.