<P> Around the World in 80 Days is a 7 - part BBC television travel series first broadcast on BBC1 in 1989 . It was presented by comedian and actor Michael Palin . The show was inspired by Jules Verne 's classic 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 . 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 . He followed Phileas Fogg 's route as closely as possible . Along the way he commented on the sights and cultures he encountered . 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 . </P>
<P> Around the World in 80 Days is a 7 - part BBC television travel series first broadcast on BBC1 in 1989 . It was presented by comedian and actor Michael Palin . The show was inspired by Jules Verne 's classic 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 . 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 . He followed Phileas Fogg 's route as closely as possible . Along the way he commented on the sights and cultures he encountered . 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 . </P>
who went round the world in 80 days
who went round the world in 80 days
Phileas Fogg
Phileas Fogg