Around the World with Orson Welles

Overview

A six-part British television travel series written, directed, and presented by Orson Welles for ITV in 1955. Filmed entirely in Europe, the series follows Welles through Vienna, the Basque Country, Madrid, Paris’s Saint-Germain-des-Prés, and London’s Chelsea Pensioners, blending travelogue, cultural portraiture, and personal essay. Moving between documentary observation and reflective commentary, the episodes combine interviews, local history, and Welles’s distinctive narration into a series that functions as both travel film and cinematic essay.

Created by Orson Welles

Network

• ITV1

Seasons & Episodes

Cast

• 

  Orson Welles

  Host: Orson Welles

  7 eps

• Chris Wertenbaker

  Self — Guitarist

  2 eps

• Art Buchwald

  Self — Newspaper Columnist

  1 ep

• Lael Wertenbaker

  Self — Author

  1 ep

• Raymond Duncan

Themes

• miniseries
• travelogue
• european tour
• european society

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