Overview

The plot centres around Phileas Fogg making a £20,000 wager with three members of the Reform Club that he can circumnavigate the world in 80 days. He takes with him his newly employed French valet Passepartout, and is pursued by Detective Wilbur Fix who mistakenly thinks Fogg robbed the Bank of England and is using the wager as a cover to escape capture.

Created by John Gay, Jules Verne, Buzz Kulik

Network

• NBC

Seasons & Episodes

Cast

• 

  Pierce Brosnan

  Phileas Fogg

  3 eps

• 

  Eric Idle

  Jean Passepartout

  3 eps

• 

  Peter Ustinov

  Wilbur Fix

  3 eps

• 

  Jack Klugman

  Captain Bunsby

  3 eps

Themes

• jules verne
• based on novel or book
• travel
• miniseries
• 19th century

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